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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-05-29
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troubled by the ravases Of the microbes! Well
let's
So long as savage men remain isolated they
do not have very many infectious diseases But
whenever an infectious disease is introduced
into a primitive community it spreads rapidly
and disastrously. The natural life, the outdoor
life, the activity and apparent health of the
population in no way protect them from the
infection, IN no way confer them any i'm
munity
The primitive mode of life does nothing to
help one throw OF infections when they come.
Cold bathing, open air, sunshine, exercise. ma
lures foods-none of these things help to keep
you from catching cold, measles. or tubercu-
losis, or diphthera, smallpox
What will prevent them? Well it seems
utterly illogical. but it appears the best methods
are found in tubes. You go into hospital clinic,
where is a strong smell of iodoform and ether
and none of the fresh clean earth odor of the
woods, and somebody makes scratch in your
skin and introduces some matter and by and by
you get sore on the skin, and that's how you
make yourself free from smallpox Not dumb
bell lifted, not an Indian club swung, but free
from the danger you are.
Civilization has stranged tuberculosis. Since
we have had records on the subject, the only
years when tuberculosis did not show a decline
in incidence. the years when civilization
completely failed-from 1916 to 1919.
1t is one of the oldest of diseases. We have
definite record of it in human remains of the
Egyptian period whenever large portions of the
body structures have been preserved.
The body of child of the fifth dynasty (2700
B.C) exhibits tuberculosis of the hip, and over
a dozen of various epocns show tuberculosis of
the spine The most striking example is the
mummy of priest of Amen who had extensive
Potts disease tuberculosis of the spine) with
a psoas abscess and a deformty of the spine.
QUT one feels. having gone so far with the
- evidence that a time of justification is COM
ing. What about the degenerative diseases?
What about the diseases produced by the stress
and strain of modern life?
In plain words what about high blood pres
sure? What about hardening of the arteries?
What about heart disease? Kidney disease?
Brights disease? Parkinsons disease? Cults 4
disease? Surely. surely. nature, the old nurse
on whose bosom primitive man plowed his al
most shaggy head and hearkened to the lullaby
Of peaceful greenwood rustlings-surely her
soothing influence sufficient to stave off
these affctions of our own unhappy time.
Among the most astounding results of mod
ern archaeological research has been the discov-
cry that the tissues of mummies 5000 years dead
can be sectioned and put under the microscope
where the details of structure and of cell
rangement can still be discerned. Sir Marc
Armand Ruffer was among the first, if not the
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BOUT his skin diseases We can be fairly
definite. There is good deal of Peruvian
pottery. for instance. which represents the
human form. certain kind CT group of these
fgurines called huacos and show ulcers
ON the face. What disease is represented has
not been fully decided. though large literature
has accumulated on the subject and a number
OF diagnoses have been put forward.
The luxuriant growth of hair myth remains
undlsturbed so far as very ancient is
concerned Not hair of his head has been
preserved. Nor a single bald pate.
But mummies, which are almost prehistoric
are bald Some of them wear wigs The eggs
Of lice have been found adhering to mummy
hair. Rameses u-Oh, toughest brother of
our modern kind-had blackheads on his fore
head
The feet of primitive man must have been
simple torture to him. Stone bruises thorns
infections, and chilblains combined to put
him in the mood to throw rocks at his feet
SO that they would hurt in different way
In warm climates, en- sandy beaches, in the
South Seas, they We're better off than else
where, but the immigrants into Europe with the
long. cold Winters must often have envied the
arboreal birds
DR1MITIVE mans interest in his eyes and
teeth and skin and feet however was divided
by his attention to his internal pangs One
definite thing We know about him is that he had
plenty OF rheumatism. Our knowledge is SO
certain on this score because the only remains
OF most primitive men we have are the bones:
and the ravages of rheumatism are exhibited
in bony structure.
The climate of Europe, which was the habi-
tat OF the Neanderthal race was even colder
and damper than it is now. apd the lack of
central heating and wooden underwear indus
tries. combined with the low state of dental
science tocal infection from the teeth prob
ably originating the rheumatism) rendered our
savage ancestor particularly liable to the worst
forms of the disease.
injuries to bones are frequently seen. The
skeleton which gave its name to the Neander-
thai race. now in the Provincial Museum at
Bonn, has deformity of both bones of the left
forearm probably caused by injury. Peruvian
skulls show evidence of many fractures, appar-
emily produced by playful taps from war clubs.
QUT all this is merely in the days work An
= active, vigorous fellow such as was our prim-
tive ancestor, would naturally pick up quite a
few results OF the stresses and strains of his
mode of living.
But think of the resistances he developed!
Think how that fine specimen of manhood liv-
ing the great free life of the outdoors, eating
nothing but natures foods, exercising the mus
cles of that powerful body all day long-think
how he would shake off an infection, how few
colds he would have, how little he would be
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Injuries to bones are frequently SEEM.
Peruvian skulls shotc eridence of many
fractures. apparently produced BY play
full taps from razeciubs.
first to make such examinations and to describe
the diseases OF the ancient Egyptians.
One of the particular and striking features
Of the condition of these bodies is the prevalence
of hardening of the arteries. Every type of de-
generative disease which is now ascribed to
modern mode of life can be found. every form
of arterial disease, many examples of calcifi-
cation of the aorta
OUR Egyptian predecessor unquestionably
~ had Bright's disease, apoplexy angina heart
trouble. dabetes-all the aff1ictions of presenes-
cent middle age that seem to be so common
today.
We have had pointed out to US with alarm
the great increase in the number of deaths ffom
heart disc ase in our time But it is not until
he reaches the age between IS and 80 that the
young Alexander Of our strenuous modern bust
ness begins to feel acutely the menace of
heart disease. Primitive man not threat
ened much with this danger because he did
not live long enough to die of heart disease.
A THOUGH in physical proves he was a
sad specimen. his intellectual accomplish
ments were among the greatest glories of the
race. Compared to those leaders of our own age
whose Keeling frontal hemispheres sent placid
generation lurching into the horrors of World
War, compared to the befuddled announcements
with which our financial and political giants
have funbled with the incredible muddle which
they have created for civilization during the past
: half decade. primitive man cool realiSt.
1t may have been in reponse to the law that
necessity is the mother OF invention, or it may
have been from sheer intellectual superiority.
but at any rate that pathetic head lifting itself
presciently above the level of the brutes gave
us the rudiments of everything that makes life
worth living.
1t gave us fire. and the wheel, and metals,
and writing. and pottery and cookery, and dis
tillery. the domesticaton of animals, the DEM
onStration that plants grow from seeds; it gave
us weaving, and coming. and fish hooks. and
castor OIL and ethical commandments and toys
for children and songs, and drums, and quinine.
If only had improved much over his
mentality we have over the physique Of pre-
historic man, We might begin to boast.
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according to the experts. in the dawn
days of creation with the shafts Of
sunlight glinting down through the branches
of the forest primeval on his ripping muscles
and clear skin, and he is q sight for sore eyes.
b. the experts" I mean, Of course. the
nudists, and the vegetarians, and the nut
eaters, and the starvationists. and the anti
vivisectionists and the anti-hesh consumers,
and the prohibitionists. and the roughage
hounds, and SO forth.
TIE health programs of these hygienists
are absolutely sound. so they tell us. because
they based on the methods OF old
Pithec2 nthropus erectuS himself. And he
justified them according to their stories.
There he is in the forest clearing with
leopard lion skin around his shoulders,
lightly swinging limb of tree around from
hand to hand out of the pure joy of feeling so
good
| lis skin is almost transparent and. provided
he does net live in Africa or Australia,
a delicate shade of pink. His long, luxuriant
hair is evidence that he has often been out in
the rain minus an umbrella.
Every once in while he lets out whoop
just for luck and his voice reverberates among
the hills and dales without trace of huskiness
or efeminacy.
According to the eyewitnesses listed above,
he was never constipated because he ate
natures foods, and so he had no pizen damned
back inside of him. He certainly Is said to
have been the picture Of health.
And why shouldn't he of been? He clumb
trees didn't he? All day long. To get berries
Or fruit 1 guess even in those days the
berries grew close to the ground. He ate
natures foods didn't he?
He got plenty of exercise escaping from
Saber-toothed tigers, didn't he? He lived an
outdoor life as intended. His skin was
exposed to sun and air and rain so 1t could
breathe.
He never touched tobacco, whisky, or gin.
or Chateau Latte 1914. He may have Judged
a little on elderberry wine and meat when he
got a chance. but he never touched white
bread
lie was so different from us-we, who are
] smothered in Clothes fumbling around
with the wrong diets, going to drug stores all
the time for iodine and castor oil, compelled
to see the dentist twice a year. filled with
serums and antitoxins and vaccines, and
covered with scars of surgical operations
Primitive man had none of that No wonder
he was sight for sore eyes.
It is well he was. because sore eyes were
probably about the only kind that gazed on
him. That is if our present specimens of
primitive people are any criteria. because
ophthalmia is very common among them
It's just possible, too, that when primitive
man smiled he wasn't SO pretty. Unless caught
very young, his teeth were likely to look sort
Of non-hygienic to modern notions. DR..
Herbert v. Williams writing in the Archives
OF Pathology, has shown that Neanderthal
teeth knew pyorrhea, and that "the Jaws OF
the old man of Cro-mangan (Aurignacian)
indicate that he suffered from pyorrhea."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-05-29
BY LOGAN CLENDENINC, NJ. ID

RIMIT1VE man is said to have been !
little short on brains and organization.
but when it comes to Drawn and health
his reputation is Al He stands there,
according to the experts, in the dawn
DAYS of creation with the shafts Of
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
INCOME TAXES
DUE TOMORROW

The last quarterly payment of
1882 income taxes is due tomor-
row and Uncle Sans Treasury
balance should go up a hundred
million dollars and more, al
though Internal Revenue Bureau
officials said today they had not
even a rough estimate of how
much may be expected.
The collections in September
tota1ed $142, ,2O3, ,2O2 .33, which was
quite a drop from the September,
1881, collections, which were
,$263, ,S77, ,85448.
Bureau officials said it would
be several days before the Treas
ury will have figures on the
December Is collections, because
the money is deposited in banks
by the various district collectors
and later forwarded to Wash
ington.
Comparatively few of the
smaller taxpayers will be repre-
sented in tomorrow's return, it
was anticipated. Many of these
paid up earlier in the year and
the last-day payments are due
mainly from corporations and
individuals with large incomes,
who saw advantage, from an
interest standpoint, of holding on
to their money until the final
day for paying UP.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
SAVE
!. MOTHER 3 LIFE

I Mrs. Nellie Raft, So, will re-
cover from the effects of gas she
inhaled yesterday in an attempt
at suicide at her home in the
100 block Florida Ave. N. E., it
was reported today.
Police said Mrs. Raft attached
q rubber hose to a gas jet. and
she was found with one end of
the hose in her mouth.
Arrival of her three sons, Ber-
nard, Robert and George, 8, 9
and 10 years old, from school
saved her life.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
DR.. II. E.. James NeuU
AdUent MISSIONARY

DR.. John N. Andrews, of Takoma
Park and now on a short fur
Tough in this country, will be re-
placed by a 25-year-old doctor
missionary work in the interior of
Sanitarium, Calf, in his Advent
missionary wrok in the interior of
China, it has been announced at
world headquarters of the Advent
iSt Church here.
DR.. Andrews, who is now sub
stituting for DR.. L. E. Coolidge as
director of the Takoma Sanitarium
at Greenville, Tenn, will be To-
Gated in Shanghai, while James is
to go to Tatsienlu, in Szechuan, a
55-day trek from Shanghai.
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
SeabrOOE School
Leads Attendance

Seabrook, a one-teacher rural
school, led all Prince Georges
county public schools in attend
ance, with an average of 98.6 per
cent during November. Kathleen
Shears, attendance officer at Up
per Marlboro, revealed late yes
terday.
Other Prince Georges county
public schools leading their classes
we're, Columbia Park, two-teacher.
$50 per cent; Mt. Rainier Junior
High School. 977 per cent, and
the Marlboro High School, 96.S
per cent. -
The Washington times., 1932-12-14
HIGH VOLT RAYS
/ UNLIKELY FOR
CANCER

NEW YORK, Dec. IA UN.S0.
Use Of 2,500, 0,000-volt X-rays on
human cancer patients probably
never will be attempted in the
United States because recent re-
searches here have proved high
voltages no more effective than
lower voltages.
DR.. Francis Carter Wood,
director of Croker Institute for
Cancer Research, Columbia Uni
versity. expressed this opinion
today when asked to comment on
the use Of 2,500,000 volts yester-
day on German patient in
Berlin. He said:
"In my own laboratory here
we recently completed expert
ments that showed 55O,O00. volt
x.rays were not as good in
cancer treatment as vOltages Of
100000. These conclusions were
set forth in two papers ap-
pearing i'm the current issue of
the Journal Of Cancer"
(copyright, 1882, by International
News SefNlce)
: LONDON, Dec. Il Q.N.S0.
British cancer experts eagerly
awaited today further details of
the German electrical experiment
OH a cancer victim, revealed ex-
clusiyely by International News
Service yesterday.
They expressed belief the ex-
pertinent would open up an en-
ttirely new avenue of exploration in
;mankind's fight against the dread
disease.
The experiment occurred in Ber-
din. Four artificial thunderbolts
of 2,500,00O volts each were sent
Through the body of man dying
of cancer, saving him from GER
tain death, according to DR..
stephen Beck, of the Berlin In
sStitute of Cancer Research, who
directed the experiment..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-23
BY STEWART BROWN

(UnltcU tfeSS StaH COrfCSpOnUent)
 Geneva, Sept 23-Japan and the league of nations were ready to- day for g. battle over the Manchu- rian question which must end in ignoble defeat for one or the other.
 Manchuria is Japan's stake. Vic- tory for the league means and ex- tension of it's authority in world affairs; defeat means it's destruc- tion.
 The council of the league was called to order in preparation for the assembly meeting Monday, when the report of the league com- mission which investigated Man churian conditions is scheduled to be discussed. The report of the commission, headed by Lord Lytton of Great Britain, has been received by the league secretariat.
 It was possible that the Lytton report would be held over until after adjournment of the assembly, by the new council early in October and Immediately turned over to an extraordinary assembly for action. But no matter what procedure is followed, 1t was generally believed that Japan would withdraw from the league at the crucial stage in discussion of the report.
 Japan's position is clear. She has recognized the new Manchu-' kuo government carved out of the three eastern provinces of China by the armed assistance of Japa- nese troops. She refuses to accept further Chinese sovereignty over Manchuria and therefore rejects the report and recommendation of the Lytton commission.
 Japan further denies that her action in Manchuria violated the covenant of the league, the nine power treaty of Washington, or the Kellogg Briand anti-war pact.
 The leagues position Is equally clear; 1t insists under article 10 of the covenant and article 1 of the nine power treaty that Manchuria IS still an integral part of China. In previous resolutions. mem bers of the league have pledged them selves not to recognize as valid and effectuar' any infringement upon the territorial integrity or the political independence of any mem- Der of the league which "is brought about in disregard of article 10 of the covenant"
 It is believed here that this doc Urine, also strongly upheld by the United States. forestalls the legal recognition of Manchukuo by any league member.
 The break will come. 1t is be- lieved, when Japan denies the right of the council to turn over the Lytton report to the assembly. Japan has held that the commis- sion was sent to the far east by the council and not the assembly. The council then would be forced to send the document to the as- sembly over Japnn's veto.
 The next logical step would be of the Japanese in- tention to withdraw from the league.
 The uncertainty of the whole Manchurian affair gave today's
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-23
MT SAINT JOSEPH
 COLLEGE OPENS
New Jr College Conducted By Sisters of Mercy at
 West Hartford
PONTIFICAL MASS, 9:3O

The first scholastic year of Mount St Joseph college in West Hartford, flew junior college for women, will be inaugurated to- morrow starting with a pontifical high mass celebrated by Most Rev John J. Milan, bishop of the diocese at the college at Hamilton Heights. Right Rev Msgr Duggan, V. O., D. D., rector of St Joseph's cathe- dral, will preach the sermon. The college will be conducted by the Sisters of Mercy under a college charter granted by the legislature of the state of Connecticut.
 For the scholastic years of 1892 B courses are being offered in the following departments: Religion, philosophy, English, mathematics, foreign languages, social science, natural sciences, home economies. and speech. For the first year, all candidates for degrees must take courses in the following depart ments: Religion, English, foreign languages, history and speech. Candidates for E. A., must elect Latin; for B. S., mathematics or bi- ology. Electives may be chosen from other departments.
 In addition to the four year col 1ege course the college offers a two year liberal artis course, or a voca- tional course with terminal facili- ties of it's own.
 Members of Mount St Joseph academy alumnae association and friends of the sisters are invited to assist att he pontifical high mass tomorrow morning at 9:30 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-23
Annual Meeting
 in November
Conn Council of Catholic Women Sets November
 Date for Meeting

The Connecticut Council of Catholic Wemen held a luncheon meeting last Saturday at z44 Main street. Hartford to discuss plans for the annual meeting to be held, in all probability, Saturday. Nov- ember 12. Miss Mary P. O'Fiaher- ty, chairman of the Connecticut council presided. Lakevilie Manor reports as well as various others were read, including announce- ment of plans for a round table on industrial problems by Miss Mary Hennessey of this city, state chair man of Industrial problems.
 The many councils, Waterbury included. affiliated with the state council will be represented at the state meeting in November. The speaker for that occasion will be later.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-23
Court Lenient, Disnisses Case
 With Warning
Pair Arrested on Complaint of State Forestry Atache Denies Cutting Down Trees = Claim They Were
 Merely Gathering Dead Limbs at Black Rock Park

reduce large branches of decaying wood sizeable pieces to carry con- veniently. It was the statement of the state employees that they had singled out a gren tree and had destroyed it..
 Kenneth French, 22 of Milldale and Patrick McCrossan, 38, of 84 Wood street were ordered dis charged. The two men were ar- rested Tuesday afternoon on the complaint of woman who alleged that her two daughters, pupils of the Slocum school, had been an- noyed by them. The arrests were made by members of the motor patrols on descriptions furnished by the girls.
 McCrossan stated that he has been a resident of Waterbury for over 20 years, with the exception of time spent in the army during the World War. He denied mak- ing any remarks to the girls. There was some reluctance on the part Of the youth witnesses to testify and considerable doubt in their minds concerning the identity of the two men. The court ordered their discharge without hearing much of their evidence in their own behalf.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-23

will be anneanced later. Mr Dermody leaves one son. William, Jr.. a sophomore at the Crosby High school. who was found al home alone waiting for the return of his father, and three sis- ters, Mrs Paul Passeck, Mrs Elizabeth Jones of Naugatuck, and Miss Loretta Dermody of this city, and one brother, John, of Naugatuck. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at s:30 o'clock from the Lunny Funeral Home, 25 Central avenue to St Francis Xavier church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in old St Joseph's cemetery.
 Mir Richardson, who is a teller at the Waterbury Trust Company, was putting his car in the garage when he discovered the body of Mir Dermody. He notified Fernand Gonthier, the owner of the gar age, and the latter called the po- lice.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-23
How Modern Women Lose Pounds of Fat
 Swiftly Safely
Gain Physical VigOr-Youtl,fulncss With Clear Skin and Vivacious Eyes That Sparkle With
 GIOrlOus Health

Here's the recipe that banishes ! fat and brings into blossom all the natural attractiveness that every woman possesses.
 Every morning take one half teaspoonful of Kruschen Salts in a glass of hot water before breakfast -cut down on pastry and fatty meats-go light on potatoes, but ter, cream and sugar-in 4 weeks get on the scales and note how many pounds of fat have vanished.
 Notice also that you have gained in energy-your skin is clearer your eyes sparkle with glorious health-you feel younger in body -keener in mind. Kruschen will give any fat person a joyous sur- prise.
 Get a bottle of .Kruschen Salts the cost Is trifing and 1t lasts weeks. If even this first bottle doesn't convince you this Is the easiest, safest and surest way to lose fat-if you don't feel superb improvement in health--so glorious ly energetic--vigorous1 alive-your money gladly returned.
 But be sure for your health's ~ake that you ask for and get Kruschen Salts. Get them at any drugstore in the world.