Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 220, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 January 1935 — Page 9

It Seems to Me mod bm 'l¥7'ILL ROGERS, dropping in from the skies to * * play an actor's fund benefit on Broadway Sunday night, informed his audience that Washington was vastly worried by “nine old gentlemen in kimonos.” The sally was received in good part, but a moment later there was quite a hand for the United States Supreme Court when Will took a passing dig at the New Deal. It is not my intention to argue the legal merits of the gold case now under consideration and it may be that the experts are wrong

in their prediction of vast and punishing confusion as a consequence of a verdict against the Government. It seems to me that the situation warrants a broad consideration of the entire problem of the Supreme Court s legislative veto. Asa rule any one who undertakes to criticize the court is immediately set down as revolutionist No. 1. In such controversies there is always talk about our forefathers and of the fact that in their prophetic way they built an instrument calculated to endure for all time. But most of the testimony of

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American history indicates that the court has grown very far away from the conception intended by the founders. The Supreme Court itself was a revolutionary body in that it took over rights which most certainly were never in the mind of Jefferson and which Alexander Hamilton, himself, had hardly contemplated a a a That Veto Is Alarming INDEED it seems to me that the whole balance of executive, legislative and judicial forces swings out of plumb as long as the court has the power to set aside the clearly expressed will of the representatives of the people. The President’s veto power is trifling in comparison to that held by the nine old men. To override their “nay” it is necessary in many cases to amend the Constitution. And in at least one case a Supreme Court decision was largely responsible for a Civil war. Moreover, the fact that judicial power is greater than executive or legislative strength in our scheme of things has far reaching tendencies. In Congress and in state legislatures many bills are strangled at the start because some lawyer-like fellow advises his comrades sternly that the measure before them is unconstitutional. This volunteer interpreter of clauses and of sections may be quite wrong and even so the mere suggestion of a black-robed veto can cast terror into the assembly. It seems to me that sometimes this amateur interpretation is psychologically a sort of vigilante activity. There is a curious notion that all rights to which America is accustomed would be tom into little fragments if it were not for the fact that we possess a written. Constitution zealously guarded by nine old men. But England seems to muddle through in the matter of protecting human liberties in spite of an absence of such institutions. It is my argument that on the whole the swollen powers of the Supreme Court do not serve to promote law and order. On the contrary, as in the gold case, its deliberations may be disturbing. Objection lies not only against the veto power which the court assumed a good many years ago, but to the belated nature of this nay saying. a a a Here's Another Way FOR better or for worse our economic structure is a complicated one. Any measures which vitally affect money rock the whole structure. Sometimes months or even years elapse before the gears and belts and flywheels have been readjusted to the new rhythm. And at this precise point up steps some litigant with an appeal to the Supreme Court and again there is the fear of earthquakes. Even in such instances as an established policy is upheld there are long periods of doubt and anxiety. If the court is going to speak forever with the authority it now r possesses it should, at the very least, be obligated to make its voice known at the time of the controversy or forever after hold its peace. And it would be even better if the nine old men could be induced to pass upon hypothetical problems. Any President intent upon any sort of New Deal enterprise should have the privilege of being able to say, “Here boy, are some brand new laws I intend to recommend to Congress. Run over to the Supreme Court £nd ask them if they are going to holler about any 7 of them. And if so, why? And if they have any objections you might ask them if there isn’t some other way in which we can do precisely the same thing. You tell those old gentlemen that I'm blamed if I want to see a whole program held up or even wrecked just on account of a couple of misplaced commas.” (Copyright. 1935)

Today s Science BY DAVID DIETZ

THE probabilities are fairly good that before many years have elapsed, the world will be using anew calendar. The new model which seems to be gaining most favor is the 12-month equal-quar-ter plan calendar, called the “world calendar” by its proponents. This calendar seems to have certain advantages over the proposed 13-month calendar, although the backers of that latter scheme refuse to admit any such thing. In the world calendar there are four equal quarters. each consisting of three months having, respectively 31. 30 and 30 days. Thus, for example, January begins on a Sunday and has 31 days. It is followed by February with 30 days and March with 30 days. March 30 falls on a Saturday and ends the first quarter. The scheme is then repeated starting with Sunday, April 1. But these four quarters only account for 364 days. Hence an extra day must be put in after Dec. 30. This is known as Year-end Day or Dec. Y, and has no other designation. It is a day between Saturday, Dec. 30. and Sunday, Jan. 1. Similarly in leap years, a day known as Leap-Year Day or June L is inserted after June 30. The World Calendar Association, organized in America in 1930 now has 8500 members. Similar asociations have been organized in other nations of the world. ana MAJOR objections to the present calendar are pointed out by the association. These are: The calendar is never the same from year to year. Succeeding years never oegin on the same day of the week. Each year it is necessary to use anew calendar. Holidays constantly shift from year to year. Dates of the month fall on different week days in successive years. Months in successive years have not the same number of various week days nor the same arrangement of weeks. ana THE association regards a change from the present calendar to the 13-month calendar, however, as a leap from the frying pan to the fire. It emphasizes the impossibility of dividing a 13-month year into satisfactory quarters and cites the difficulties of businesses changing over their acounting f systems from a 12-month to a 13-month basis. One of the chief arguments in some persons’ minds, perhaps, against the 13-month calendar would be the fact that even’ month would possess a Friday. the 13th. And what would a superstitiously inclined person do on Friday, the 13th, in the 13th month? The really serious argument against a 13-month calendar is that 13 is a prime number whereas 12 is easily divisible into halves, thirds, quarters and sixths. Q—What was the name of the picture in which Boris Karloff was strapped to a cross and a man started cutting off his skin just before the old castle they were in blew up? A—This picture was titled “The Ghoul” and was a Gaumont-British production.

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TREES—THE KEY TO PROSPERITY

Reforestation Salvation of Farmer ; Hoosier Expert Declares

By SEA Service HAMMOND, Ind., Jan. 23.—1f great sections of America ever become treeless and desert wastes like great sections of India, China and Palestine, it won’t be the fault of Frank S. Betz. Mr. Betz thinks trees, dreams trees, writes letters about trees, makes speeches about trees, sells trees, gives away trees. The work of the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the concern of the New Dealers with reforestation is all like a dream come true for Frank Betz. For he was actively preaching and practicing tree-planting for five years before the Federal Government did anything about the problem it knew was vital. Betz’ 220-acre farm near Hobart, Ind., is like a manicured and carefully-tended forest, with fields of young trees instead of wheat, and specimen trees from all over the world instead of corn. From this demonstration spot he sends out printed, written and spoken pleas to school children, teachers, Boy Scouts, civic clubs, banks, any one who he believes will plant trees or persuade others to plant them.

For Betz believes the salvation of the farmer and the future of America lie beneath the trees which must be grown to replace the vast forests which have fallen under the ruthless ax of pioneer and lumberman. Bom on a farm, he spent many of his early years among lumbermen of thp Northwest; he saw the forests fall beneath the ax. a a a “QOME time ago,” he says, “I went over the old farm on which I was reared in northern Wisconsin. I couldn’t understand why they no longer can pay their taxes. “When I left home in ’79, we raised 40 bushels of wheat to the acre. Today they might plant 100 acres, but it wouldn’t pay to cut half of it. The cutting off of the trees left the soil bare to erosion, and the rich topsoil is gone. “I can take you 35 miles south of Indianapolis and show you 250,000 acres of land entirely ruined for farming. If American farmers had been under the European system, w’hich demands anew tree planted for every one cut down, this sort of thing would not happen. “It’s time someone who can see ahead came out and started to fight for the farmers who are about to lose everything they have because soil erosion, due to lack of trees, gradually is destroying their land.”

What? No Machine Guns! Trying Blue Laws, Eh? Gangsters No Little Disturbed by Proposed State Law Now Being Debated.

BY GEORGE H. DENNY Times Staff Writer CROOKS, thieves, kidnapers, bank robbers and other such citizens are disturbed no end at a piece of legislation now pending in the Indiana Assembly. . , , It is freely predicted that there will be a great deal of moaning in bandit circles if the bill is passed.

For our legislators, with a grim determination to shatter the morale of the outlaw population, are nastily considering a measure that would make it necessary for underworldlings to discard their regulation machine guns and acquire artillery of smaller caliber if they want to stay within the The bill, one of the uniform crime laws proposed by Administration leaders, provides that it shall be illegal to own or operate a machine gur. of .30 caliber or larger. Inasmuch as practically all such weapons now in use are .45 caliber, it is easy to see that passage of the measure will necessitate a heavy investment in new lethal equipment among the gentlemen who rob, murder, kidnap and burgle for fun or profit. tt tt tt IN fact, one observer remarked that he thought he could detect the sly hand of the munitions trust which obviously would benefit by a general rearmament move by the mobs. Several Republican Senators, who apparently are even less considerate of feelings of gangsters than the Democrats, attempted to amend the bill to make its provisions apply to all machine guns, no matter what the caliber. Prompt and vigorous protest to this brutal suggestion was registered by Jacob Weiss, the Senate’s president pro tern and the motion lost on a voice vote. Fears of several correspondents that the banditti would thus be deprived of sufficiently powerful weapons for their needs ■were dispelled by assurances of a big game hunter that several guns smaller than .20 caliber were used in bagging bears, moose, lions and tigers. Several such amendments designed to make it very tough indeed for persons having machine guns were voted down by the Democrats at the suggestion of Senator Weiss, who pointed out the bill was a copy of a uniform act already adopted by several states. But Senators Lawrence E. Carlson (R., Huntington) and Albert Ferris (R„ Milton), who were suggesting the changes, refused to have mercy on the kidnapers and bandits and kept trying to sharpen the teeth of the measure in a manner calculated to arouse much resentment among gangsters and their friends. a a a THEIR eloquence finally won them a Democratic supporter in the person of Senator Leo X. Smith (D„ Indianapolis), who apparently also harbors ill-will toward illegal people who shoot other people with machine guns. But even this insurgent move failed in the face of Mr. Weiss’ tolerant but firm stand and the last harsh amendment was defeated on a voice vote. Bystanders commented audibly that the vote sounded more “aye” than “no,” but gavel wielder M. Clifford Townsend heard otherwise and the unsympathetic effort to completely deprive robbers and murderers of their machine guns failed, for the time at least, as the bill passed to third reading.

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T>ETZ is an enthusiast, and he glows as he speaks of trees. Such enthusiasm is not to be confined inside a single country. And Mr. Betz, who traveled the world after his retirement as a successful manufacturer of surgical instruments, shipped millions of tree seeds to Palestine, where he had seen the desert areas stripped of their soil by loss of their ancient trees. Then he forgot about it. Not long ago there came a letter to Hammond from Richard St. Barbe Baker, world forester and authority on trees. It said, “ . . . I recently visited Palestine, where I saw millions of little trees growing from the seed which you so generously contributed. Ere long those barren hills of Judah will once again be clothed with verdure. Even this generation will see a marvelous change in the country, which Will be largely brought about by your munificent gift.” The prophet, you see, was not without honor, save in his own country. For it has been hard sledding to interest people in forestry in his own United States. a a a “T-'OR months I have realized .T how Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, must have felt when he sat in the ante-room day after day waiting for Congressmen to

STATE PENSION SETUP RAPPED BY SHEPHARD 92 Standards Now Exist for Administration, He Says. Ninety-two different standards of administering Indiana old-age pensions exist now, Virgil Shephard, director of the governmental research bureau of the Chamber of Commerce said today in an address before the Legislative Study Group sponsored by the Y. W. C. A. public affairs committee. Mr. Shephard said responsibility for this rested in the policy of administration lying in the hands of county commissioners. He advocated eligibilty tests and use of the merit system in the personnel administering the okUage pension act. SELLING LIQUOR TO MEN ON RELIEF HIT Heavy Fine Is Handed Down by Judge Myers. Persons selling alcoholic beverages to those on government or county relief rolls cannot expect leniency in Municipal Judge Dewey Myers court. The judge made this statement yesterday in fining Lee Brown, 32, of 125 N. Noble-st, S3OO and costs after he had been convicted of selling inmates of the shelter house at 222 E. Wabash-st alcohol. Evidence showed that Brown had charged as little as three cents a drink. 9027 VACANT HOMES, BUSINESS SITES FOUND Postal Survey Reveals Decrease of 7950 in Two Years. A survey made by the Indianapolis postoffice shows that there are only 9027 home and business locations vacancies in this city now as compared to 16.977 in July, 1932, Postmaster Adolph Seidensticker has announced. The survey was made in connection with anew service to advertisers which would enable mailers to send postal matter addressed merely to a certain district. SIOO REWARD OFFERED FOR M'BETH SLAYER City Hardware Association Joins Search for Killer. The Indianapolis Retail Hardware Association will offer a SIOO reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the slayer of Reynolds E. Mcßeth, 42-year-old hardware merchant, New Year’s eve, Frank Scherrer, association secretary, has announced. Mr. Mcßeth was shot and killed as he was closing his store at 822 N. Alabama-st. Police believe that the murderer was a holdup man. Senate Confirms Miss Roche By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The Senate yesterday confirmed appointment of Miss Josephine Roche, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.

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Frank S. Betz has for years conducted a one-man campaign for tree planting . . . from his Indiana farm where he grows tree seedlings instead of wheat.

get over the idea he was crazy,” says Mr. Betz. First he tried giving away tree seed and seedlings. But that did not work. “I’ve given away as many as a fnillion seed in a single city,” he muses, “and I don’t think they even opened the bag. When they

INDIANA LEADS IN l). S.STUDENT AID Emergency Adult Teaching Among Pursuits. Indiana leads all other states in the number of college studei j receiving Federal aid for work on offcampus projects, Arthur Crabtree, supervisor of the Governor’s Unemployment Relief Commission college aid program, has announced. More than 18 per cent of the Indiana quota is engaged in community projects such as teaching or leading recreation groups in the college town. A large number is teaching the emergency adult education classes and at Civilian Conservation Corps camps. Other part-time occupations are clerical, stenographic, research, tutoring and aiding unfortunate persons by reading to shut-ins and tutoring crippled children. The Government allots $37,785 a month to aid 2796 Indiana students. ONE DOCTOR IN 100 IS N HELD DRUG ADDICT Morphine Used By Physicians, U. S. Chief Says. By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—One doctor out of every 100 is a drug addict, according to Harry J. Anslinger, federal commissioner of narcotics. “About one doctor in 100 is an addict,” Mr. Anslinger testified in hearings before the House Appropriations Committee. “From the figures we have, 10 per cent of the morphine manufactured in this country is used by the drug addict physician,” Mr. Anslinger said. He estimated that in the country’s population as a whole only one out of 1000 persons was an addict.

SIDE GLANCES By George Clark

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get them for nothing, they are worth nothing.” So he started charging nominal prices for his tree seed and seedlings, hoping that those who had paid for them would value them enough to plant them. And the letters began to come in, slowly from interested teach-

—The DAILY WASHINGTON MERRY-GO-ROUND By Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen —

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.—The moribund Federal Housing Administration is weighing heavily on the minds of White House advisers. The FHA has been a signal flop. Its last published report, as of Dec. 10, revealed that it has completed only $23,350,000 of renovizing loans. It has yet to record any financing of building construction.

As against this paucity of results Jimmy Moffett, socialite director of the agency, has expended $1,300,000 —more than 5 per cent of its loans—for “publicity and propaganda.” How best quietly to unload Jimmy and the FHA is one of the big Administration problems. Some members of the National Emergency Council have suggested to the President that the agency be “co-ordinated” with the Home Owners Loan Corp. by making it a division of that organization. Such a plan, it is held, would have the advantage of suppressing the FHA while soft-pedalling the fact it has proved a dud. That would still leave the question, however, of what to do about Jimmy. Finding a showy berth for him is not easy. He would be a perfect fit for the niche of assistant secretary of the Navy, but there is no opening there—as yet. a a a NEVER has the Supreme Court seemed to enjoy itself as in recent weeks. Anew sense of youth and humor has overtaken some of its venerable members. When the Kansas City Terminal case was before the court not long ago, Attorney Frank H. Towner was in the middle of a lengthy explanation of what the case involved when Chief Justice Hughes interrupted. “Young man,” he said, “aren’t you ever going to get down to the law in this case?” “Yes, your Honor,” replied Towner, “but I wanted to give the court some atmosphere.” “This court has already got

ers, children, clubs, who had seen their miniature forests sprouting, and were happy. Mr. Betz has distributed literally hundreds of millions of tree seeds, and there are millions of trees growing today which would not be if he had been content to rest on his laurels as a successful business man and retire to travel or loaf. “Why, if people would co-oper-ate in tree planting, I could guarantee to add a billion dollars to the wealth of the country in 12 months,” he enthuses. “But people say, ‘Oh, well, the trees will last as long as I do,’ and let it go at that.” ana A YEAR ago, Betz took a long motor trip through the West, covering 2900 miles, distributing 4.500,000 tree seeds free to any one Who would promise to plant them. ’ Millions of his trees have been planted in the Calumet district in Indiana, in Canada, the South, all over the world. The Conservation Department of Indiana has co-operated with Mr. Betz and encouraged his work, feeling that in addition to Government work in forestry, thousands of personal enthusiasts and workers for forestry are needed to bring the Nation's wood supply back to adequacy, stop denudation of rich soils, provide bird and game cover, and regulate water run-off. “It’s time America wakes up!” declares Mr. Betz with habitual enthusiasm. “Japan, crowded for space as it is, plants five times more trees than we do. Germany plants 27 times as many. “The Government has now begun to take definite steps. Now we, as private citizens, must begin to do our share. It is late, but it is not too late!” And Mr. Betz carries on his one-man campaign for forests. One man, yet a man of whom Alexander H. Legge, agricultural expert, once said, “May the good Lord send us more men like this tree-loving, tree-planting gentleman from Indiana!”

enough atmosphere,” shot back the Chief Justice. And then nudging Justice Van Devanter on his right, he gave him a broad and knowing wink. a a a EDWARD J. HART, new Democratic Congressman from New Jersey, weighs 200 pounds, has a booming voice, but may be counted on to step softly and speak low. Unlike zealous rookies from the West, Eddie has no illusions about the power of a newcomer to the House. His nomination w r as uncontested from the moment Frank Hague, North Jersey boss, tapped him on the shoulder. So Eddie will go down the line like a good party man. He needs to. Next to Michigan, the New r Jersey delegation has a greater preponderance of Republicans than any other state. Hart once tutored under Joe Tumulty, secretary to Woodrow Wilson; won a reputation for oratory at St. Peter’s College; is a keen student of Catholicism in Ireland; and is said to be about to fall the victim of Cupid. (Copyright, 1935. by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.)

ARMY TO HOLD TESTS FOR AIR APPOINTMENTS Preliminary Examinations Will Be Conducted Feb. 29. (A preliminary examination for applicants for appointments as second lieutenants in Army Air Corps in the Fifth Corps Area will be held Feb. 20, it was announced today. Applications should be sent to the commanding general, Fifth Corps Area, Ft. Hayes, Columbus, O. Candidates must have served a minimum of a year on active or extended duty as pilots with a tactical unit in the air corps with a satisfactory rating. They also must be under 27 and physically qualified for flying. All applicants wno have not served as pilots on active or extended duty within two years from date of application will be required to demonstrate their proficiency as pilots. CHURCH CLASS WILL STAGE PLAY FRIDAY Woodside M. E. Group to Give Event in Auditorium. Mrs. Dorothy Sell will direct a play, “The Pat. Across the Hill,” which will be g.ven by the Social Service Class of the Woodside Methodist Episcopal Church Friday night in the auditorium of School 21 English and Southeastern-avs. Included in the cast are Mrs. Theona Dietz, Mrs. Mary Barnes, Mrs. Mae Day, Mrs. Helen Ely, Mrs. Lillie Duke, Mrs. Regina Emrick, Mrs. Edith List, Mrs. Stella Minnis, Mrs. June Howery and Mrs. Irene Rhinehart. CLUB HEARS ECONOMIST Lewis Corey Speaks on ‘Decline of American Capitalism.’ Industry could end poverty by establishing a balanced system of distribution, Lewis Corey, economist, declared in a lecture on “The Decline of American Capitalism” yesterday before the Rotary Club.

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Fair Enough M*ct PUB! A N examination of the pet remarks of famous men reveals how very little wit it takes to create a reputation as a phrase-maker or humorous philosopher if the author happens to be a man in public life. I am thinking at the moment of Charles G. Dawes’ expression, Hell-an'-Maria, which made him Vice President of the United States, and of A1 Smiths scornful references to the baloney dollar. Only a very dull comedian or sport writer would be satisfied with Hell-an’-Maria as original material in

his work, but so little is ever expected of men so highly placed that when Mr. Dawes began to say it, that was news. You may challenge the notion that his use of this remark made him Vice President, but it did, all right, with the assistance of’ his character pipe, his comedy collar and political circumstances. That was back in the he-man era and Mr. Dawes’ expression made him famous and popular where his war record had failed to distinguish him in the public imagination. Later on, when the Republicans moved into Cleveland to nominate Mr.

Coolidge and startled statesmen were fleeing the vice presidency in wild alarm, Mr. Dawes was the obvious one. When Frank Lowden finally refused and almost threatened to sue the party, Mr, Dawes expressed a willingness and he was it. *• a a He Was a Little Late CIERTAINLY the word baloney had lost its humori ous quality, if it ever had any, long before Mr. Smith got around to it. His use of the term alphabet soup in connection w r ith the new Government agencies set up under the Roosevelt Administration was belated, too, for it occurred more than once in Bugs Baer’s syndicated nonsense in the papers as far back as 1920. Yet when Mr. Smith said baloney and alphabet soup he was making language. The best quoted phrase of all attributed to Mr. Smith, somehow, lacked staying qualities. That was the expression with which he finally completely did away with young Theodore Roosevelt the time Mr. Roosevelt was running against him for Governor of New York. Perhaps running is an exaggeration. Tllddling would be more like it. Mr. Smith listened tolerantly to Mr. Roosevelt’s campaign and, at the climax, said simply “The young feller ain’t there.” It was Joe Tumulty, then secretary to Woodrow Wilson, who first described as boll weevils the new southern Congressmen and deserving Democrats from below the line, but out of consideration for his position he was not charged with it at the time. There were some amazing specimens of wild life in Washington just then and some of the sockless types newly elected to the lower house charged into town under the impression that the Government furnished barracks or dormitories for the statesmen. Finding no such accommodations certain of them carried bedding into their offices and moved in. a a a A Term That Prospered 130 LL WEEVIL was a term destined to live long AJ and prosper. It is useful again nowadays with Senator Bilbo and other such political parasites established in office and the soft magnolia drawl ■of the southern appointee murmuring in every corridor of the Government. The same tactful forbearance that shielded Mr? Tumulty then now protects the mats who recently referred to a celebrated radio clergyman as the mad monk. I never thought there was half the quality to Theodore Roosevelt’s “speak softly and carry a big stick” that would have been seen in the remark if it had been uttered by a reporter or a heavyweight champion. In fact, it is the stuffiness of statesmen on the average which exaggerates the wit and originality of the few unusual utterances which they do get rid of now and again. There is a much brighter wit to the language of the sport business, particularly the racing, fighting and baseball branches, but originality is routine there and few men have become associated with a particular phrase. One of them was Willie Keeler who said the way to hit was to hit ’em where they ain’t. And in all the sport business there never was a phrase-maker comparable to the late Phocian Howard, the horse journalist who ran a little gamblers’ trade journal called the New York Press which he always mentioned as the fireside companion. Mr. Howard bundled up the whole thought behind the professional gamblers’ business in the phrase “suckers can’t wait.” (Copyright. 1935. by United Feature Syndicate. Inc.)

Your Health —BY DR. MORRIS FISHBEIN-

FEW persons realize the importance of clothing in relationship to health and disease. Human beings living in isolated places under warm conditions can do without .clothing ordinarily, but they must wear some coverings, if only for the sake of modesty. From what know of the value of sunlight for the human body, there is no more healthfulness produced from exposing the complete body to sunlight than exposing all except portions that might be covered by a breech clout or diaper. However, under conditions of winter, such as exist in most of the United States, nudism is neither comfortable nor healthful. The disadvantages of housing and clothing lie in the fact that they keep the skin away from fresh air and sunlight; hence it is advisable for those who are too constantly covered to obtain an occasional dose of artificial sunlight and, by suitable bathing and airing, to keep the skin in good condition. a a a YOU should remember that the ultraviolet rays of the sun, when taken in excess, can do as much harm, if not more harm, than is developed by avoiding sunlight altogether. We lose water from the body through the skin. The body is a self-regulating mechanism and adjusts itself to the loss of heat. It is advisable, therefore, at all seasons to wear next to the skin some porous, pliable material which allows rapid removal of moisture from the surface of the body. In cold weather, this first covering may be covered by additional clothing, with as many layers as necessary for warmth. For the coldest weather, any material, such as leather, which permits air to pass through only very slowly, makes the best body covering. a a a IN winter, it is especially important not to wear tight clothing which will interfere with circulation of the blood and cramp the body movements. Eskimos and other persons who live in the Arctic zone wear soft, pliable moccasins instead of the stiff, heavy shoes worn in the temperate zone. While it is generally conceded that men dress less hygienically than women, because their clothing is heavy and permits of less circulation of air, and because they wear tight collars, garters and belts, the clothing worn by women has other hazards. Women’s shoes are probably the least substantial and least healthful of any garments worn. The second complaint about women’s clothing is the fact that their dresses usually are made of material not easily cleaned or washed, and because of the sparseness of their coverings, these materials are in almost constant contact with the skin. Investigations have shown definitely the accumulation of bacteria on such garments, and explain the reason for infection of the skin on the backs of many \ omen, mT

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