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The Washington times., 1923-11-09
DOCTOR SEWED SCISSORS
IN WOUND, SAYS PATIENT

SYRACUSE, N. Y. Nov. O.
Charges that DR.. Harry e. Burdick
sewed pair of surgical scissors into
the wound when he operated upon
Mrs. Lenora Smith, OF Savannah, N.
Y, are made in the complaint Of a
$4,000 damage action.
The case is before Justice Louis
M. Martin, in supreme court.
, 1923-01-08
Synonyms in the Case

Disagreeable words seem to have
more synonyms than pleasant ones
There are few synonyms for truth
and no single word that accurately
describes the man who habitually tells
tho truth. But the ''short n ugly
word that describes contrary CON
duct has scores If synonyms, some OF
them so gentle that they would
hardly offend the most sensitive.
Roget's thesaurus does not list all
of these synonyms, but It does give
fib. bear false witness, falslfy, per-
vert. mistate. misquote, equivocate,
bubble, trim, shuttle, mince the
truth. beat about the bush, blow hot
n cold. play fast and loose, garble.
gloss over. disguise, color, varnish,
cook dress up, exaggerate. invent,
fabricate, cry wolf" deceive, &C. All
the shades of untruthfulness are
covered. but they all come down to
the meaning conveyed by the word
of three letters.
When Col. Alexander X. Mcclure.
long editor OF the Philadelphia
Times, declared that some political
opponent twas economical in the use
OF truth 10 the verge OF parsimon-
iousneSs' he had taken several big
words instead of one and had used a
tolerabIy in~offensive way OF calling a
man a liar.
But when a man is truthful he is
truthful, and there Is an end to It..
You can weaken the statement by
saying he In veracious and there is
no Wny 10 add IN tho .ta4.
ment that he is telling the truth.
Even the legal phrase. "the truth,
the whole Truth and nothing but the
truth" does not gain strength by it,
repetition and qualifications.
But when M considers the habits
that gave rise to prohibition-nd
who does not consider them these
days where an entire new vocabulary
has been invented to enable converse
ton to proceed smoothly7-ths disin.
, 1923-01-08
Long Skirts Restore
Friendship

Have you and Grace had a row"
asked steIla's friend while the boss
was In a conference and work was
slack.
NO" replied stella. what makes
o ask?"
IT noticed you go TO lunch
with her and II you are in a party
with her you walk with her.
You used to be such chums. too"
"oh, we r still chums. She comes
up to my house often. Grace is all
right"
Sure. she's all right But why do
you avoid her on the street,"
TN. tell you. My legs r q triie
too plump and Grace's arc a tribe too
thin. We each suffer by contrast.
Then my legs bow out and Grace's
bow in. This makes the deviation
from the straight line more pro
nounced when they are side by side.
Ny brother told as we looked funny
walking down the street. We got IN
front OF a big mirror and saw that
he was right. Until we begin wearing
long c.lirts Grace and l agreed tc
avoid walking side by side. We fee
that We have already given the pub
lie enough smiles"
, 1923-01-08
Reading the Bible

Recently I read that Daniel Web
ster made a practice OF reading the
Bible through nee a year. although
no mention was made as to the way in
which he read It. A couple of years
ago it occurred TO me that by reading
II at intervals OF s65 chapters one
might obtain a better idea of the de
velopment of Biblical morality and
the concept of divinity.
The Bible actually contains 1,1ss
chapters; therefore by reading four
chapters ~ day for ninety four days
and three chapters n day for the re.
mainder OF the year its reading would
be completed in a yea l would men.
ton that any one deciding to read IL
in that name should on
January / with Genesis. Chapter n
First Book of Chronicles, Chapter 2sl
Isaiah. Chapter so and Galatians,
Chapter 8. Only fifteen or twenty
minutes a day are required. as there
are a number of chapters that safely
car be omitted.
I offer this is the belief that my
suggestion may prove of interest to
some Of your readers. NJ. T. U.
, 1923-01-08
Value of Lip Reading

LIP reading has. indeed. been a very
remarkable help to those deprived Of
their hearing. and It is not yet fully
appreciated by those whose hearing
is normal. There is perhaps nothing
easier to learn. but because of the
lack of information about II, and the
popular belief that one must take
rigid instruction to become proficient
in 1t. few have learned to read lips
to supplement their hearing.
Among the students Of a summe
school was a young m totally
deaf. held her own in her classes with
hearing students. and few of them
realized her deficiency. There have
been many cases like this. and there
is no reason why more people cannot
likewise learn and profit by lip read.
ing.
even among the deaf there Is not a
proper appreciation of its aid, and
rather than become proficient SO that
their association with hearing people
shall be easier for all concerned. they
prefer to resort to pad and pencil.
Tho late Alexander Bell worked
c~easeiessly in the endeavor to make
lip reading better known and under,
stood. and doubtless his work along
this line win, in years to come, re-
ceive the credit It deserves.
The writer has been totally deaf for
six years. is self taught through OBJ.
%servation. n has kept UP a normal
, 1923-01-08
When Strong Men Fail

II some one would gather statistics
on the matter he would discover thai
out of every hundred persons who
FAINT while getting married ninety Of
them are men. The other day a
young man and young oma got
married. The man was n large and
brawny person Of courageous nature.
the young woman was a small and
fragile person.
Rsaring them talk in the weeks be-
fore the wedding you would have said
that things looked dubious; that that
violet OF a woman was going to be sc
scared when she hove in hearing dis
lance of the organ that either the min
lister would have to come out on the
sidewalk and &c through his bushes:
there or the bridegroom would nave |
march down the aisle and bring Ii
his woman over his shoulder, us.ns
the fireman's hitch.
All one had to do a week before thu
wedding TO make that woman's teetl
begin to chatter was TO hum a bar o
the Wedding March in her vicinity
Then she would begin to explain how
certain IL was that the only way sh'
would get down the aisle of tn,
church would be by means of a whee
chair or. If she were not stronl
enough to hold herself erect. {
stretcher.
And she meant Just what she said
too. When people talk about ridins
down the aisle Of a church on 8
stretcher. and dwell on how CLOSELY
they will resemble the Lily Maid Of
Astalot barging down the river. ant
are crying all over a persons back
while they are doing SO. you can be
, 1923-01-08

international barter is supported by the fact that
our exports Of all goods for November make that
a banner month over a long period of time, while
imports Tor November were so rigidly excluded
that the department of commerce has been over.
wheimed by the work their compilation entailed.
me estimate OF $S,0O0,000,O00 of imports for the
first year of the new tariff, and sufficient exnorfs
to keep the trade well balanced must certainly in.
dicate that Secretary Hoover is all wrong, presid.
trade telescope over the globe, while Mt. Fuller. as
a commercial researcher, is all to the mustard.
But, after all, Mr.. Fuller would make more i'm.
preston with his researches If he first made an
analysis Of the official statistics. and NOT narr,it
his charges to go off half cooked. A nervous trig.
ger finger is generally a poor index finger.
, 1923-01-08
Necessity of Conservation

9 AMERICA comes very near being a country of un-
limited resources, but we must not forget the re-
sponsibility which nature has placed on even the
~ most literally endowed nation. This has been dem
Snstrated by the rapid depletion of many of our re-
sources. Years ago the forests were expansive and
: 1t seemed as if they could be cut down ruthlessly.
As the years went by the cutting went, on and now
the timber supply is limited to certain centers. I'm
less something is done, and done quickly, to add to
:, bur timber resources by replacing what is taken,
6sthere will be irreparable loss.
Z The same is true of the coal supply. What might
happen if there is not reasonable care taken of the
supply is brought home more forcibly when there
is a temporary shortage due to transportation diff.
< ~ficulties. The question to consider is not how fast
the supply may be drained without looking to the
future, but how much may be conserved SO that
there will be no danger in the future of a too linn
S-lted supply.
For some years past there has been considerable
study of substitutes for coal as fuel. This is one
y way of conserving the supply. 1t is not likely that
we will ever be able to use an absolute substitute
- which will eliminate coal, but its indirect applica'
! ton through the use of electricity for instance,
will serve to guard the coal supply. Conservation
means also the elimination of waste wherever pos
q Eible In a wholesale use of anything there is like
! nhood of waste unless there is a special effort to
: prevent it.
, 1923-01-08

clination OF humanity to use an of
fensive word is evident. Roget's
thesaurus uses fewer than twenty
words giving h nouns. verbs and ad-
~tectives associated with "sobriety"
while nearly an entire page is devoted
to its a~ntithesis. drunkenness"
But one adjective 10 given for
qualifying the sober man and that IL
sober as a judge. The sober man is
sober and hat is all there is 70 It.
He may be a water drinker, n teeto.
taler, a Good Templar or a White
Ribboner.
But when you want a synonym for
drunk there is a wide range for selec-
ton. Indeed, some observers declare
they have never known a man TO
admit that he was drunk. He may
admit the fact but not the word. He
may say he was picked, soused'
stewed. lit up. spifflicated. a bit mel
low, how-come.you-so. elevated. tank
ed. oreide. half seas over. o~bfuscated,
three sheets in the wind. had = drop
too much, tipsy. intoxicated joyful,
fuddled. sewed up, orned primed,
topheavy, potvaliAnt, lushy. raddled.
All or any one OF these viii convey
the Idea and is not so harsh as drunk.
More than half a century ago Dick
ems Household Words" listed thirty
two slang expressions in this cate
CORY. Some of these have become
obsolete and new mes have been ad.
ded Just as new drinks for making
those words necessary have been In
vented.
But when a man is really drunk he
may be as drunk as n lord. a piper,
an owl. a fiddler. a wheelbarrow. a
fish. an Alderman, a Senator. Chloe
a ioon-as drunk as any old thing.
But when he's sober he is merely
sober as a Judge.
And when he takes a drink-if he
can find one-he can have a smile
wet his whistle. take a whet, splice
the main brace, drain the cup, cele-
hrate. crook his elbow. TIT the bottle
or. In more modern parlance, visit
his bootlegger.
, 1923-01-08
To Curb Disease

EMPIRICAL medicine has its limitations. In.
- stead of trying. to adapt certain medicines to
the organic processes of the body, why not study
those processes in the light of correcting them as
wrong chemical reactions? Why not look more on
the human body as a series of chemical reactions
than to simply view 1t as a mechanism
1t has been found chemically that the tubercu.
losls germ is destroyed by a certain dye This is
certainly a step forward. The next thing Is to
introduce that substance into the body in such
way as not to be harmful. 1t will require careful
study to learn how it may be taken internally with.
out inJuring the throat or the lungs, but If the
method can be worked out to use such a sub.
stance, IT VIII approximate the solution of the
white plague:
In industry when a manufacturing process fails.
we look to the causes for its failure. We must find
the cause, and the rest is made much simpler. Oil
used IN lubricating machinery must be studied in
the light OF its composition. Heat beyond a Ger.
tam point will affect it In a certain way, and as
heat is created by friction, this must be borne in
mind when preparing the oil. When the human
processes are upset, whether it be digestion or any
other bodily operation the basic reason is a chem.
ical one and should be sought.
, 1923-01-08

tolerably positive that they are not
talking Just to entertain.
Well. the younE man cheered hii
fragile woman up and was SO strong
and patient and unahaken by any
apprehension on his own brave part
that he was beautiful to look upon
and any woman would have loved
him.
And then they had the wedding.
That fragile little violet Of a wopEau
came prancing down the aisle as COO
and calm as a banty hen. and the
bridegroom came staggering In from
the chancel door looking like the
wreck OF tho Hesperus. And when
they met at the altar the bridegroom
leaned up against his bride as a per
son would lean against the side Of q
tall, firm building. and every now and
then he would start to fall over on
the minister and squash him, and the
violet woman would prop him up.
though not before the poo dominic
would get so scared that he would
slide of into the burial service. or
something else of that nature and sur.
prise the audience.
And when it came time to put on
the ring the violet woman mad 10
hold the wrist of her man with her
free hand so that no would be steady
enough to hit the finger which h
poked in front of his nose.
And after 1t vas ever that fine.
strong groom kissed his bride in the
eye. and hen they went weaving off
down the aisle and out across the
sidewalk into a cab, and there he
tainted in his wife's arms and didn't
come to TIL they toted him int6 his
mother-inlaw's home and sprinksd
him. y
It was very odd. yet perfectly
natural
, 1923-01-08
How Would Maine Vieu Hp

CERTAIN of our prohibition leaders recently ap
" preached the British government, or an Off.
cial of it with the proposal that the British West
Indies be given to the United States in payment OF
England's war debt to us.
The desire of the prohibitionists was to shut off
the stream of assorted alcoholics now coming from
those islands. They naturally did not think Of
asking either whether this country wants those
Improbable possessions or whether England
would pay her debts with them.
They were told. however that England didn't do
business that way, and especially that she wouldn't
sell any of her subjects into "the slavery of pro-
hibition."
That sounds rather solemn-and. "A little often
sive-but the British official must have a sense of
humor for while he rejected in seeming indignation
the proposal made to him, he is quoted as saying
that though England was not in the real estate
business, she often had consented to readjustments
of territory and that If she we're approached with
an offer to give Maine and her alI-winter ports
to Canada in return for the British West Indies, a
bargain might be arranged.
That would be a fine scheme indeedl It will not
be regarded as funny by the inhabitants of Maine,
but the rest of US can laugh at it as a brilliant
example of answering according TO their folly
those who are-well, of the kind that deserves thus
to be answered.
, 1923-01-08
The Lesson of Unemployment

TNEMPLOYMENT has grown to be a much less
- vital problem to the country than it was for u
time past. But it had its lessons as well as It's
disadvantages, which In many cases will be remem-
bered by a great many persons. Before 1t be-
came a pretty difficult matter to find a job q man
was more inclined to shirk his work or to think
;, he was much worse off than some other man who
scanned to have a better job. But then came the
1ewave of unemployment over the entire country.
: There were few sections that escaped it's effects. At
present it seems unemployment has dwindled to a
5 very small factor in our economic troubles, but
We should not lose sight of a possible Recurrence.
Should there be a return the man who has worked
to fill his job well will be the fortunate individual.
Y o There is a positive lesson in unemployment 1t
I Is a lesson which may be forgotten, but since it was
driven home in many cases rather ~forcibly, 1t
should not be forgotten.
It can be said that the lesson lay in the fact
r that many lost their jobs and that the benefit they
received from unemployment was altogether from
the fact that they did lose their jobs. The man
a who was getting $40 a day and then found himself
without any income certainly got a hard lesson.
Very often it was something he could not avoid.
But now that many of those men have gone back
to Jobs, some of them as good as the ones they had
Z before, they certainly have good reason to be
thankful for what they have.
, 1923-01-08
Foolish Mr.. Fuller

MIR FULLER, director of the bureau of CONNER
14ial research Of "Farm and Home has sleuthed
= the bette noir Of agricultural prosperity into its
Flair. 1t is the ninety day old tariff law.
THE chief hinderance after all in righting the
agricultural situation, is continued difficulty in
marketing abroad our farm surplus. This is pri.
narily true of grains and meats. On this side the
ocean there is general agreement the new tariff
serves as an exclusive wall which shuts out pay.
in goods and thus restricts international
Thus declares Mr.. Fuller.
We are very fortunate to have an expert who can
$50 unerringly diagnose the malady of agriculture.
.Indubitably Mr.. Fuller has found the reason why
1--WE exported about 4~0,000,O0O pounds of meats in
November 1921, but only 63,000,000 pounds in Ne.
syember, 1922, with the new tariff in operation; why
soleo oil and lard exports in November 1921 reached
s83,O0O,00O pounds, but only 100000 pounds in
sNovember, 1922, why the various grain exports, ng.
sgregating 56,000,000 bushels in the 1921 month,
sslumped to ~G4,000,000 bushels in tho 1922 month
why cottonseed oil showed an increase of 100000
tpounds the two months compared and canned fruit
Increased 60 per cent in value of exports.
8 Undeniably, also, the general agreement, as to
the new tariff being an exclusive wall restricting
, 1923-01-08
Whol

Simple Simon met a flapper
On the way to town
In a waist cut down to nothing
And a flimsy gown.
Simple Simon turned to watch her
Trudging through the SHOWS
In her low cut patent feathers
And her siIlken hose.
Simple Simon stood there staring
With a puzzled brow.
Then he shook his head and mur
INJURED,
'VYho IS Iooney now7"
Edgar Daniel Kramer
, 1923-01-08
Aspiration

Cats have lives OF utter
l wish hat 1 were one of these;
I'd curl myself up in the sun,
And sleep until the day was done.
Just waking seven times a day
TO put a bowl of milk away,
re nourish me until the night,
And help to keep my figure right.
And from the day that I was born
I'd wash myself. yes-every morn.
For cats are ave highly rated
When o%verdensely populated
ID love the night. I know. for that:
rhe open season-mice and rats!
md II 1 CHANGED to meet a pup.
m tell the world I'd beat him up!
Harry Philip.
, 1923-01-08

intercourse with every art except mu.
sic. In behalf OF those whose lives
seem disheartened through their fall
ure to hear, I wish to say this word
of encouragement-learn lip reading.
Joan WolYerton.
, 1923-01-08
The Casper Tnbune's Program

Irrigation project west Of CaEpsr to DO author
ized and completed at once.
A complete and scientific coming system for the
city OF Casper.
A comprehensive municipal and school recreation
park system, including swimming pools for the
children OF Casper.
ward as planned by the county commissioners to
Garden Creek Falls and return.
Better roads for Natrona county and moro high
ways for Wyoming.
More equitable freight raise for shippers of the
Rocky Mountain region, and more frequent train
service for Casper.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-21
VITAMINS ARE
HIS PET HOBBY
Doctor Says We Eat Too
Much Meat and Gravy

we eat too much meat. gravy.
potatoes and sweets ard not enough
milk and vegetables" Is tho deelarn.
ton OF DR. Albert II. Bytield. profes.
sor OF pedrlatics at tho University
Ct Iowa Tho doctor Is here, at.
tending tho second annual oonven.
ton OF tho Pacific Northwest Mcdl.
cal association.
wednesday afternoon he took ad.
vantage OF tho invitation given him
By local doctors ana proceeded on
an inspection tour OF tho city. lie
Inspected until no arrived at the big
PIKE Place Public Market. one OF
tho largest in tho country. Tho
doctor stopped. Yes, The doctor
ate. He ate vitamins. public mar.
ket Vi,amins, Seattle vitamins.
Niiamins are Or. Byfield's hobby.
Tie explained that with tho trcmen.
dous supply OF vltamins available in
the Puget Sound district. thcro was
no reason why Seattle should not
be tho healthiest city in tho world
Il should be ASHAMED OF Seattle
II she wtre mott Here. treca grow
tall. flowers grow falrcr. and men
and women do iikewise.t Why7"
The chorus answered. '"Vltamina. :"
and the doctor smiled. "Yea. vita.
minsl Tho simple foods our grand.
parents ate arc best OF all. They
are rich In vitamio content Green
vegetables. fruit. nuts. butter. yolks
OF eggs and yeast-they arc all vita.
mins. Eat 'em and DO healthy"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-21
CAMP HAS A
WAR ASPECT

CAMP LEWIS. Juno :l-Ths
SCI cam OF shells and the whino Of
tir,o bullets saye an atmosphere OF
actual warfare here Thursday when
battalion Of regular infantry. sup
ported by battery OF field artillery,
advanced under barrnFe against an
imaginary enemy.
Tho demonstration was staged for
the benefit OF tho Thousands OF ma
topai guardsmen and H. O, r. G..
cadets at their annual summer en-
eampment, the largest In tho peace
timo history Of tho Northwest.
Mai. Talbcrt y. Hardin led bat
TALON OF tho Fourth infantry In tho
attack. discharging service ammuni-
ton. while n battery Of tho 10th Field
Artillery dropped their shells on tho
enemy lines 40 the doughboys adj
yanccd
Governors Day WIN be observed
Saturday afternoon ut tho cncamp-
ment Of Northwest National Guard
troops with Gov. Hart OF Washing
ton and Gov. Pierce or Oregon In uAe
reviewing stand. Invitations have
been dispatched 20 Gov. Moore OF
Idaho and Gov. Dixon Of Montana 10
witness tho frs. review OF tho 4lst
Division nincc tho war.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-21
New Book Gets Ire
of Crown Prince Tn

BERLIN. june 2i.-ThS German
crown prince II understood 10 be at
tempting 10 stop publication OF a
book. Women Around tho crown
Prince" promised for next month by
tho Leipzig publishing house OF
Koehler G Co.
While the book. tho somewhat de-
nhtured." puts tho former heir 10 the
German throne in the tight Of quite
q Lo,hario. II ia stated by ths review
eFs that tho book In mild"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-21
Mountaineers Plan
Trip to Top of
Mt. Garibaldi

CEEkING new peaks 10 conquer.
~ tho Mountaineers of Seattle win
invade Canada from July Is 10 Au.
gust IL. and win climb Mount Carl.
haldi, one OF the greater mountains
OF tho Canadian Rockies.
Mount Garibaldl Is located IN the
newly created Ghrihaldi National
park. near Howe sound. inland from
Vancouver. Il. c. Tho natural
beauty in the park " said 20 DO
unsurpassed Ia all Canada and tho
attention OF other mountain climb.
Ing clubs Of th6 state arc eoutering
on the climb OF the Seattle organi.
cation,
A permanent camp will 30 cstab.
llshed in tho park and many side
trips win b0 made. among Thorn
being tho ascent 90 tho summit Of
Mount GarIbsldi. This mountain
u 1900 feet high and n naid 10 be
much moro difficult OF ascent than
any OF tho major peaks OF Wash
iugton.
Tho outing ls In charge OF a com
mit;eo including Joseph T. Hazard.
Mrs Hazard. Norman Huber and
Charles l.. Simmons. The party
win leave Seattle II p. m. Saturday.
July IS. and Will arrive here after
the Journey on tho morning Of Mon.
day. August -,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-06-21
Port Suit to Go
to Supreme Court

The test suit brought ~ establish
tho validity OF $4,000 In bonds Is.
sued by the por, 20 pay for the
Skinner & Eddy site purchase. VIII
he carried direct 20 tho supreme
court. IL was agreed Thursday. slip.
ulatlons will be presented by Attor
neys Edgar g. Snyder and james l..
Bradford for tho port and O. II.
Thorgrimson for tho plaintiff In the
friendly suit. removing tho case from
tho hands OF tho lower tribunal.