Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-01
L DICTAMEN, Vera Cruz.-The
City of Mexico has organized q
corps Of so policewomen to sup
plement the efforts Of several


have been connected with the force
These additional women are for the pro-
| motion of order within their own sphere
Of operations-that is to say, they will
seek TO control any public disturbances
in which women are the principals, and
also will help women appealing for adj
| vice or protection on the streets of the
I city. They wear an attractive uniform
of blue-buttoned police-coat, short
skirt, white turnover collar and toQue,
on the front of which is fastened
replica of the district police plate. It is
expected that this feminine force will
function, especially among the women
Of the demimonde, In O manner superior
to that Of the regular man police.
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Stock Crash
On Shanghai Exchange.
Chinese Economic Bulletin, Shanghai.
Several brokers suspended, others fac
ing expulsion from the local exchange,
thousands of small operators wiped out
overnight, millions of taels signed away
on paper, and the prospects Of salaried
| men and women mortgaged for the next
few yearS-that is part of the toll taken
by the December settlement Of the
Shanghai Stock Exchange, which has
brought gloom instead Of joy into thou
sands of households.
Those affected by the crash repre-
| sent every class of society, ranging from
once influential brokers who were sup
posed to have substantial resources
behind them to lady typists In receipt
| of neager Stipends. From this stand
point the catastrophe is altogether
different from preceding disasters OF
a similar nature by reason OF Its
ramihcations.
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| Physician Gives
Remedy for Snake Bites.
FL TELEGRAPH, Guayaquil.-Dr. Core
| liano Dutra, a resident In Carunaba (ES-
tado de Matte Crosse, BraziD, asks us
! to divulge the following information, in
| the interest of humanity and If indeed
the remedy which he suggests for the
bites of Venomous serpents is sure
one, it will be of notable benefit to all
those living in the wooded and marshy
portions of our country, so full OF poi
| SonouS snakes.
at is to be noted" says the doctor
chat this remedy has been employed as
a counteractant for bites Of all sorts Of
snakes, whose venom has heretofore
been considered beyond cure when in
jected into human blood. Among the
| the rattlesnake, the several varieties OF
coral snakes, the adders, cobraS and
particularly the azorillo, or swamp
viper particularly prevalent in Ecuador.
| The bite Of most of these serpents Is
| followed by immediate blindness, deaf
ness and vertigo, as the poison Is diI-
fused through the blood TO the heart
The antidote is two grains Of calomel,
one grain in each of two SpoonfulS OF
lemon juice, repeating every two hours.
A. sr the third administration Of this
dose the victim will be able to continue
| his tasks without any recollection of be-
| ing at the brink of the sepulcher. I
have employed this cure in more than
| 100 cases of snake bite, without q single
DEATH" DR.. Dutra then concluded:
| las a preventive against snake bite
1 the best thing is q little sack, attached
to some part of the body. and con-
tanning from 4 to 10 grains Of cor
rosive sublimate. Strange to say, any
snake will flee from person thus
| protected. In the rare case of any
exception to this rule, the bite Is
harmless"
| Reverse
Of Paradox Is True.
| CromoS, Bogota. There Is no chance
of any doubt that there are more fool
ish people than there are wise ones,
but, paradoxically, it must also be
| agreed that there are many more good
people than bad ones. From this 1t
| might be expected to follow that .
majority Of people would show interest
ia reports and judgments which exalt