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The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08

THE discovery of insulin has en-
A tirely changed the outlook for
persons suffering from diabetes. While
it has beer known for only about four
years, 1t is now well proven that ar
adult who has developed to average
| size and whose body has grown to
maturity can be restored to health
and kept in a condition of health
through the constant use of insulin.
Whether the ~long-continued use of this
serum will, in some cases at least, re-
store the diseased island cells" in
the pancreas to normal condition SO
that the patient can get along without
insulin is not yet known. There are
some indications that In favorable
cases this may be possible, but SO far
it Is too early to make any definite
promises.
But how about the child which, for
reasons yet unknown, develops this
condition in early years, when the
body is only half grown? Insulin we
know will keep him alive as it will the
adult. But will it make it possible for
the child to grow Ia size and weight
like a normal child; win it enable the
child to develop mentally to the same
extent as a healthy child?
This is the question that DR.. E. P.
Joslin of Boston, one of the leading
authorities on diabetes in this country,
attempts to answer in a recent issue
of the Journal of the American Med
fno1 AccaafO4f0n "a fr = rr10cftno &ho%
has arisen only in the last few years
because, as Doctor Joslin shows, be-
fore the discovery of insulin by Doctor
Banting it was the exception for the
diabetic child to live. Before the time
of insulin practically all children h
developed diabetes died in the first
year or two. Now, Of one hundred and
twenty children whom Doctor Joslin
has treated with insulin since August,
1922, one hundred and twenty are
living.
But will these children continue to
live and will they develop into normal
adults? They have had diabetes now
for IN average Of "A years and have
had insulin treatment for an average
of 81 years. Forty per cent, or forty
eight of these one hundred and twenty
children have either not had to in
crease the amount of insulin or have
actually decreased it. That means
that the disease has not progressed,
and In some cases has actually de-
creased in that time. On the other
hand, of one hundred and sixty-four
children that were treated by diet and
other methods without insulin, only
twelve are still alive.
How about growth? Before the dis
covery of insulin, only one diabetic
child out of twenty increased in
height; with insulin treatment the
growth of dlabetic children Is within
half an inch of the growth of normal
children. Their weight also increases
to nearly that of the normal child and
in thirty-four cases was greater.
So Doctor Joslin concludes, although
the time is yet too short to speak posi-
lively, that the diabetic child under in
sulin treatment not only will live but
will develop to almost the same extent
and at the same rate as the healthy
child.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Mechanisms That Madly Hasten the Excessive
Speed of Modern Life
By OCTAVE UzANNE, in La Depeche (Toulouse).

We are generally proud Of the progress of science. 1t certainly makes
for our w~en-being and comfort. But individually we are becoming very
sensitive to the imperious dictation Of certain mechanlsms that madly
hasten the excessive speed of modern life.
We complain Of repeated calls to the telephone, our sybartism is
exasperated by every repression toward the methods OF former times
the stoppage of motors, punctures of tires that force us to go back to
the use of our legs, the necessity of going upstairs when the elevator will
not work, and many other such daily miseries.
1t is a common feature of modern conversation to rebel against
these interruptions in our velvety path; we should like insurance against
the failure Of all these devices Of the easy life.
Spoiled by superaction, we have forgotten how to be patient and
resigned in the presence Of the unexpected, which becomes more and more
frequent as the multiplicity Of organisms devised for our comfort be-
comes more complex in function.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Depression Consequent to the War Ameliorated
Too Slowly for Europeans
By F. A. BRITTEN, Congressman From Illinois

The depression consequent to the war Is being amehorated too slow
ly to satisfy even the Europeans There appears to be little effort on the
part of the politicians to promote a comprehensive budget balanced by
proper taxing laws until they realize that their respective countries can
avoid bankruptcy in no other way. The politicians proclaim faith IN
themselves and hope that relief will come through gold channels from
America.
Germanyis position has improved tremendously since my last visit
She is one Of the few countries of Europe with a carefully balanced
budget. l find that the main cause of the improvement is the reallza-
ton Of the country that it has lost a costly war. The countrys leg1sla-
ton is shaped toward meeting conditions a they are. President Won
Hindenburg is popular and has the confidence OF the masses 81 that tax
legislation, though heavy, is borne with grim determination by the
German people.
France is in a much better position to meet her Indebtedness to the
United States than either Italy or Belgium and the quicker her poll
tcians realize this the better it viii be for France.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Depend Upon 1t, Nothing Is Haphazard; Things
Are Not Left to Chance
By SIR OLIVER LODGE, IN Scientific American.

The antiquity of the solar system is fearful Life on the earth, IN
some form or another, has been going on nearly all that time. But not
for all that time has there been intelligent life as we know it now. The
ages Of the earthls past seem to have been a sort Of preparation q the
life and mind which now is and for the mind which is still to come
Depend upon il, nothing is haphazard, things are not left to chance
Everything is amenable to law and order. Everything points to a a
tional plan, of which we know neither the beginning nor the end, but
toward which we can help. In face of all that, shall we allow ourselves to
squabble about trivialtiesi Or shall we realize that we are the heirs OF all
the ages, that the destiny Of mankind is being partly entrusted to us, and
that humanity has a potential future beyond our widest dreamsl
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
Education for Better Citizenship Now Receives
Popular Attention
JOHN j. TIGERT, United States Commissioner of Education.

BY JOHN J. TIGERT, United States Commissioner Of EducaVlon.
During TIE past year education for better citizenship has continued
to receive that popular interest and attention from educahonBts which
began Immediately after the war. After a. good deal OF use and abuse OF
such terms as Characterization "adult education" etc, we are now be-
ginning to formulate a real program not only for better citizenship as an
objective in the regular school curriculum, but among our ctzenry Of all
ages and nationahties. About twenty states have now established direc-
tors for this kind of service in their state departments. Many laws were
passed in 1926 relating to patriotism, good citizenship and like matters,
including such enactments as the requirement that the flag be displayed
on shooLouses, provision for the teaching of the Constitution of the
United States in the schools, creation of patriotic holidays and regulation
of their observance, provision for evening schools and similar classes for
foregn-bon subjects, etc.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1925-10-08
POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DIR. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor Of "HEALTH"
Be- CHILDREN

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Evening star., 1925-10-18

several centuries it was taken by the
Moslems and destroyed. Rebuilt about
the seventh century, it was destroyed
in the twelfth century by an earth
quake, witch. however, could not rob
it of all i!s beauty and glory.
We visited the quarries nearby,
where the stone was hewn for the
building OF Baalbek, and there can be
seen q cIS stone, oblong in shape,
which weisas over ] 500 tons, which
had actually been moved bodily toward
the temples, when presumably its
progress was stopped by the destruc-
ton of the city.
X X X
WE then returned to Damascus to
w prepare Felix for one of his su-
preme tests, the crossing of nearly 500
niles Of waterless desert to Bagdad,
over waste, on which there was
neither a tree nor Il blade of grass,
and where breakdown or failure meant
something unthinkably serious.
Leaving Damascus, we retraced our
steps for Is miles along the Alleppo
road, through the luxuriant fruit gar
dens and waving olive groves, and
then turned northeast on to the open
desert The breeze, the direction of
which had not been noticeable up to
the present, commenced to blow be-
hind us, but for 80 miles l had no
difficulty in moving faster than the
wind.
After going eDr an hour and hall.
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Travellers Are Swept by the Fury of Desert Wind

however, pulled him through, and in
five days he had recovered sufficiently
to enable us to plan our start in a
couple of days.
The day before this contemplated
move Wroe went down with far
worse bump and with fever that did
not respond to any treatment. We
waited and waited and hoped for the
best, but on the eighth day it deveL
oped into a severe form of typhoid.
The British resident doctor ordered his
immediate removal to the American
hospital. So all chances OF his ability
TO proceed were extinguished.
1t was extremely lucky for him thai
1t had happened here, for south of
Teheran our hardships were so great
that had he been with us when his
malady developed I fear his chances Of
recovery would have been small 1t
was hard luck for him not to be able
to finish, but severe abdominal oper-
alton earlier in life had weakened his
constitution. This weakness devel-
oped and rendered him entirely un-
suitable for the rigors and hardships
Of such trip as this
Our route had been originally
planned via Meshed, but the day be-
fore we moved we received the news
that the Turcoman tribes were in re-
volt and IN possession OF the road,
looting all caravans. Also we heard
that we should have TO cross rivers
and streams where the food water was
10 feet deep in many places The ONLY
alternative route was by way of Ispa-
han, Shiraz. herman and Bam-a
route that included several hundred
miles of salt desert. Nevertheless, this
would give an opportunity of seeing
south Persia for the first time md the
change of plan proved to be more than
justified by events
tCopyriHht 1po5D
Evening star., 1925-10-18

wished at the time that some Of the
overromantic English t1appers who
have been Arab and sheik struck
Through seeing misrepresented films
of those characterS) could have been
with us. for they would have had
quick disillusionment.
Romance could not be even asso-
ciated with the real desert sheik. and
in a country where water Is too pre-
cious to warrant a wash more than
once a month filth rather than ro-
nance predominates. The sheik at
this place gave us the impression of
not having been washed since birth,
and / think he was still wearing the
clothes of his childhood. into which
numerous gussets had been sewn from
time to time.
A MONTH before this the mail cars
( were attacked 20 miles from here,
after which the French sent out a
punitive expedition which captured all
the raiders A little later we passed
the remains of a car which attempted
to cross about two months ago and
which was driven by Arabs from Bag
dad. They ran out of water, had to
stop. and, leaving woman and child
in the car, they tried to find water.
One was never seen again and the
other was found some weeks later
eaten by jackals. Luckily, a British
mail airplane which was passing spot
ted the stranded car. They landed,
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Continued from First Page
their lines moving through the ex-
posed valley with the precision of men
on parade, with colors flying, to the
strains of martial music. 1t was n
glorious effort: under a rain of shot
and shell, that cut down the gallant
men by the thousands uess than one
third of their numbers reached their
lines AGAIN., their ranks reformed,
closed up, and moved on in the
majesty of invincible courage Gen.
Armistead succeeded in leading about
hundred of them to the crest of the
ridge, where they planted their colors
and held the ground for a little while,
| only to be finally forced down the
slope, the battle lost. and bearing in
AIS loss the ruin of the Confederacy
But PickettS men had glimpsed tha
eternities. for in that charge they were
made aware that "one glorious hour
OF crowded life is more than an aga
unknown" Their matchleSs courage
has no parallels save those of Bala-
klava and that of the Spartans in the
mountain pass of Thermopylae.
After the repulse of Pickett's men,
Meade, accompanied by his staff, rode
down in front of his lines in full view
| of the enemy, who fired not a single
shot while the Union forces gave their
| commander such an ovation as few
chiefs ever win from their men.
| On the following day. July 4, both
armies were occupied with their
wounded and with the burial OF their
dead. That night, in q heavy rain.
Lee began his retreat toward Virginia
soil. 1t was the retreat Of a masters
organized, disciplined, not discouraged
and Meade followed cautiously, not
daring to risk his dearly bought vios
| tory with a possible defeat.
When Lincoln learned that the Coma
federate forces had escaped he saiE
| in his distress: I'VE had them in oun
grasp: we had only TO stretch FORTH
| our hands and they were oursp' Trf
! that cry was the sound OF tears that
must yet be shed before the work ot
| Meade could be rounded out at Appo$
matox. Given his opportunity, Meade
had wrested victory from It. making
1t possible for Graz mt to save the Unioul,
! but the hour for that Achievements
was not yet.
| Meade's victory took unto itself add3,
ed luster from the success OF Gran&
at Nicksburg. both victories falling orI
| the day OF the Nations birth. 1t wa&
for the Union. as sherman wrote I'd
| Grant, the best 4th or July since 1776A
And in the West, as Lincoln said, "ThSk
| Father of Waters again goes unvexeQ
: to the sea-" cutting off all supplies otl
| food and arms that had been cominG
| into the Confederacy from foreignk
| countries.
When Grant was given command OF
the Armies Of the United States hi
! left Meade in charge of the Army ofy
| the Potomac. for he admired the man q
ability. So Meade and Grant, through
Gettysburg and NiCksburg and onS
through the Wilderness campaigns to
AppomattoX, were comrades in arms
to victory. and are comrades still In
the eternal security of commemorat ting
bronze and marble. sheltered so nobly
by the Capitol of that Government
they kept from perishing from tha
eartn. II is worthy companionings
a brotherhood Of service, which the nss
ton acknowledges In gratitude.
Evening star., 1925-10-18

But that will make them bag al
the knee. again. l exclaimed
Exactly. So IL would seem. Sc
we tempt the rich TO be exclusive
But. in reality, 1t cannot be done"
Why not?"
mo man can walk wide enough to
side-crease very wide pants and get
away with It. When the common
man perceives this, he will have a
great laush-and wear wide pants
still wider yet. For the hrst time,
men will be brothers. Think Of 1t.
Bill, no front crease. no side crease.
no more knee -bagging. Do women's
skirts bag at the knee?'
And there you are.
The secret Ia out.
BY Oxford bags, men are to be led
to approximate divided skirts-all
men who want to do so,
Men have worn pants only since
1900" says Henry, but men have
not worn skirts since the year l540
-four centuries OF oppression. In
the truly masculine periods Of Greece,
Rome and the Middle Ages. when
men were men. the dignity and ease
of skirts was theirs. Women re.
yered them, and went slowi''
Evening star., 1925-10-18

ing when Nebuchadnezzar and Ham
urabi were kings OF BabyIonia.
Babylon was reported to have an
area that once exceeded the present
day London and Paris combined. and
for miles around are tcnS of thou
sands Of huge earth mounds, every
one of which represents an ancient
building, but which are now covered
with the dust Of centuries.
The part Of Babylon which can be
seen was excavated by the Germans
shortly before the war, and is only a
tiny part OF the city. It includes,
however, the famous Ishtar gate, the
palace OF NebuchadneZzar, the sacred
way Of the priests, and the famous
hanging gardens. in spite of the
great heat, interest was intense, and
left no doubt in the mind as to the
wonderful state of civilization that
must have existed here 5000 years
ago when Babylonia was plain,
covered with forests and rich culti-
walton.
On another day, we left Bagdad at
dawn. and drove south to the ruins of
Cesiphon, the Summer Palace of the
Parthian Kings. The great Arch of
Croesus. over 10 feet high, with a
span of 40 feet, was built of brick
and without a wooden molding, and
is regarded by engineers as one Of the
seven wonders Of the world. 1t was
one Of the great centers that rose on
the Tigris after the fall of Babylon,
Evening star., 1925-10-18
Car Stethoscope.

WHEN the motorist wishes 10 get
right down to business on his
motor at times when he doesn't like
It's sound and vet can't quite diagnose
the trouble, he can use homemade
stethoscope. This can be made OF sn
ordinary telephone receiver. 1t In
attached to long iron rod. The rod
ca IN be soldered to the diaphra gm Of
the telephone receiver, a rod that
should be long enough TO touch the
motor at the other end. The diagnos-
tician can accomplish his task easily
with this stethoscope. as he can detect
the vibrations passing through the
receiver as they proceed through the
motor up along the rod TO the receiv-
ing diaphragm.
Evening star., 1925-10-18
-CLAMBERED FOOTBOARD STARTED FINCERINC
EVERYTHING LOOSE THE CAR"

left food and water with the parcheC
and starving occupants and wirelesseC
! to Bagdad, which sent out a plane
which brought them to safety.
A little farther on we passed g
dead hyena, surrounded by a crowC
| OF vultures, an object lesson of the
dangers of getting stranded in the
| desert. We stopped that night at II
| O'Clock. having made a record journe,
for a day of 261 miles. Two hours
| running the next morning on a steady
descent brought us in sight of the
date palms bordering the River
Euphrates, and soon we arrived al
Feluja, where we crossed the river
on the bridge of boats on our la st
36 miles to Bagdad.
Half way there we passed Khan
Nuktahfi. A desert fort, where the
famous political officer. Lieut.. Col.
Leachman, was brutally murdered in
the 1920 rising. Across the ancient
and now dry canals OF a bygone
period OF this country's greatness,
passing many camps Of Bedouins. we
soon sighted the golden domes OF
kad-i-main, the shrine Of the grand
son of the Prophet Mohammed. Ten
minutes later there appeared on the
horizon the domes and minarets of
Bagdad.
We passed through the fertile belt
OF agriculture that surrounds the
city, now the capital Of the Turkish
province OF Mesopotamia. Past the
old Berlin Ba gdad railway. we crossed
the new pontoon bridge and arrived.
four muddy, unwashed figures. at the
Hotel Zia. The proprietor, Zia. an
old wartime friend OF mine, gave us
A great welcome, and the joys of hot
baths and iced lager beer We're be
yond description. We had covered
the 54S miles Of desert in 24l2 run
ming hours without puncture or
mechanical trouble Of any kind.
THERE is great contrast between
the Basdad OF 1917 and that OF
today In 1918 the Turks cut wide
street right through the city to
enable them to transport their heavy
guns from the north to kut-el- Amara.
When / entered Bagdad with the
occupying troops. this was a cut in
every sense OF the word. They had
just taken straight line and cut
through. mosque. bazaar and house In
a relentless way.
This street. now known as New
Street was then an unmetaled mud
heap. Today the road is we'll metal
led, the sidewalks are paved with
hard brick and an efficient police force
is necessary at every crossroad to
control the ever-increasing motor
traffic.
While at Ragdad we took occasion
to visit nearby sites Of interest. in
cluding the ruins Of Babylon, through
a never ending series OF earth mounds
and embankments, which represented
the remains Of q wonderful system OF
irrigation canals that were function
Evening star., 1925-10-18
BY F. A. c. FORBES-LEITH

l RlNG the summer large
parties of Bedouin Arabs
pass from the deserts OF
- Central Arabia and Syria to
the more fertile plains and
hills Of the West. where they sell
their cattle and grow corn, which
they take back with them to the
desert in the Autumn. These tribes
are robbers by nature and tradition,
and we had strict warning from the
French authorities not 10 pitch camp,
except in the confines Of a village,
as to stay out at night was extremely
dangerous.
We continually saw bands Of these
ruffians crossing our path and camp
ing by the wells. Once, when we
stopped for water. we were sur
rounded by a crowd, who clambered
on the footboard and started lingering
everything loose on the car. Our
mascot, the figure of a cat on the
radiator cap. mystified them, and l
heard one man cry out that he was
"Shaitan,' meaning the devil.
We did not stop to argue with
them. but pushed on as soon as
possible. At dusk we came upon a
most picturesque Arab town. the
houses of which We're mud built in
the shape Of sugar cones, and, s all
the buildings were joined together.
the whole village was actually under
one large roof.
An hours run next day brought us
to Hama, a city Of 5000 inhabitants.
This was once the capital OF king
Iom, the extent OF which Is not
l.nown to history. and which is re-
terred to in the Book Of Kings as
Klamath and Amatha. Our next inn
portant stop was at Damascus. the
city of seven rivers, where the house
OF Ananias can be visited, as well as
the tomb OF the great conqueror.
Saladin.
From here we moved on to the city
of Beirut, on the Mediterranean Sea.
which is the biggest seaport in Syria.
Its Importance as political and
commercial center, its harmonious
mingling Of antiquity and modernity.
is overshadowed by the surprising
beauty of its surroundings.
We could see the famous cedars of
Lebanon Ohe few remaining ones OF
which are strictly preserved from
which King Solomon obtained the
timber for building the Temple, and
only with an effort could we drag
ourselves away from this perfect spot.
We spent one day here in visiting
the famous ruins of Baalbek, which
rank among the most wonderful exist
ent Baalbek is the ancient City of
Heliopolis, and was founded by the
sun worshippers of Baal. Later the
Romans erected temples there to
Venus, Jupiter, and Bacchus, and after
Evening star., 1925-10-18

All starts. you perceive. from Ok
ford bags. Their look is subtly simi
lar to that of the divided skirt.
Elderly men of fashion. it seems.
can hardly bear to wait: and Hogue-
Lamperie urges an immediate ap-
proach by way OF black or purple
velvet.
At q dinner with ones aunts. for
example, he recommends and pur-
poses to wear a kind of dress coat
Of black or purple velvet. f1aring
largely and gracefully at the hips.
to display the hang Of divided skirt
which subtly resembles oxford bags
His aunts. HogueLamperie assures
us. will be all mixed up, and won't
know what they are or what 1t IS,
Such an experience gives confidence.
Then, gaining practice in more
worldly society. he says. some day.
when concerted action is agreed on.
he will just drop the divide" OF his
divided skirt. What, no. for skirts,
Henry laughs.
What complications" he says.
Here's how it Will happen. When
common men get used to oxford
bags with all their flowing ease
they'll feel that the divide is the one