Evening star., 1923-04-23
CAPITAL KEYNOTES
BY PAUL Y. COLLINS

Will not certify to the permanent and
dangerous injury to the heart orc
duced by the overstrain of the dam
ing craze. 1t is potential suicide
1t has not even the saving merit o.
terplschorean grace. and dancing
masters protest that it is bringing
their art into disrepute.
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The whrling dervishes Of Asia ard
Africa. can beat any champion of the
marathoA. The terror-stricken peo-
pie Of the plague in Europe. in 1864
according to DR.. Hugh S. Cummine
surgeon general of the United States
public health service, used to get the
craze. to bluff their terror. and the,
danced on the streets for days until
| they fell exhausted and died The
Holy Rollers can outvhiri any ~
the dancers. and they have the c.
cuse that they self-hyprotivc them
selves into a furore. and they dnn.t
know any better. They are in thu
same state of defective mentality a.
a dancing mouse. born with p dAfet-
tive brain which makes its only pror-
ress one dizzy whirl. There is moth
ing either new or heroic in the en-
durance dance.
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Out in the Mississippi valley. wherc
they do not specialize in weaklings
a move is under way to revive Fl.
terest in long-distance walking. Tha
doctrine is being promoted by thf
Heart Of America Walking Club -
Kansas City. One of its leaders. 4
lawyer, is reDorted 10 have set ttn
pace hv walking sixty-thrne miles IN
one day-sbout three DAYS marca
for an army.
Compare the pleasure and proft ~
walking across country. and seeing
the beauties Of nature by the wa
with this senseless whirling. confined
within a roped inclosure. Walking
Will test endurance. just as we'll q
dancing. but it will expand the lungs
with oxygen. and expand the brain
with sky and land sights such -
Foratio and the dancers never drear-
ed of. The present genera tion iS y
danger Of forgetting how to walt :
owing to the automobile II is nct
the Siztv-+hree lie 4 -dav stunt tlla'
is esnec;allv delightful and cdfvine
hut II one must race against tire
that is tho least objectionable forrr
of racing. Go! walk across the cor
tineat and back again, or all around
the houndarv ot The rntior -ha.
will not produce heart disease.
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Here is a Iong-leveragA method %
aiding humanity: Last year the IN
structive visiting nurses of wash-
ington visited 5000 patients, total !
Of $4,000 times, cared for their In
mediate needs and gave expert in
structions to their relatives or friends
who were nursing them. The visiting
nurses need funds now 10 extend ard
continue the service. They help tic
poor. who would not be holned but
for them. They make every dollar
spread over much need. The cause Is
Endorsed hy all nilvsiciaus and by tcc
Secretary OF Labor. Mr.. Davis
| Orc Of the most Ievel-heaGed SO
ators is Senator Lenroot. and he ss.S
! 'the next six months are loaded with
dynamite for American business" Fe
also says that 1T would tc TO the iI,-
terest Of the farmer if he did rot l,ar,
| a large crop Of cereals this year. IL
might then secure higher prices ard
might be able to secure financial ir-
! dependence"
| 1t seems a pity to count on 4 sho".
crnp of food as the basis Of pros
perity. when there are millions IN thn
ator's- reasoning a S afo our farmers
pros suerity Is sound. There is no pos
sibffity OF farmers ever getting to-
eether and controlling acreage of
crops. so the only hone is that nature
will be the best EARN bloc TO boost
prices.
Farm labor shortage is indicated by
the Department of Agriculture. The
supply on April l was only SS.4 per
cent. as compared with 11I.4 per cent
of normal of last year. The shortage
is most severe in the industrial re
rions from New England to the Mis-
sissippi river. Perhaps this will tend
toward the short crop wished for by
Senator Lenroot.
One OF the most important develop
ments In agricultural business. in the
last decade. is the growth of fruit
and vegetable wholesale auctions.
Such sales arc held daily in the large
cities. and they are benehting farm
interests through creating competi
tion and expert craftsmanship. They
| bring together buyers in competition
with each other In 1912 the gross
sales of such auctions amounted 70
s42 900. 900. in 1917 to s65.o0O.o00. and
in 1921 to s14S,00000o This covers
only the markets Of fourteen of the
| large cities. with a population of 81,
100000. or Il per cent of the urban
population of the country The main
| trouble with farmers selling their
| crops has been that they were at tho
mercy of the markets. hut the auction
! method reverses that condition.
/. Copyright, 1923. by T. V. Collinsl