South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 109, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 18 April 1920 — Page 9

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SUPERSTITION IS QUITE ABUNDANT IN GREEK CITIES

The Last Review at Potsdam

FLYING SQUADRON TO TOUR INDIANA

j Party of Prominent Speaker:

de State on

Mission.

the northern

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part f the st.it-.

Includf'l among the speakers

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Ancient Fetishes Hamper Work of American 0 Nurses in Athens.

Dr. Milton S.

and I'reoklyn pastor; Cor.res, who was an i

the American Red Cn s

.Mrs. ms j myi uuiisr.n. ;i native

Armenian who r.o'.v mak- s her resi

dence in Seattle. Wash.: Mrs. Nixon Calvitt Clarke. Ir. William Ohnn. Mr. and Mrs. James O. Arndi and Dr. Paul Leinbach. all prominent

workers for the Nr.ir Iat

IJY MAJOR JAMLS A. MILLS. ATI! UN'S. April 1-. Anicricm nurses in the Balkan countri s have rnr. with forr.o curious customs and eioerstitions among the natives.

I artiyl irly f h'Idren.

in the matter "f tr. e are In their tl t 11 v round of

duties they h.i'.f nco'i nt red all trie frvil.s of witch ry. charm cur'- an I v. rirei belief-? v. hl h tho centuries have handed down. They have found it difficult to overcome these hoary, rnoss-rown traditions and wisdom" of the age. The methods of the medicine r:ipn of the North Ameri'-an Indians are not more fantartic than th"s employed by the untutored mothers of the Balkan. Vital Point. From the moment a h.?by i horn the vital point in hi.- life, as the mother p.-fH it, is to protect him from the Fplrlts of evil which hover over his cradle and follow him through the day. always watching, always

waiting", always honing for their op- ; ..nrtnnltv nmn of the ITHinS fTll- I

v1...-. ..... ... . . - - jdoyrd by Greek mothers to banish theye sinister spirits are most extra-erdinary-The poor child has to endure many sträng ceremonies before his parents feel at all sure of Ms future. One method much in vnjrtin is to jdaoe behind the baby's ears a dab of mud. With this "charm" in po

sition babv. his mothers thinks, has

rothing to foar Nearly all the children brought io the American Bed Crosa clinic in Athens have this smear of mud on them. Only after frantic pleading on the nurse's part was this wierd custom abandoned. Nail Myth. The finger nail myth is also much respected. The belief is that if a l.ahy's nails are never cut. and are permitted to grow pointed and long he will when he waves his arms about scratch the face of the demon or thief and the demon disliking it will liy away and not pos.se.ss himself tJf the baby's .soul. The crust that lack ef car and dirt forms i'pon a luthy's head is the subject of i:r.; h superstitious reverence. On its harried presence and thickness some Ralkan mothers believe depend many vital t hintr. The cuttintr of (In- infant's teeth. the surenss of vision, the activity of his limbv. and most important of all. his intellect, rely entirely upon its preservation. When the American nurses go to the root of the belief they find that it 11 revolves about the old fVar of the soft skull opening and exposing the brain. Deep Seated. SV dorp seated Is the belief in evil that even at the solemn ceremony of the dreck baptism the priest and the, godmother exercise the demons by blowin.? their breath in the form of a cross over the baby and also about the room and all the doors and win-

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IVinc Sigismund and other prominent Germans who intended the farewell services when the non-com- I missioned otllceis' school at. Pot.-d.im was abolished. The review took plate in front of the statue of Wil- j helm I., who was the founder of th e school. m j I j

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dows to prevent the further entrnnee of wicker! Fpirits during the rrr-

; mony. Tho sacred oil with which

the baby is anointed in baptism must not be washed off until afte-r 4 0 d.iys have elapsed. This is rigorously observed, especially anion?; the peasants, and the baby at the end of the allotted time hns the appearance of a. little coal heaver, so thickly is h coated with dust and oil. When baby is sick and all other remedies fail, a b-d of cold cinders Is very generally used as a last resort. The cradle is Tilled with old ashes and the infant is buried in them. The American nurses have never been able to discover what the benefit tr be derived from this curious custom was supposed to be. The cur for e-olic is even more curious. When the baby has a severe colic the ponds in the enviror.s of the house are rlili,- ntly seirclinl by members eif the family and ;, the fios are captured. These are placed

alive on the child's abdomen. It

MOVE TOWARD SEGESSION IN MEXICO GAINS Li.-t of Loyalist? Published by

Carranza Fails to Strength.

s-upporter of Obregon for president and that Sonora is ObrcKon's native state. The Sunora revolt may enlist other Mexican states, they believe, and develop into an extensive revolution against Carranza with tho object of making Obregon president, lew (Jive AUcslance. The Mexican embassy here today made public a list of state governors who have given assurance of allegiance to Carranza. Only a small

percent of the states was represent-

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a very tiresome treatment, as some one must sit by and keep the fros from hoppins off the patient. No thought is Riven to the te rror these jumping frogs may have for the Child. Amonr the gypsies that wander over the Halkans the work of the ftel Cross nurses is more riiflicult. It will take years of preparation and education to enable them to mere-ly to begin to understand the Idea of child welfare. For the moment "Kismet" and "Allah" rule their lives, will all fate, good or ill, and kill all

J initiative.

Hv Press: WASHINGTON. April 17. Civil war throughout Mexico between the forces of Preset Carranza and Gen. A:aro Obregon. eandidate for the Mexican presidency, may break out ii the federal government proceeds to suppress with military force the secessionist movement 'n Sonora. of-

is j ficials here fearer! today.

The Sonora movement is primarily an Obregon demonstration against the Carranza government, military intelligence otlicials here believed. They pointed out that Gov. De La Huerta of Sonora. is a

ed. The governors listed were: Gustavo Espinoza Mireles. of Coahuila; Gen. Jose Santos, of Nuevii Leon; Manuel Alvarez Garcia, of Colima; Aurelio Gonzales, of Aguus Calicntes. and Gov. E-teban Cantu of Lower California. The possibility of Gen. Pablo Gonzales giving his support to Obregon was speculated on by intelligence officers here. Cionz-ilos" Is understood to have In en Carranza's candidate for the pre-sideney, but !s believed to have been angered by the support Carranza gave Eonillas. former ambassador to tho United States. Gonzales was not amoung the armv generals listed by the em

bassy as having assured alie-giar.ee to J

i arranza.

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