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Modern Methods Prevent Mixing of Babies While in Hospt

Of Cleveland occurred recently. A
somewhat elderly Jewish millionaire,
married late in life to somewhat
elderly damsel. was awaiting the birth
OF the progeny who was to inherit his
estate. Because Of the age and other
factors related to the condition of the
mother. the parents had been Informed
that they must not anticipate the
birth of other children.
Accordingly, every one concerned
had set collective minds definitely on
the decision that the child about to be
horn must be boy. The young ply
sician in charge of the birth had been
told repeatedly that the child must be
boy. that it undoubtedly was a boy.
that in the ease Of the birth Of a boy
his reward would he considera bic.
The same impression was conveyed
with equal forcefulness TO all the at
tendants concerned in the accouche-
ment of the prospective heir--or heir
css. No 1t must be an heir! In any
event. even before the infant had
come wholly into view, the doctor--no
doubt controlled by the power OF sug-
eestion--repled TO the question of a
nurse to the effect that the infant was
a boy.
The nurse informed the father,
waiting in the hall, and he promptly
telegraphed or telephoned the glad
news to relatives in Chicago, Los An
celes. New York and all points South.
In the ensuing turmoil the question OF
the sex Of the child does not appear to
have been prominently raised. Some
four days later the nurse. bringing
the child to the mother for its nourish
ment, said to her uhe name is ficti
tiousl. We'll. Mrs. RosenZweig. here's
your little girl" Then the fun began.
Mrs. Rose nzweig insisted that her
child was a boy and that a girl was
out Of the question. The father was
summoned, the doctor w2s called. the
Evening star., 1927-10-09
BY MORRIS FISHEE.N. N. D.,
Editor Jourr.I of Are Ic-n Medical
i = tcI tIOl.

n dntiLNd tina tie hospital
" ~ had ETnn he" tho wrong
infant she stared anew
somewhat romantic contro-
vers,,- thot has developed from time
80 t.i?~ IN various communities since
the da"s of King Solomon.
That wise and venerable monarch
had 10 d crmine which Of two women
was the mother Of one rather adorable
infant. IIo did it by simple psyche
logical maneuver. Owen Wistor had
his hero in The Nirginian" mix up
ard undress the babies at n festival.
with almost disastrous results to the
assembled m"ternal montalties. For
tunatnly. the babies were Of all ages
and sizes. and the unscrambling was
comparatively easy matter.
Mark Twain raised the question in
his famous interview. There is
deep mystery about me- he said to
the inquiring reporter You see. /
was one Of twins. 1t was very difficult
10 tell us apart. One time my mother
was bathing both of US in the same
tub. One Of the babies was drowned.
The one that was drowned was me. )"
The development Of the modern ma
fernity hospital and Of the maternity
wards in general hospitals has made
the matter more importa mt than IL was
in the days when most babies came to
existence in the midst of home sur
roundirgs. In some institutions ten or
more ba bies are often born in twenty
four hours The turmoil and excite
ment inevitably made necessary the
development of some means for safe.
guarding identification.
In one of the largest maternity hos
ritals in the Middle West an incident
not unlike the case of the Smith baby
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which affect the red blood cells of the
blood of other human beings. When
the fluid matter of the blood of one
is added to the red blood cells of the
other it may cause the cells to Clump
together or agglutinate. or it may not
affect them in this way.
All human beings may be divided
into groups according 10 this test.
Various races differ as To the parent
age Of persons falling into the vari-
Gus groups. Furthermore. the group
ing seems to be hereditary, according
to the laws laid down by the monk
Gregor Mendel, father Of the Men
delian law of heredity.
DIR. Laurence Snyder. who recently
surveyed all OF the scientific evidence
available on the subject, points out
that it is now possible to say in
court of law with rea sonable certainty
that certain man could not possibly
have been the father Of A certain
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Iat Ta UkwOv O
fLinwnB dTo~adne by Of

'urs under the worst of conditions:
i.e., the patient gets we'll in spite Of
ndinS. mishandlnS and
mistreatment. 1t is obviously better.
however, to give him the best possible
treatment for the expedting of this
recovery. This usually means isola
ton. protection against visitors teveu
relatives). physical support, the best
of food, careful nursing, n variable
amount of sedation by baths, electric
ity and medicines, and. above all.
psych 1therapy of the right sort. Those
cases in which an organic disease pro-
cess is Il factor require still more spe.
cific treatment.
Finally, it should he a matter of com.
mon knowledge that all depressed peo.
pie are potential suicides. Hence thr
importance Of protection as a factor
in treatment. Many Of the suicides
ascribed in the newspapers to financial
worry, disappointment etc. are un.
doubted cases of melancholia from
which the victims probably would
have recovered and gone on to useful
lives had their conditions been recoc-
nized and the proper steps taken by
their friends or relatives. If suicid /.
thoughts occur to you, you owe it to
yourself. your family and the worli
to tell some one about it whose mo-
tiOns are stable enough and whose
judgment good enough to guide you
through the shoals Of danger.
Suicide is a serious problem in the
| nited States. With all the clamor
about crime waves, few realize that
murder is Of much less frequent oc-
currence than suicide. Moreover, the
victims of suicide ere generally spea X.
ing. far more desira bic members of
society than the victims of murder
Many Of the latter are underworld
lings, killed in quarrels, arrests. etc:
whereas the victims of mnlancholia-
many of whom attempt and not few
OF whom succeed in suicide---are usual
~ OF a distinctly higher order. Ami.
mails frequently commit murder. but
suicide is the product Of higher
however errOneous--mentality Most
suicides could he prevented if the
psychopathological view of it were
only more widely known
Every psychiatrist has scores of OK
periences like this: Mr.. " was told
that his sons sO.called nervousness"
was really manifestation of melan-
cholia and that he might kill himself
if he were not watched, prefera by
confined in sanatori1Im. Mr.. "
scoffed at the idea OF so intelligent
sensible and seemingly self-controlled
man as his son doing such a thing
Six days later the son was found
hanging from rafter. The papers
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child. although 1t is not yet possible
to prove absolutely that another man
was the father. This evidence has
been accepted in courts of Germany
and Of Austria. 1t is known that the
child inherits these blood substances
through the line of it's mother. 1t Is
possible by these blood tests to have
some indication of racial relationships.
and they have value in the identified
ton of blood stains. such as Is some
times required in murder cases.
The Smith case of Cleveland has
served a valuable purpose. 1t has per-
mitted hospitals to come to the pub
lie with the story of scientific obstetri-
cal care. 1t has served to allay the
doubts and fears of many questioning
mothers. 1t has helped especially to
stimulate research investigators. work
ing away in their laboratories in uIi,-
versities and in hospitals. Sooner or
later they will find in the human blood
positive means of Identification.
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mother and the child. AS soon as the
child is carried to the dressing table
a glass plate covered with fndelible ink
is applied to the soles of it's feet, and
these are pressed against a part of
the chart planned especially TO record
the markings. 4 duplicate of this
chart is also prepared for the mother,
so that she may take it home with
her and check up on the baby at any
time. The footprints are as individual
and as definite as are those OF the
thumb and the fingers. They persist
throughout life. The prints of the
babys hands are not taken, because
the little fists are clenched and the
hands and arms move constantly.
In some hospitals there are avail
able beads carrying letters. The sur
name of the child il spelled out in
beads and the necklace is clasped
around the child's neck and remains
there until it goes home. The neck
lace is excellent If the child's name
happens to be RosenZweig, but If it
should be Smith and three women
named Mrs. Smith happen to decide
to have their babies on the same day
in the same hospital difficulties may
supervene.
The State of Pennsylvania has. I
understand. a law requiring that all
hospitals with wards for maternity
cases use the footprint method Of
identification. That method Is abso-
lutte. But the mother who once be-
lieves that the child given to her may
not be her own Is difficult to convince.
Additional methods may help.
Some day. no doubt, medical sci
ence will develop a method for prov
ing absolutely that a certain child Is
absolutely the offspring OF certain
father and mother. Already the iso-
agglutination test affords some evil
dence in this direction. In the blood
OF every human being are substances
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WHAT HAPPENS?

THE question which way the lower
quarter Of the hind wheel Of an
automobile Is throwing the drops Of
water that seem to form a plume
running backward has occasioned
much discussion from time to time.
Many persons are deceived by judg-
ing the motion of the drops with ref
erence to the moving car, and they
think the drops are moving backward.
So they are with reference to the
moving car, but with reference to the
road they are all moving forward.
To take an example. il the car Is
going 20 miles an hour then the rim
of the wheel as whole is going
20 miles an hour. plus whatever
speed the rotation Of the wheel gives
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it. The rotary speed is 20 miles an
hour in different directions at differ
ent parts Of the wheel, but nowhere
except where the tire touches the
roadway ia the backward motion
caused by rotation large enough to
cancel the forward motion of the
wheel as a whole. The bottom of
the wheel Is at rest with reference
10 the road and the top is going
40 miles an hour. There is a point
at third OF the way up where the
particles that travel with the rim
are going 90 miles an hour. Half.
way up. however. the rim is travelling
80 miles an hour, and the particles
that stuck on lower down are
thrown off and fall behind the wheel.
but so forward over the road.
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ships his children. And her, too.
don't know what it could be-"
On. he's probably overwsrked him.
self and needs a rest. Let's include Il
vacation in this promotion"
Yes. when he learns his salary is
to he doubled he'll cheer up"
''Eut why on earth doesn't he come"
That evening the papers contained
the following item:
MIR. George D., of the Common
wealth Co.. was found dead in the
basement of his residence this after
noon. where he evidently had hanged
himself. His wife and children were
out. III health is believed to have
been the cause
This was a tragedy which could
have been prevented if D. had
recognized that his depression had no
real basis in fact but was a mild form
of mental disorder which could be
cured.
WALTER H. another real man,
w gives the other side of the pic
ture. At the time our story begins
II had just been promoted to the
position of manager of a chain OF gro
Gerry stores. For six months he had
filled the new position with credit to
himself and profit to the management.
Suddenly" as he put it. something
seen ed to break: everything slowed
uo; couldn't think; couldn't work
as fast as usual: / lost my pep. l
didn't want TO see any one and j
thou~.lt they didn't want to see me-
Thinking his work to be responsible
for his depression. he gave it up and
tried one job after another. giving
each UP in the same way. He grew
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ss0n Silent Foe That Can Be Conquered by Treatment

said he was worried over finances.
The suicide statistics list it as caused
by Ill health. The father regards Il
as an ineXplicab BILE tragedy. Tia
psyChiatriSt sees it "a another instance
Of preventabln suicide which ought
10 he called manslauGhter.
In addition 10 the acute tiepressinns
which nave been the main considera,
tion in this article. there j. a form,
of chronic melancholy with whici,
every one is familiar. hut which i,
rarely regarded AS mental sickness.
although it would undoubtedly consti,
tute one. Such persons are apt to te
consistently and untailinSly moody,
grOuchy. irritable and pessinistic.
Curiously enough, these people are
not so likely to fail as to succeed.
using the words in their commonly
accepted sense. They often achie,s
consdera bic distinction and accumu.
late wealth. Their failure consists in
their total inca pacity 10 enjoy Iifa.
They are never happy. and because Of
their cross and disagreeahle dspo.
sitons they make those about them
unhappy as well. For this reason
they constitute an important problem
in industry-the chronically depressed
employe requiring Very special han.
ding.
X
COMF; who read this may ask what
personal applications they NAV
make-how may they handle them.
selves in the throes Of minor depres.
SONS which none but they themselves
recognize?
The answer is not simple The ideal
Of serenity in the face of all events.
OF cquanimity. is an impossible one
for some temperaments Try as thew
may. they cannot treat those two
impostors just the same" but must
Overreact to both success tso-calledl
and failure. But there is some helm
in the thought that comforted Lincoln,
that this, too. will pass" Religion of
some kind; the love of something
ineffa hle-God, beauty, nature, the de.
Eotion to A task-these save son,s
from depression. Some think that it
is the relinquishing of the intensity of
religious faith or its failure to ensross
its adherents as formerly that has
brought about the increased number
'plNHo4OttS III tilVSc ltlti udNS.
There are fewer now who can say with
job. Though He slay me. yet will I
trust in him" Job and Jesus knew
grief. hut not meIa ncholy.
In general the thing for the meIan.
choly man to do is to seek the most
proficient counsel available and act
upon the advice given. Modern psI-
chiatry has developed to point com.
parable with the better known and
more spectacular achievements Of ma.
jor surgery. Surgery of the mind Is
often as necessary and as feasible as
surgery of the abdomen.
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superintendent and the chief Of staff
arrived posthaste. The hospital, how
ever, was able to show incontrovert.
IDLY that the girl nursed regularly by
Mrs. RosenZweig was his daughter.
When A child is born in the hospital
concerned certain steps have been
taken to arrange for positive identifi.
cation. Two tapes have been pre-
pared bearing duplicate metal identifi
cation tags, much the same as those
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worn about the neck by soldiers in the
A. +. F. One of these is tied about
the mothers wrist. The other is at
tached to the child.
Still further precautions are taken.
Previous to the birth Of the baby two
pieces of adhesive tape have been
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marked indelibly with certain mum
bers. Immediately on the birth of the
infant one piece is pasted on it's back
and the other on the back of the
mother.
Finally. a chart has been prepared
with complete data relative to the
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T YI-7< ,N.."e. Smith o. C'~vcland
detiG>d tina tie hospital
" had 8 ynn he" tho wrong
infant. she stared anew
Ii,
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BY KARL A. MENNINGER, NJ. ID.

~ NE of the causes of failure in
life is an enemy that frequent
ly attacks men and women of
~ high mental ability. II is a
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Business Opportunities
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES q

BEAUTY. PARLoR Owner leaving city
must sell at once. Located in down
town office building on first floor
ting machine, hair dryers, manicuring
table, facial chair, and other equip
ment win sell with 2-year lease at
! reasonable rental and use of old-estab,
lished firm name: bargain at $4,000
Box Csc, this office.
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Nasn, 1e25. SEDAN

Original finish like new: hes boen ran
very little: tires show little wear: nleeheFjte.
ally this car IL wizard. bumpers 1rout o94
rear. disc wheels and other extras. Su8au
|doWn payment S4e Der month.
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Too Late to Classify


Q majority of the trustees of the Whitelaw
Apartment. House Company, Inc, of the
District of Columbia. hereby certify that
the amount capital of said Corporation
on the thirty.fi day of December. A. D
1925. was as follows:
Authorized Capital. ...s.. >. $15o 900 90
Proportion of Capital paid 66
and 43k150S or. ......... 9s,930 90
Existing Debts of said corpora
ton, secured and unsecured $142,95S.79
House ....s.'..'....: :: .'.. s247. 500 .oO
in Apt. House. ......... $500 90
Cash in Bank. ........a. 500. az
Rents receivable $50 90
10
W. D. NIXON.
President
R.. CHANDLER
R. w. ROBINSON.
r. r. HILL.
G. S. REED.
Trustees
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|Rickenbacker, Sport Touring
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Hupp Touring.

Late model finish like new: tires 5000 :
side shields. on wtndshield: uphot0teEy 6nG
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Auction Sales
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TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE BRlCE
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BY virtue of a certain deed of trls
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the land records of the District of Colum
bia and at the request of the party Sc
cured thereby the undersigned trustees vii
offer for sale at public auction. in front Of
the said premises on Tuesday. January rs
1927. at 4 o'clock p. M. the following
described land and premises, 'ituated in tat
District of Columbia. to wit; Part Of lo
numbered q in John B. Blake and Moses
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numbered lAl, as per plat recorded az tn
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Terms of sale: Property Will be sd1C
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taxes further particulars of which will b
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deposit. OF. Sb0On equlred at sale
All conveyancing recording. ~evenue stamps
and notarial fees at cost OF purchaser
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Buick TOURING

Buick Touring.
In excellent shape: tifes rood: rAeehSnat
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|S16.66 per month.
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| Bids and Proposals

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for furnishing aud delivering from oIe to
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LOST AND FOUND

,BARPlN, between 1917 Rhode island Ave.
and woodward & LothrOp'S: gold. 2 dia-
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com purse. eontainillg . sum OF money,
or on bancroft. Va. bus. Rev. Main SO.
DOG - Black female. white feet. white
A. cnsst. small. thin, Eddley: reward.
Frank $3.50
GERMAN I!ii police. dos; answers to name u
tween washington Newt sIs AID 3e;tspbonr
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lPURSE--LarRe black. Containing Q KEYS and
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WA1SH He entleman's gold. and chain. lost,
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LOST Boston bull terrier four white feet,
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WHITE English Bull Ter
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Answers to name Nancy"
Return to MRS. HOUSER,|
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Buick, Master 6 sedan (late)

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