Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 130, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1911 — Page 2

MODERN CRUSADERS Orho have DIED FIGHTING DISEASE

more data on that deadly affection. A. few suspected cases were being held in the detention quarters of the Immigration bureau, and he was anxious to see them. So little is known of the disease that every case offers new opportunities for laboratory study. This doctor examined the suspects, went back to his laboratory, and a few days later was stricken by the very malady that he had been fighting for years. The disease that he had been fighting so long had turned upon him. He was dead within forty-eight hours after he was attacked. All the knowledge that he and his colleagues had gained in the tast half dozen years proved useless and helpless in stopping the coming of leath. Simon Flexner, the world's greatMt authority on cerebro-spinal menin- * fitia and kindred diseases, was summoned, and did all that was in his power. Serums that have proven effective in thousands and thousands it cases gave no relief from the steady advance of death. There was ao _ response to its powers in the nerves and muscles of the man who was at last lying in the grip of his enemy. Many New Tork specialists watched by his bedside and fought the destroyer with all the weapons at their command. At the last the malady had claimed its vengeance The work of the dying man and his co-laborers had saved thousands, but in the end he was unable to save i himself. A sort of a superstition has grown op among physicians. The feeling is common among them that the man who specializes on any particular disease is liable to become its victim some time or another in life. His own particular specialty is looked upon as being especially fatal to him if he is ever stricken. Some years ago there was a specialist on mental diseases in St. Louis who was recognised as one of the nation's authorities on insanity. He was a lecturer of more than local note on his favorite subject and his* text books are still found in the libraries of the older physicians. Some time ago he dropped out of sight. His friends speak of him now as one who is dead. He is lost to the world of science Wf which he was once a part. His mind gave way under the strain just as he himself had seen so many minds give way. Insanity, hopeless. stubborn, incurable insanity finally claimed him. The physician has often forfeited his life in his search for the causes that lie back of the most elusive diseases. Something of the same spirit that started the Crusaders of old in their march upon the Saracen is '■ found in the breast of the modern investigator of baffling and obscure diseases. The big battles of the race are now being fought out in the laboratories and in the world’s operating rooms. Every year adds a new martyr to the long list of medical men who have died in their search for the mysteries that lie back of the moat baffling diseases. Many of these martyrs live crippled for the rest of their days by some affection, some:-combination of chemicals or by the aftermath of

FEW weeks ago one of the students of that dreaded disease, cerebro • spinal meningitis, made a visit to Ellis Island. He was in search of

some malady that has finally turned upon them. Hopeless wrecks of once strong men live on uselessly and without hope, drawn and twisted by the effects of the X-ray. They were able to cure others with these weird rays, but they gave up their own vitality to do so. Last July Dr. Kassabian of New York died of skin cancer brought on by the X-ray. He had been burned time after time by their mysterious radiance. He had been dying for years. In the years that he was slowly wasting away under the inroads of the malady he was giving relief to thousands. He saw that he was doomed ten years before his death. In common with practically every Xray man in the world he had been suffering at various times from burns caused by this mysterious energy that is given off by the Roentgen ray. He always maintained the greatest secrecy concerning his own condition. In 1902 he came to the conclusion that he was doomed to die sooner or later from the effects of his burns. In 1908 two of his fingers were amputated. Skin cancer had begun to appear upon his left hand and later it began to move slowly up his arm. Last year it was found that the rayinduced cancer had reached the glands under his left arm. Dr. Chalmers da Costa of the Jefferson Medical college was called to New York to perform an operation. The ray Irritated flesh would not heal after the glands were removed. Kassabian, who had fought with cancer so long, was slowly sinking and still another operation was decided upon. The glands on the right side of the chest were removed. It was useless. In the meanwhile the whole of his leftside had become affected and there was nothing that could be done. Thomas A. Edison lost a valuable assistant because of similar burns some years ago. Still another death in the medical profession, brought about by these powerful rays, was that of Dr. Louis Weigel of New York. Dailey, Edison's assistant, died by inches. A cancerous growth appeared upon his left arm and the lower part of this limb was amputated. Slowly his hair, mustache and eyebrows vanished and his skin In many places became hardened and Inflamed. Then |ils right hand and arm began to go. First, four fingers were taken from that member. A futile effort was made to save his upper arm by grafting small pieces of healthy skin upon it from time to time. Finally it, too, was lost and went under the surgeon’s knife in a vain effort to save the sufferer’s life. It was in 1904 that Dailey was added to the list of dead who had died because of their devotion to science. Wteigel died in 1908, after seven operations. His fight against death was one of the longest in the history of those who have gone to their martyrdom because of the X-ray. Some years ago the Curies Isolated radium. Curie himself died as an indirect result of the researches with that dangerous element The immediate cause of his death was his being run down in the streets of London, but his weakened condition because of frightful chest burns from radium was the contributing cause of his decease. The comparative Immunity that the race now has from many diseases was purchased in some instances by the death of one or more investigators. "Yellow Jack" has ceased to be the dreaded thing that It was before the death of Dr Walter Reed. Reed solved the mgatery of the spread of yellow fever and died in its solv-

- has hung his saffron banner out ninety times in the United States. There have been ninety of these deadly invasions of this mos-quito-borne disease. Dr. Reed made it certain that there will never be another of any serious proportions. Yellow fever will never call forth the acts of heroism that it did in Louisville, Memphis, New Orleans and other cities In the old "fever belt.” Reed was sent to Cuba in 1900 to help clean up the island. Death rates in all diseases sank steadily under the improved sanitation. Yellow fever remained unchanged. Reed became possessed of the notion that yellow fever was carried from victim to victim by the mosquito.. Reed, Carroll and Lazear offered themselves as experimental subjects. Lazear died and Reed came back to the states in a weakened condition, and finally passed away because of the low vitality that was left him after his battle with the tropical disease. Doctors and surgeons are dying almost every month in the year from cancer, tuberculosis, fevers, blood poisoning or some obscure ailment that attacks when least expected. Most of the research students of medicine understand that they are taking their lives literally in their hands when they enter upon their Btudies. Disease germs lurk in the air about them during most of their waking hours. They literally lie down and get up with death, and their waking moments are taken up with the handling and culturing of germs that may at any time infect them. A single slip may prove fatal. When a doctor starts upon a career of research he understands just what his chances are and accepts them. It is just a year in this month since Dr. Ricketts died in the little American hospital in Mexico City. Ricketts had come into the City of Mexico from Washington for the purpose of studying the germs of typhoid fever. He was one of the first authorities tn typhoid in this country, but his knowledge could not save hjm from the clutches of the typhoid bacilli. You can find men of this stripe in the fever-ridden areas of the tropics, searching for the secret of the sleeping sickness, of the plague and the malignant enteric fevers that sweep thousands into their graves yearly. Armed with serums, quinine, microscopes and testing tubes, they venture into the valleys of the Amazon, the Niger and the Ganges, hoping to add something to the sum total of human knowledge in the matter of diseases. English and Russian scientists can be found in the hill countries on the Tibetan provinces making close and careful studies of goitre and the nameless diseases that slay the Tibetan in his smoky hut American doctors are facing death, and, worse, in the Philippines, making careful investigations of the weird affections that have killed the "little brown brother” for generations. There are laboratories in America that hold more of the concentrated essence of death than all the nitroglycerin works that are scattered over the country. There are rooms in many of the modern institutions that make a specialty of investigation, where every test tube holds enough of sudAn death to decimate g city. Tetanus, the germs of blood poison, meningitis and cultures of diphtheria and the black plague are ranged upon the shelves. Careful scientists whose white aprons and rubber-gloved hands brush extinction at every move, watch the growth and the life history of these assassins, that the race at large may profit by their watching.

ing. But there will never be another terrible visitation of “Yellow Jack” in our southern cities. Thirty years ago the south was just beginning to recover from a terrible visitation of thisinfection. It had cost that section of the country millions of dollars and a few thousand lives. First and last “Yellow Jack”

WITH HER SWEET HELP

ADDISON WETMORE FINALLY IS EMBOLDENED TO ASK. But His Question Is Not Exactly the One the Young Lady Had Been Expecting for Nearly -Three Years. Miss Derringforth felt a delightful fluttering in the vicinity of her heart. Addison Wetmore seemed to be nervous and eager. It was clear that he had something on his mind. He picked up one of the six best sellers and glanced for a moment at one of the illustrations, then threw the book aside and drew a deep sigh, gazing earnestly at his pretty companion. "What has come over you this evening?" she asked. “You seem to be awfully nervous.** He crossed to the baby grand and, leaning upon it, gazed down into the beautiful girl's deep, dark eyes. There was in his look an earnestness that ■ she had never seen there before and suddenly she realized that this was to be perhaps the most thrilling moment of her life. "We have known each other a long time, haven’t we, Shirley?" he replied "in tones that were tense with emotyon. • “Yes,” she admitted.permlttlng her pretty slim fingers to fall from the ivory keys and modestly avoiding his eager gaze, 'it is nearly three years.” “You have had a chance in that time to get to know me pretty well, haven’t you? I have always tried to be a perfect gentleman when I was with you, haven't I?" “Yes, I have never seen you do anything to be ashamed of.” "Has your father ever objected to our friendship?” “No, father has always liked you very much. He has often said he didn’t think you were one of those young men who thought their lives would be wasted unless they squandered their money on women who smoked cigarettes and drank wine in public places.” “I’m glad to hear he has such a good opinion of me. There’s something I want to ask you." “Is there r "Yes. It’s something very important” “The folks have all gone out. We are alone here.” He took one of her soft hands in his and she looked up at him with sweet, girlish innocence. “It is something I have been thinking of for several days.” “What la It, Addison?” “I hardly know how to say it.” “But I can’t say it for you, can I?” “No, of course not You are sure your father likes me?” "Yes, he couldn’t think more of you if you were his son.”* “Well, I want to borrow |SO. Do you think he would let me have it?” “I don’t know,” she replied, drawing her hand from his. “If you wish me to do so I’ll ask him at breakfast tomorrow morning. If you don’t hear from me you wijl know that he has refused. Dear me! How late it is. I will be glad to let you have a nickel if you need car fare to get home.”

Not an Old Man's Game!

"I may have -lost my ball,” thought the old man, as hd crept on all fours round the bush into which it had rolled, “but I will not lose my temper.” So he continued to grovel and grope, and to wear a persuasive, patient smile. His knees bagged, his back ached horribly, and the bush bestowed upon his hands a generous quantity of thorns. But he refused to discard his smile, and kept on repeating: “No, I will not lose my temper. I will not!” Suddenly the elusive ball caught his eye. Flopping 'flat, he stretched his hand towards It, grasped it among its nest of thorns, and gingerly withdrew it “Hoity-toity!” exclaimed an old woman behind him. “You ought to be ashamed, birdnesting at your time of life!” And then he did lose his temper.

Appropriately Named.

Few St Louisans are so notoriously bald as Walker Hill, president of the Mechanics-Amerlcan bank. The other day a friend thrust his head into Mr. Hill’s office. “Getting up in the world, aren't you?” “Huh?” Mr. Hill said. "I understand they have named a new town for you." “That so?” the banker responded, not unflattered by the news. “Yes —some place down on the Iron Mountain.” t “That’s fupny,” Mr. Hill said. ”1 don’t know anything about it What's the name of the town?” “Bald Knob,” the friend said, withdrawing uproariously.—St Louis PostDispatch.

Poor.

Mrs. Hlghupp—How was the new rector's sermon? Mrs. Blase —Very disappointing. He was going to talk on “Revelations,- 9 and all the scandals that he had to offer were about cities and people dead and gone centuries ago!—Puck.

Marriage and Business.

“Frederick Townsend Martin, the New York society leader, says that marriage is a business proposition." “That probably accounts for the lame number of failures.”

THE BOUDOIR Fasnions Diary

COMBINE ALL COLORS

EXTREME OF BLENDING MARKS FANCY BLOUBEB. Well for Home Bewer to Take a Look at Some of the Designs Displayed In the Stores— Use of Chiffon. It would be a liberal education to the home sewer for her to examine the relays of fancy blouses forever pearing in the shops before starting In with her own sewing. These bodices, all of which have been designed by ' capable persons—some, indeed, are copies of high-priced French garments —all give splendid ideas for the blending of materials. The oddest contrasts in color are seen,, the most unique effects, and so many different tints and textures are put together that one wonders a little sometimes of the

manufacturers weren’t simply using up scraps. Yet everything haß its reason for being to those who understand the art of dress, the wild contrast in color alone being one of fashion’s latest madnesses. Then in the very use of the linings under the veiled waists there are unnumbered hints. One sees the same lining, a coarse foulard with

STOCKINGS FOR LITTLE ONES

New Design Will Prove Boon for Worried Mother* of Healthy, Romping Youngsters. When the summer comes and the active boys and girls, filled with the seat of life, are rolling hoops, Jumping rope and playing ball, garters do get broken and mothers are in despair not only because of this, but because of the big holes that the catches sometimes tear in little stockings. Now, however, a novel kind of hosiery has been put on the market for tfie youngster, obviating all difficulties of this kind. These are nothing more or less than stodkings which reach all the way to the little waists, having a straight piece back and front, which Is of elastic material, with buttonholes which button right onto the little underwaists. Such hosiery is not only practical, but prevents all possibility of the garter showing beneath small skirts or bloomers, and also serves to keep the underwaist in place. The stockings come In brown and black and white.

Coats for Summer.

White is to be fashionable this summer, and nothing is prettier than a white cloak. White satin evening cloaks faced with black are smart, but not practical as compared with the same style of coat in light-weight cloth. These coats should be cut on some loose model, and can be trimmed or plain. The sailor collar and revera of velvet covered with heavy lace are effective, but they are equally effective of plain velvet, and velvet for the moment seems more In favor than satin as trimming. Heavy embroidery and braiding around the bottom of the coats, with the same trimming repeated on the wide turned-back cuffs and sailor collar, make the garment most elaborate. Sometimes the revere are faced with satin, not velvet, and this obviates the too heavy effect of so much braiding and embroidery, which always looks stiff.—Harper’s Baser.

Belt for a Child.

i>' As a relief from the dull and patent leather belt for the heavy linen frock for the little maiden there are velvet belts. These velvet belts differ from those of the growuupa in the fact that they dose In front with a large flat bow. instead of a regular buckle. •. -- *v *i. v? .. *■**'*;*' ><Tt >"

crude colors and patterns, on another counter, but how different it looks when the veiling or chiffon is over IL The colors are softened or entirely changed, the pattern beautifully blurred, dimmed, made the mysterious symphony it should be instead of the hard board of geometrical arabesques it once was. The exception in such cases, where a thin goods is put over a patterned lining, Is with the checked doublings. These show the exact pattern through, but slnoe a check when veiled is very smart the result is charming. Some of the ready-made fancy blouses are incredibly cheap, one design showing chiffon in various delicate tints over thin silk linings with, big flowers. These have silver and gilt tinsel yokes and sleeve edges, the shape of the waist on the kimono order, and a contrasting embroidery In coarse floss and tinsel at the fronL One little beabty of a faded and yet deeplsh blue had red roses and green leaves in the lining and a sort. of purple embroidery with tinsel touches on the front. Other waists in the same design were in every color imaginable, the embroidery matching or contrasting, and the universal price was Just five dollars. The bodices are for wear with the smarter coat stilts of cloth or velvet and for house use. They look best when matching the skirt or suit at some point, and of course they would be intensely vulgar if relegated to every-day wear. In fact, the fancy bodice signifies some elegance in the get-up, though a veiled waist in a dark color —matching the drees —without much trimming may be used with a very plain .frock. The illustration shows a semi-shirt waist style that is as suitable for a middle-aged woman as a young lady if the sleeves are made wrist length for the older wearer. Crepe de chine, foulard, alpaca, cashmere and flannel are suitable textures, and with the trimming modified the design is quite possible for linen, madras and pongee or other wash shirtings. As pictured, the waist is part of a dress of dim green cachemire de sole with a trimming of black satin. For the elderly wearer the waist can be closed at the side front, the back openings seeming a little too foolish for those above a

certain age.

Cut Both at Once.

•Before cutting out sleeves always double your material and cut the two together. Then you are bound to ?ut - them right, and they will match properly. If the material be striped, see that the stripes come directly over one another. Pin the material to make sure, as nothing looks worse than tWo sleeves, the stripes in one of which do not match those in the other.

FULL SET OF UNDERCLOTHING

Comfort and Btyto in These Dainty Garments That Small Maid Will Appreciate. This little set may be made up In fine longcloth or maddapollam; the little petticoat has the skirt edged with embroidery, headed by tucks and Insertion; it Is gathered to the bodice, that isjtrimmed at neck with beading and embroidery, the armholes

being feather-stitched above embroidery. Material required: lft yards tS Inches wide. The nightdress, combinations and chemise are all cut square at the neck, which la outlined with beading threaded with ribbon and edged with embroidery. The legs of .the knickers and combinations are gathered to bands of insertion edged with embroidery. Materials required: for the nightdress, 3% yards 3* inches wide; for the chemise, 1)4 yard yard M inches; for the drawers, 1 yard 3* inches; for

MARY DEAN.