The Washington times., 1935-12-25
Health
A Christmas
Miracle
By LOGAN CLENDENING, NJ. 10.

This department takes occasion
Of the season to wish all its read.
ers very Merry Christmas, and
invokes their good will.
There isn't much good will in
the world this particular Christ
mas, and we are very glad to have
had our share of it. We have had
some evidences Of i'll will, too, at
certain Of our expressions of opin.
ion, and some courteous but firm
submissions of disagreement. Not
that we are complaining; we sup.
pose that it is inevitable for any.
one who sticks his neck out $40
days in the year. in fact, we
rather feel that if everyone agreed
with everything we wrote, it
would be pretty dumb writing.
No, the world isn't exactly burst
ing with good will this Christmas,
what with some people hating the
Germans, and some hating the
Jews, and some hating the Ital.
lanS, some hating the Republicans,
and some the Democrats.
PUZZLED WIFE
So I am going to tell a little
story about a Christmas time
forty years ago. Perhaps it won't
be SO distasteful even if it is a
German story.
In the city of Wurzburg, late
in the year 1895, the wife of a
professor in the university became
huffed because her husband didn't
answer her questions. He didn't
eat the meals she set before him,
but sat abstractedly gazing into
space. She wondered whether, at
his age, he had gotten himself
into some kind of trouble. Him.
mel, was he going to run off with
another woman, or was he in
debt, or what?
She gathered all of her re-
sources together and prepared
him the very grandest Christmas
dinner she could cook up. But
still he didn't notice. He didn't
eat. He didn't even know it was
Christmas. Just sat with that
brooding look in his eyes.
Then she got angry and gave
him a piece of her mind. At that
he came to a little and when he
understood, he smiled-a queer,
patient, mystical smile. And that
superior smile made her more
angry. So he said, now he would
give her piece of his mind, and
he puts his arms around her and
took her downstairs to his lab
oratory.
He darkened the room and be-
gan to fuss with some of the cleo.
trio apparatus he was always work.
ing with. And then a queer lighu
went on inside a globe. And he
gave her a black box, which he
made her put up to her eyes, and
put her hand in front of the globe
with the queer light.
FIRST TO SEE
She gave an exclamation Of hor.
ror because what she saw was the
hand Of a skeleton. When she
moved her fingers, she saw only
the bones move.
She turned to her husband for
an explanation, because, you must
understand, until then Frau Ronr.
gen did not know that he had Just
discovered the X-rays Nor did
anyone else. It was the one he
loved most, who first, beside him
self, saw their wonders.
And the two stood looking at
each other with frightened eyes,
at the miracle which had been
vouchSafed them.
That miracle has gone all over
the world since then, doing good
to all sorts and conditions of men.
Editors Note: Six pamphlets
by DR.. Clendening can now be OBJ
tanned by sending 10 cents in coin,
for each, and a self-addressed en-
velope stamped with a three-cent
stamp, to DR.. Logan Clendening.
in care of this paper. The PAM
phlets are: indigestion and Con-
stipation," Reducing and Gain.
ing" Infant Feeding" "Instruc.
tions for the Treatment of Dia-
beteS," Feminine Hygiene" and
The Care Of the Hair and Skin