Evening star., 1923-03-05

armament and disbanding Of the Ma
tional Guard. This is alleged TO be
part Of the general socialistic scheme
70 sap the military power of the
country, and IL successful in the Bad
ger state 1t will spread to other states.
Mrs. La Toilette, wife of the
doughty senator. is supporting the
movement, but Senator La Toilette
opposes it. A waiting country hopes
that the spirit Of Gladstone hovers
over one American house divided
against itself in this instance
Gladstone was asked who was boss
IN his house. and he replied wittily:
When Mrs. Gladstone insists. L sub
init, and when / insist she submits"
Here's hoping that the senator at
least will filibuster. In the classic
language attributed to the A. E. F.,
we are here, La Follette!'
Senator New and Representative
Mondell, stepping out of defeats for
$500 jobs into $4,000 positions, have
re-edited the familiar adage, 1T
pays to advertise" so that now the
amendment reads. "It's lucky to be
unsuccessful" Here's to-but how
can we toast without a Beveridge?
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Scientists of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity point to ancient skulls with
their perfect teeth, and argue that
they prove that we moderns ruin our
molars by eating white -four. Aren't
they generalizing from too few par
ticulars? Have all those has-beens
retained their teeth? Very well.
didn't they live before there were any
dentists? What does that prove:
Nebuchadnezzar ate greens, just as
the doctors now insist we must do if
we would preserve our digestions and
teeth. But where, oh, where. are
Nebuchadnezzar' teeth now? When
he swore off on greens he resumed his
throne.
How about the skull of Pat OF
Patagonia? Has it teeth? He lived
100000 years ago. Some others, after
examining the rings of his teeth.
think he must have lived millions Of
years before the ice age. Did he eat
Baltimore is about to erect statue
Of Adam. Now. Adam ate apples!
What effect did that diet have on his
teeth? Baltimore must commit it
Hopkins University. and the world
will want to look at Adams teeth as
soon as the statue is unveiled
The teeth of the Aztecs abounded
in gold Filings, showing that dentists
must have had their Internal drills
whirring and torturing long before
Cortez arrived. Did they have white
bread or was it tortillas that
drummed. up trade for the tooth
borers? Merely ornamental dentis-
try? Well, what is some of the mod
ern work? Must be ornamental, not
being too useful.
| Col. Theodore Roosevelt, jr, urges
men to exercise their muscles and
keep hard" physically. The advice
is decidedly Rooseveltian, but il must
be qualified. Overexercise does as
much harm to the physique as seden-
tary living does. The athlete may be
"as hard as nails" and yet drop from
an attack of an overstrained heart,
while the man who has simply cared
for himself in a normal, moderate re-
gime may prove filter. even for the
strain of the march. then the foot
ball champion. The war destroyed
some of the illusions that only the
golf ffend and the husky laborer
could endure the strain.
Outdoor fresh air and moderate eX-
ercise which keep the blood from
stagnating and the nerves from grow
ing rusty make man healthy and
wealthy and wise" walking to and
from office is as good for the health
as round of golf or bout with a
boxing mate. and does not cost so
much. If walking fails TO exercise
the example of the exile of Doom
saw wood and split it. Exercise. like
dentistry, may be useful as well as
ornamental. Taking care of fur
mace has its fine points.
Copyright. 1923, by P. V Collins)