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The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
TIMELY VIEWS
ON WORLD TOPICS

Take the mystery out of medi-
cine and take the patient into the
physicians confidence. There has
been too much mystifying language
used and too much whispering be-
hind the patients back. The medi-
cal teaching system must be made
more elastic. so we can build eff
cient. strong, Independent thinking
physicians who will not need to
hide igorance behind Latin nomen-
clature. In this way we can win
the public's confidence"
So declared DIR. A. C. Eycleshy-
mer, dean Of the University of Ne
braska College OF Medicine, recent
ly in an address.
TOO many physicians have given
their patients a cursory examina-
ton and prescribed a serum or a
medicine which they believed would
help. The physician of the future
must know.
ITO do this we must get away
from the old rigid teaching system.
We must make our curriculum
more elastic and encourage stu
dents to pick out subjects in which
they are interested and in which
they will do research work. We
must encourage the student to
break traditions IL necessary. In
the old days all teaching was done
by one instructor Today the stu
dent takes work from seventy
teachers. Each one piles on more
work than the student possibly can
do"
Along the same lines is an ad-
dress given by DR.. c. p. Emerson.
dean Of the Indiana University
School of Medicine. He emphasizes
that the students must be thor
oughly incnlcated with the idea OF
self-sacrifice to the community in
which they are called to serve.
"The graduate of the medical
college today is. as a rule, cold
blooded proposition" he asserts.
He has been so filled with seien-
tific facts that he has forgotten. lin
a large measure, that the purpose
Of his calling is self-sacrifice and
service to the community"
Medical schools are bending their
efforts too much toward science
and not enough toward humanity.
There Is too much of tendency on
the part of the recent graduates
to make a quick examination of
their patients and prescribe a
serum or a medicine which has not
been thoroughly tried out. he de-
clared. ..f
"If the physician had the welfare
of the patient at heart he would
depend on the laboratory less and
on his own examinations more" he
said.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

DIR. Parks selection by the Rryn
Mawr board of directors was unsni-
nous. President Thomas. who has
been associated with the college
since IL was founded in 1855. re-
tires because of the age limit.
Miss Park is native OF Glovcrs-
vile, N. Y. and is a descendant OF
Jonathan Edwards. Her brother.
DIR. Edward A. Park. is a member
of the Yale faculty. She was grad
uated from Bryn Mawr Collece
with the degree Of bachelor Of arts
in 1898 and earned the Bryn Mswr
European fellowship. which gained
her two years study at Athens.
She took her masters degree at
Bryn Mawr and from 1902 TO 1906
was Instructor in classics and act
Ing dean Of women at Colorado
College. Colorado Springs. Colo
rado. From 1906 to 1903 she
taught classics in Miss wheeIer's
school at Providence, r. J.. and in
1911 and 1912 she filled the posi-
ton Of acting dean OF Bryn Mawr
College during the absence abroad
OF Dean Marion Reilly.
She returned TO Colorado Col
lege as assistant professor OF
classics during the year IsiI-lsl5.
The next academic year she stud
led Greek and Latin as a graduate
student in Johns Hopkins. In
1s1e-ls17 she held a fellowship in
Latin at Bryn Mavr. receiving the
degree of doctor of philosophy
there the next year. In 1915 she
went to simmons College in Bos-
ton, serving there as acting and
associate dean until last October.
when she became dean Of Radcliffe.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
War on White Bread.
To the Editor. The Washington Herald

Several days ago there appeared
an advertisement in one of the city
papers of a testimonial to the su-
perior excellence of a certain brand
of white bread. given by Miss Maud
Ballington Booth. The special
qualifications of this good lady to
judge of the merits of any par
ticular brand OF bread are not set
forth and It Is left to the imagina-
tion to discover why her opinion
should be sought and published to
the world in preference to that of
some scientist, like Professor wiley
who has made a life study OF the
subject,
The wiles of merchants in adver-
tising are well known to che initi-
ated and ordinarily work little
harm and excite little comment.
But in the matter of foodstuffs
and particularly Of bread. which
was once known as the staff of lifn
and justly entitled to that distinc.-
ton, a stricter rule should prevail
and no untrue or misleading state
ments concerning same should be
permitted to go to the public.
can see no valids excuse for press
ing the sale of bread made of re-
fined -four, when scientists claim
that 1t not only contains no nutri-
ment whatever, but on the con-
trary, clogs the blood stream in
the human body and makes it liable
to many diseases, which otherwise
would not exist.
Prof. Alfred w. McCann de-
clares Americans are well-fed
but do not receive nourishment,'
and his book fairly bristles with
facts and figures that prove con-
clusively the evil effects of a diet
based on refined fiour, where the
whole wheat grain Is >strippeS en-
tirely Of its life-giving elements,
He contends that but for the con-
sumption of this refined -four. in
vogue now and for more than nifty
years past. many middle-age dis
eases now prevalent would not ex-
ist st all. and he shows by expert
ments made that chickens, guinea
pigs, mice. rabbits, etc, when fed
a diet of white bread exclusively
will die In less than ninety days.
Drs. Hirschberg. Royal Copeland
and other eminent medical authori-
ties, give similar testimony, and 1t
is safe to assume that the time is
not far distant when the people Of
these United States will have come
to their senses and white bread,
now the Great White Plague Of the
dietary world, will have been ban
sished from the land.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

QUALIFICATIONS have arisen in South
Africa since the Rand district strike riots
and the calling out by the government on
March of artillery, imperial light horse and other
units. Gen. Smuts, premier of the Union, is having
to deal, not only with intriguing Natonasts and
an exasperated labor element, but with menacing
question.
The race question in the present disturb bance is
more dsquieting to the government than the tend
ency of the Labor party and the Nationalist
troubles combined Excitement is fever high among
the blacks working in the mines. They have armed
to defend themselves against a vicious element
among the strikers. In the union outside of
Rhodssia and Basutoland, there are than
6yoooooo Kaffirs to only 100000 of whites. No
party seems to have consistent policy, and no
policy seems thoroughly courageous. Self-determi-
nation as principle has profoundly affected the
black. They say they will not permit the
whites to shoot their strength to pieces
Martial law in the mining districts should be
effective with the organized troops at Gen. Smuts'
command but he has been forced to recognize the
existence of grave crisis particularly in the face
of the complications
Gen. Smuts told the legislative assembly that
the country facing the worst trial of its history
1t S apparent that he thinking of the
causes underlying the clash between the striking
miners and the police in the Rand district De-
velopnncnts are proving that the casualty list IS
nothing compared with these vexations, though un-
usually heavy In the first days of March the strike
seemed to be tagging out. Dispatches from Pre-
toria, privately received by New York bank, said
on March that the troubles were in their final
stages. That may have been the surface appearance
of things, but was not the actual case. Four days
later the conditions were as bad as they had been
at any previous time. The executive committee of
the Industrial Federation had issued call for a
general strike. There fairly wide response,
according to a dispatch received in London.
Somewhere the strikers received encourage
mcnt. There were attacks in force at Benoni,
Brakbsn, Fordsburg, Jeppes and other places. Sud-
derby the men, who had apparently failed, were
reinforced by mechanics railroad employees and
workers in many other occupations. Unrecon-
stru1ed Beers took hand in the roting.
Just before the outbreak it forecast that a
general strike might have the effect of driving the
dsaetionists and their sympathizers into the ranks
Hatzog has been much too willy leader to mix in
the affair personally, but there is certain type of
Boer, d is said, who is always spelling for a
fight" 1t has boycotted British goods opposed
British immigration and otherwise demonstrated its
susceptibility to lawlessness. Most of the strikers
and their sympathizers belong to the Labor party
and have long been hostile to the Smuts govern
ment.
To say the least Gen. Smuts has his hands full
in trying to compose the situation which has finally
developed.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
CChcHe,u
Scientific
Notes


TUESDAY, MARCH II. Iszz.
The Beard Of Surveys and MAS
will hold a public meeting. Room
5zI3. Interior Department Build-
ing. today. 10 o'clock A propossi
TO establish map information Of
fees in the several States will be
discussed. A. c. oliphant. of the
Federated American Engineering
Societies. will report on the Tenn
pie bill for the completion Of the
standard topographic map OF the
United States.
..street IIIuminstionr will be the
general subject of the meeting OF
the Washington section Of the
American Institute of Electrical
Engineers, Cosmos Club. toniG.at.
3 O'Clock. History OF the Incan-
descent Lamp" will be the subject
of talk by Henry Schroeder, OF
the Edison Lamp Works. who will
show a motion picture, Through
the Edison Lamp Works with
Thomas A. Edison" c. A. B.
Halvorson. designing engineer Of
the General Electric Company.
will talk on Methods OF Light
Utilization and the Principles Un-
derlying illumination of Streets =
with a demonstration by means Of
models
Conference on the future Of public
health in the United States. called
by U. S. Public Health Service.
/ Red Cross Building. today.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
Signs of the Times.

THE University of Karzan is freshwater COL
i lege in the interior of Russia.
Once upon a time, when officers of the Little
Father used to amuse themselves burning peasants
alive and suchlke innocent outdoor sports contrived
for the amusement of gentlemen and gentlemen
only IL quite respectable institution of learn
ing. Sons from the best families in all Tartary
learned their Greek and trigonometry in its ancient
halls for generation after generation.
They learned all about how much they owed
the Little Father. And to do the old college JUS
tiee, few of them learned little something, per-
haps,, about the debts they owed to the Great
Father. They cut high capers around the clois-
tered classrooms, these blue-blooded Tartar lads
They drank and they gambled like gentlemen.
Now about century ago there came to the
university young man from the neighboring coun-
tryside who had a keen mind He drank and
gambled with the rest-but his soul was i'll at ease
One day, in a classroom, he had the temerity to say
something not quite nice about the Little Father
Perhaps he thought there was too much difference
between him and the Great Father. At any rate
he was expelled in manner quite in accord with
that followed in some Of own best freshwater
colleges and sent back to his ancestral acres in
disgrace.
A half century and more passed. The world
. moved slowly. The highblooded boys of Karzan
went their ways. They lived and they died for
the Little Father Most Of them perhaps were
gathered to the bosom of the Great Father after
their battles were over. There came to Karzan
another young man. also from one of the best fam
thing SHORTY and nasty about the. Little Father.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
Bonus Without Tax.
10 the Editor. The Washington Herald:

~ Inc WAhuiuEtOu
have read of many schemes to
raise money to pay our world war
soldiers a bonus. have a plan
by which we can pay the bonus
without any expense to our people
and without additional taxes. We
could pay our soldier boys. and at
the same time put all unemployed
to work, without extra taxes or
additional expense to our govern
ment
My plan is 10 harness the power
of Niagara Falls and the Mississippi
River and its tributaries now going
to waste to generate ltctric power.
My plan is to do this without dam
ing the rivers or stopping the flow
of water over Niagara Falls.
Have the European countries who
owe the United States give this
country ffty-year bonds for what
they owe at a nominal interest. de-
posit these bonds in our Treasur!
and issue paper money to the
amount of these bonds. Then go
ahead and pay our boys as we
should. We could easily pay the
amount Of $4,000, ,ooo.o 900 to our SOL
der boys.
WIN Inc odiduco we Coulu puiu
a reinforced concrete wall on both
sides of the. Mississippi and its
tributaries where needed, run cleo
trio railroa Is up both sides of the
river, and generate enough power
from the rivers to drive the rail-
roads and have enough power to
drive many factories. After this
we could use two or three billions
to build roads and some other i'm
provements.
Europe will not be able to pay
this money in less time than nifty
years. IL then.
CONSTANT READER.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
HOLD FIRST MEETING
OF BIRD STUDY CLASS.

The first meeting Of this springs
bird study class was held yester-
day afternoon by the Audubon So
ciety of the District OF Columbia
/ in the assembly hall of the Thom-
son School. Twelfth and L streets.
On the next four Monday afternoons
further meetings Of the class will
be held.
The object OF the class is to
enable those interested to identity
the birds that they see about them.
Mrs. Florence Merriam Bailey. chair
man Of the bird class committee
explains This us done by teach
ing them the use Of the keys In
lChspman's handbook. As we have
a representative collection of skins
of local birds, others than begin
ners will find the work profitable
A special table is provided for ad-
vanced workers. The class leaders
I are ornithologists and there are no
charges for the instruction"
The committee in charge Of the
bird class consists of Mrs. Bailey.
chairman, Mrs. James II. AIburtis.
Mrs. Clarence A. Apsinwafl, Miss
KEtharine b Baird. Miss Marv
Brickenstein. Miss Helen 2. Child.
Miss May l. Cooke. Miss NJ. r.
Given. Mrs. Leo o. Miner. Miss VI
J. Pellew. Mrs. Robert NJ. Reese and
Miss Mary Suter.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
VERTICAL LINES WILL NOT
CUT EARTH>s CENTER.

1t is generally assumed that anv
vertical line. i. e, any line straight
up and down. IL projected will pass
through the center Of the earth.
This. however. turns out not TO be
the case except for such positions as
the earth's poles or on the equator
The earth is not a sphere. but has
the form of an ellipscid OF revolu-
tion Of slight eccentricity. The re-
suit is that any vertical line. except
at the places just mentioned. will
not pass through the center but
will intersect the axis north and
south Of the center. and will emerge
from the opposite side not as a YER
tical line but making a slight angle
with the vertical.
For Instance. for a person at the
latitude Of Washington, a vertical
line would pass through the axis OF
the earth at a point south OF the
center. According to the figures
furnished by the L. S. Coast and Geo
detic Survey. or the Washington OBJ
server, the line would intersect the
axis 1886 miles south OF the cen
ter. and the nearest approach this
line would make TO the center would
be 13.13 miles.
Kudzu is a rank growing peren-
nisl legume that has been known TO
yield four or five tons OF excellent
forage to the acre.
A process has recently been pat
ented in Japan for the production Of
a fiber resembling artificial silk
from China grass. or rsmie.
w d
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
Answers "Pro-Kaiserites."
To the Editor. The Washington Herald:

To the Editor. The washington Herald:
When I read Leroy A. Radey's
pro-Kaiserism outburst in a recen,
issue of The Herald was indig-
nant, but now that Monarchist
(who has good reason to conceal
his identify has Endorsed Radey's
unpatriotic stand I can no longer
sit by in silence. II our daily
prints are to be made the vehicles
of these poison-tongued propagand-
lists ]. at least. have sufficient red
American blood to protest!
II Radey and his supporter don't
like the United States, il they are
dissatisfied with the blessings Of lib
erty we Americans enjey, let them
60 to Germany and stay there. 1t
Is high time these things were
stopped and 10 Is the duty OF your
paper first Of all to see that no
more such stun is put in print. 70
our Department OF Justice can't
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

prevent conspiracies against our
constitution. The Herald can any
way easily keep their words out Of
print II must be done and done
now.
This beautiful land OF ours Is
full Of Bolshevists. Socialists. Kai-
serlsts and Antiprohibitionists and
other agitators. These must be
pIucked from Uncle Sans garments
ana crushed IL our sacred govern
meht is to endure. So / say quit
this business Of giving these Ger
mans and German-loving friends OF
pooze any chance to SOW seeds Of
dissension in free America.
CLAUDE SEVERN.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
MMU1bnkG1
.Day BY Day
impressions:
bMC0eMsmtwe
hia|yEaI,l(!::}a a

NEW YORK. March I3.-Fame in
New York consists chiefly in being
talked about. Worthy deeds count
Cor little. A bobbed head and a
sport shirt made two ballroom
dancers the talk of the town a few
years ago and dropped a shower of
gold at their nimble feet. Anna
Held, Polish peasant emerged
from a milk bath a Broadway star.
But when fame vanishes! Moth
ing is quite so tragic. Where night
life sheds its most radiant rays.
ladies In the fog of diminished
glory strive for dramatic effect
One sees them where the lights arc
rightest-discardcd flames of mil
lionaires, old stage idols and 9TH
ers who have fitted briefly In the
white-hot glare.
Anything to be noticed-to be
talked about. A daring frock. A
bizarre coiffure! A blazing Jewel
sparkling at the throat! Upon these
frail props they hang hopes of re-
turning fame. Sitting in the en-
veloping gloom of lost dreams, they
attempt to be unconscious of their
display.
In a supper club the other night
at the hectic hour Of dawn's first
flush a sudden quiet fell upon the
gay crowd. In the curtained door
way stood a beautiful woman. her
1.-THE figure clad in a strikingly
handsome black gown. In her hand
she carried a white ostrich fan shot
with diamonds.
If
the musical comedy stage Behind
her stood a turbaned Indian prince
in magnificent silken robes! Their
march to a ringside table was re-
gal like. And when they were
seated theer was a buzz of politely
murmured admiration.
The lady was the talk of New
York two years ago-both in So,
ciety and on the stage. And then
she got fat. Zip! went fame. She
stole away to an European water
ing place and underwent rigorous
treatment at the hands OF obesity
experts. Now she is back. The
prince-Oh. yes-used to run a cur
rie and rice eatery in Brooklyn.
But only the head waiter recoS-
nized him. And head walters can
be wonderfully discreet II handled
dlplOmatlcally.
Percy Hammond. who has al
ready made his mark in theatrical
criticism although a newcomer, re-
calls an evening enjoyed some time
ago by a lady of the merry-merry
at supper with a dignifed editor
contact with life by unfamiliar as
sociations. At 9 a. m. friends at
an adjoining table noticed that long
silences were occurring but that
the lady. though weary, was game.
Finally they saw her lean wanly
across the table and heard her say,
with a little effort: "Dearie. please
tell me more about Chaucer."
Types do not run to form. He
wears a toothbrush in his vest,
sleeve garters and carries his own
wash rag and soap to the ONCE.
He is the author of the most sue
cessful play depicting society life
and its grand ways.
1t has been discovered that four
teen artists who draw comic strips
for New York papers were born in
California. And only two were
able to get jobs in California cities.
Also two of the best known Cali
fornia cartoonists are native New
Yorkers-and were never able to
land on Newspaper Row.
An ex-service army officer is one
of the most consistent "toddle"
artists in the dansants. He has
never been known to sit out a
dance and he visits the jazz palaces
every night. He has a wooden
leg.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
Mrs. Elizabeth Windsor Dead,

ROCKVILLE, Nd, March 13.-
Mrs. Elizabeth Jane Windsor, aged
72, wife of James Windsor, died
yesterday at her home at Potomac.
She is survived by her husband
and daughter, Mrs. Alice Kenney,
of this county. The funeral will be
held at IL o'clock tomorrow MORN
ing at the Methodist Church in Po-
tomac.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

NuNCtth ". NdFt y
Thomas as preSi-
dent Of the col
leEe at tho end "f
the present aca
demic year. H.
Park. who has
studied in the
American School
OF Classical Stud
les at Athens and
also at Johns
Hopkins Univer-
'ity. has had sev-
.ral years of ad-
ninistrative work
n women's col
eges, being At
resent dean uf
tadcline College.
= =. - -
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
Against McHenry Hanging.

To the Editor, The, Washington Herald:
: May the members of the Anthony
League use the columns of your
valuable paper to bring to the at
tention of those in authority, ouI
protest against the execution BY
hanging on Friday, March IL, Of the
boy. John McHenry. now confined
In the District jailf
Were this boy normal and hard
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
Open Court Letters to The Herald
Other Peoples Views Current Events

Conmunieatiens will not b. rsturnsl
unless specific request fer such return 10
made and stamps inclosst.
Letter. should Be typevrittsn when
ever po<sibls. CommunieationS extreme.
ly difficult TO read will not Be considered.
Ne communica tions signed with fctitious
names viii b used.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

HedosIa Garrison.
To the Friend People:
am interested in Theodosa Garrisons work.
Do you know anything about her life? j. G.
Theodosia Faulks, author better known a
Theodosta Garrison, was born in Newark N. j..
in November, 1874, the daughter of Silas Wright
and Annie (Bedell) Pickering She a
private school in Newark until she IL years
old She admits that at the early age of she
began to write verse, though mostly for her
reading = wrote" she once said, because l
couldn't help it. But none saw that yellow
on the cover ! used to look at that owl for
inspiration in frenzied moments, with my pen in
air and my eyes turned inward in search of a
word to rhyme with love-for / must confess
that love was the subject OF most of my youthful
cfuslons. IL could them! OF impas-
stoned love verses none more fervent ever
written. When I had reached the .mature age
of Is sent effort entitled Christmas Bells to
local publication called Town Talk. When IL
appeared in print ! wept in shame"
That her rhymes and verses worthy of
publication was a suggested idea from less
an authority than the late Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
father. Because OF that friendship she became
the guest Of Mrs. Wilcox for a short visit. While
there some girls from the next house, who were
going to give luncheon, in to ask Mrs
Wilcox to write some limericks for their menu
cards Mrs. Wilcox was always ready do deeds
of kindness even such that, but too busy
this day. Miss Pickering that the girls
were much disappointed, and with what she now
calls "the arrogance Of youth" spoke up: "I1l
write them for you IL you want to- I've often
done things like that" and she did. wittily
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
HALF-DoLLAR WORTH rs CENTS.

HALF-DOLLhh "OHTH CENTS.
Friend People:
Has 1857 half dollar any value other than the
usual so cents? II where could Il be sold?
c. r. c.
halfdollar OF the year 1857 is worth only face
value IL IL has been In crculaton-that is IL Il
all worn. However. IL il is coined the mint Il
Is worth IS cents r. II. Collins 1905 II street north
west. is a dealer in old coins
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14

Viii Hays will now find in his new movie
job how the mails are elogged by writers to
film stars.
The Washington herald., 1922-03-14
WHO'S WHO
THE DAYS NEWS

DR.. Marian Edwards Park,
graduate of Bryn Mawr and several
times a member OF its faculty. will