The Syracuse Journal, Volume 28, Number 47, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 19 March 1936 — Page 3

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Keeping Up WimScien(e ay dcffiyfleijerMge • Sclanes Sarvtoa.—WMV Service. Trench Mouth Threatens to Stay With Us for Good You May Cany It and Not Know You Have It DETROIT. — Trench mouth, which plagued the doughboys in France, threatens to become one of the diseases that are always with us. or as scientists say, endemic in this country. Dr. Don Chalmers Lyons of Jackson, Mich., declared here at the meeting of the Society of Bactertoloctsta. Pathologist a and Allied Workers of Michigan. Ohio and Indiana. Carriers, that Is, persona who bare trench mouth without knowing It. and Improperly cleaned beverage glasses are the means by which this disease is spreading. Doctor Lyons stated. He quoted Impressive figures to , show the Increase in cases of this disease within recent yearn. Spreads in Washington. "In the state of Washington, where it Is classed ns a common communicable disease and according to law reportable ’within 24 hours to county and city health officers, there were seven cases reported In 1931 and 343 in 1934: a tremendous Increase from a percentage standpoint.” Doctor Lyons said. “Ninety-five cases were reported In Illinois In 1931 and 758 In 1934 or a 700 per cent Increase. Eight hundred and eighty cases were reported In up state New York In 1931 and 1.733 In 1934. or more than 100 per cent Increase. One can safely say that If all cases were reported the figures would be even more Impressive." Doctor Lyons and other scientists have examined glasses as they came back from customers In beverage dis pensing establishments and also as they hung on the rack, supposedly clean, and ready for use. They found many of the "germs" of trench mouth on the rims of both dirty end clean gl.-nw.-s. Chronic Cases Are Danger. The chronic stage of the disease Is the most Important from the public health standpoint. Doctor Lyons said. The organisms nr “germs" that cause It are apparently not normally found tn the month but they may get Into the gums and propagate there without causing much discomfort to the patient. The latter does not realise he has the disease, does not have U treated, and unsuspectingly passes on the organisms to susceptible perrons who may then suffer from the acute stage of the disease. Doctor Lyons gave three measures for checking the spread of trench mouth. These are: “1. More rigid enforcement of sanl- ' tary standards In beverage dispensing establishments. B-2. Better control of Vincent’s Infection (the scion 11 fie name for trench month). “X Education of the public to demand proper sanitary measures to protect their health.” ’ British Doctors Report Success With Doses of Cold Vaccine Weekly LONDON—Keep a bottle of common cold vaccine in your bedroom. Once a week throughout the winter swallow a dose at night on an empty stomach. This advice for protecting yourself against colds and infiuenu la given by Dm David Thomson. Itohert Thomson and E. T. Thomson of St. Caul s boapi tai here. It is based on their researches on oral vaccine for colds and Influenxs which they report to the British Medical Journal. Doaes of the cold vaccine taken this way since September gave protection against colds and spite of considerable exposure to these diseases. they report. The vaccine does not produce toxic effects provided It Is not taken.more than ence a week. The vaccine used Is made jip of Pfeiffer’s bacillus, pneumococci streptococci and another nose and throat "germ” known as M. eatarrhalls. Serious colds and Inflftenaa are. In the opinion of the English physicians, usually due secondarily and sometimes primarily tn those organisms or “germs." In their repart, the English physicians refer tn similar work on the . same type of cold vaccine to be taken by mouth which was reported by three American Investigators. Drs, George E Rockwell and Hermann C. Van Kirk of the University of Cincinnati and Dr. W. M. Powell of the Lilly Research taboratories, Indianapolis. These men reported a 70 per cent decrease In the number of colds contracted by over 400 persons who took the cold vaccine capsule before breakfast once or twice a week through the common cold season. Bullfrog Eats Twice Own Weight in Five Months STATE COLLEGE, PA.—Bullfrogs are not only big. they are big eaters. Prof. S. W. Frost of Pennsylvania State college records, in the scien tlfic Journal Copeia. that one big bull frog he kept In his laboratory ate more than tvrice its own weight In less than five months of spring and summer. Its menu included not only the conventional Insect Items but also such quasifrees wad salamanders. -

‘Nice Day Today?* It May Depend on lons in Air If s ‘Pleasant’ With San High and Barometer Rising HOW nice is a “nice day”? If you rush off to work in the morning with the sun shining and the barometer rising, the chances are you’ll say “It’s a pleasant day.” At least that is the conclusion reported in studies by Tale university’s laboratory of hygiene on 1.400 business workers and 35,000 school children In New Haven, Conn. Speaking before the Chicago meetInng of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers, C E. A. Winslow and L. P. Herrington, director and assistant director, respectively, of the laboratory, told of their fifteen months of study to determine If there is any relation between factors of climate and a person's reaction as to the pleasantness nr unpleasantness of the outdoor atmosphere. Taken From Records. Weather records, the votes of the test volunteers and the absence records of the school children and business workers furnished the data from which the following conclusions were obtained: 1. The weather Is more likely to be pronounced pleasant in fall and winter with decreased temperature, but shows no snch relation In spring and summer. 2. The judgment of pleastness Increases very markedly with decrease In relative humidity. X It Increases still more markedly with Increase of sunshine. ~- 4. It Increases with rising barometer. X It Increases with a decrease In total lons In the air. Explaining lona. The last point, the lon content of the air. Is the most obscure Item on the above list. The lons are molecules of atmospheric gases which have beconu electrically charged. The presence of such lons permits, among other things, the passage of lightning strokes. The lons, too, can help create what Is known as a "live” atmosphere Instead of a "dead" one. The latter may best be described as the kind of air one finds In a room closed tightly for some time. Rome Investigators have maintained that air without a normal lon content (7.000 to 13.000 to each cubic centimeter) Is less invigorating than otherwise. JThe air’s lon content, from Professor Winslow and Mr. Harrington’s findings, ranks third In the physical factors present when one judges a day to be “pleasant." The amount of sunshine and relative humidity both rank before It The absence records in Industry and schools showed little correlation with the state of atmosphere. While seasonal Illness and epidemic conditions could be traced, the dally variations In weather for a given season did not prodney absences in any recognizable amount. Seasonal and epidemic swings, declared the Investigators, were so great that they masked all efforts to find any specific effect of the weather on a given day In creating Illness or absence from work or school. Canadian Says We Are Raising Fine Crop of Physical Degenerates WE ARE raising a crop of it will be only a matter of time when our citizenry will be composed of physical degenerates. This dire prophecy was made by a Canadian physician. Dr. V. E. Black of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, it was Inspired by watching a procession of school children and their teachers during a jubilee celebration. While these were Canadian children, there is probably not so great a difference between children In Canada and children In the United States but that Doctor Black's observations should stimulate Interest in physical education among American as well as Canadian parents and educators. Few Know How to Breaths. Not more than one-tenth of the children and teachers In that parade knew how to breathe, walk or stand correctly. IHx-tor Black observed. At least every third child was ont of step, indicating a lack of that sense of rhythm “which is so essential to efficiency In more than one walk of life." “The reason so many of our young men and women seek stimulation, excitement and thrill, with sex a predominant factor. Is because they lack the necessary body stamina to seek enjoyment In more strenuous pursuits." Doctor Black suggests. A large proportion of chronic diseases, some types of arthritis, many digestive disturbances, circulatory troubles and nervous disorders are due to poor body mechanics. Doctor Black contends. Even those who lead outdoor lives are open to the charge of not caring ‘properly for their body machines or nsing them properly. Farmers Lack Chest “The average farmer or out-of-door worker ” Doctor Black says, "will show you a beautifully muscled back and in most cases no front chest to balance It. which means diminished heart and lung room, and In nine out of ten cases that back will not have more than 50 per cent of the range of movement It sxMnitci uavt». Even doctors allow their atHtymens to get fat their feet to get weak, their wind to get abort and their muscles tP UlvDji CVuiIUrUSS UH? CTiHOT VI the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Sound physical education to the public schools is the remedy suggested by these Canadian doctors. "The child should be expected to pass, or at least try to pass examlnaUoua la physical development as w»U I as to the usual mental branches." I

at U a ADVENTURERS' CLUB > If w fl fl t “The House of a Friend?* By FLOYD GIBBONS Famous Headline Hunter. SOMETIMES it’s your best friends that get you into the worst troubles. Take Cecile Saul of New York city as a typical instance. Cecile had a friend once—and not so very long ago, either—who got her into the worst jam of her entire life. It wasn’t the friend’s fault either. She probably thought she was doing Cecile a favor. Cecile’s friend had a sister. There’s the nub of the whole situation. The sister had had a nervous breakdown and was confined to her bed. And when she needed the ministrations of a trained nurse, her sister—Cecile’s friend— Immediately thought of Cecile. Cecile was—and is—a trained nurse. She was engaged to take care of the sick woman, and it wasn’t a very pleasant job, either. “The woman wasn’t a very congenial person,* Cecile says,’“but I was one of the few people who understood her. Hence, she had Implicit confidence in me.” As a matter of fact, the sick gal was doggoned uncongenial. She'was a large woman of about middle age, weighing 200 pounds, and powerfully built. She was sensitive about her illness, and that made her reticent and hard to talk to. Her sister—Cecile’s girl friend—lived in the house with them, and that helped to cheer the place up—when she was around. But more often than not she went out in the evening, leaving Cecile and her patient alone. Threatened by Crazed Woman. It was on just such an evening—a coolish night in September, 1934 —that Cecile’s big adventure took place. Her girl friend was out for the evening, seeing a show at the movie around the corner. The sick woman was asleep, or n 11 zdtC PL—3 “M I [to 1F ’’l Bhe Came Forward Baying: “I’m Going to Kill You.* so Cecile’ thought. Cecile herself was reading a book, whmi all of a sudden she looked up and saw her patient rise from the bed. She had a peculiar expression on her face, and she came toward Cecile saying: “Tou stole my husband and Tm going to kill you." “I started backing awayaays Caclle. with fright because, In a flash, It hqd come to me that she had gone mad. When I backed Into a wall I just stood there because I was too frightened to cry out or run.* The woman came on toward Cecile, 200 pounds heavy, and looking at least twice that as she towered over the nurse, thrusting clawing hands out to grasp her. Her eyes had gone glassy and foam oozed from the straight determined slit of her mouth. Feels Lunatic’s Hands on Throat. “I tried to think fast," Cecile says; “at first I thought I cdnM soothe her and get her back to bed. But that didn’t work. Her mind had gone completely. So completely that she didn’t understand anything I said. All she had in It was that fixed thought that I was her rival for her husband’s affections, and that to kill me would be her revenge, “She came nearer and nearer. Finally, her hands were on my throat. She was 60 pounds heavier than I, and about four inches taller. And she possessed the super-strength of a lunatic. The thought came into my mind that thia was not a very pleasant way of dying. I could think then of a good many more agreeable ends than being choked to death by a mad woman. But Just about the time I felt that I was going to have the pleasure of meeting with either St. Peter or the Devil, a miracle happened. The miracle was just the opening of the door. It swung wide, and in came Cecile's girt friend—the sick woman’s sister, who just a few minutes before had left for the movie. Luckily for Cecile, she had seen that movie before—had turned around and come back home. Sister’s Quick Act Saves Life. The sister realized tn an instant what had happened. Also, she was a woman with a lot of that stuff called “presence of mind.” She understood the super-strength that insane people seem to acquire—knew how futile it would be to try to fight her off. There was no time to lose to calling for help, so she went immediately Inta action. Thera was sparge picture hanging on the wall right by the door. The girl picked that up, brought It down on the mad woman’s head. The mad woman fell in a heap on the floor—unconscious. That’s all Cecile remembered for a while. Then she came to again, and a doctor was bending over her. They told her later that she too, had sort of lost her mind over the Incident—had become hysterical and bad to be quieted with • hypodermic. Still Dreams of Awful Scene. “It is quite a while since that happened," said Cecile, "and the woman is on the road to recovery. She was told only last week of the attempt to take my life, and she felt very sorry to think of all the grief she bad caused me. But believe you me. it will be many years before I stop dreaming of an ugly, distorted, foaming mouth, glassy eyes, disheveled hair, and bard hands me to the wall and choking me while an even harder voice cried: 111 kill you. I’ll kill you. You stole my busband I’" Well, personally, I like pleasanter dreams. e—WMV SMTVtM.

Mizpah* Anciently Name of Towns in Palestine Mizpah ft * Hebrew word meaning literally “the watchtower." It was anciently the name of several garrisoned towns or regions of Palestine. Use of the word as a parting salutation. states a writer 4n the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Is a reference to its employment In Genesis 31:49. where a place is called . “Mizpah. for he said, the Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.” “Jacob gave It the name it bears,” says the Standard Bible Dictionary, "tn commemoration of the compact with Laban; but the sense In which the word ‘mltspah’ is used in this connection is slightly different from that in other places. Instead of an outlook-point, it indicates a place where God is Invoked as a» watcher. Accordingly it was a place invested with sacrednesa, and. on this ground perhaps, was resorted to in making covenants between clans. . . “The location of the spot Is fixed by the fact that Jacob on his way to Canaan crossed the Jabbok after Companionship of B naira Books are a guide In youth, and an entertainment for age. They support us under solitude, and keep as from becoming a burden to ourselves. They help us to forget the crossness of men and things, compose our cares and our passions, and lay our disappointments asleep. . TaUde>Taßrie Talkie-talkie ft the double name given to the language of the bosh negroes in Surinam. Dutch Guiana.

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the covenant with Laban. This would place Mizpah north of the river Jabbok. Sus, northwest of Jerash, is supposed to many to be the exact spot, but the Identification ft not quite certain.” However, there were five other places named Mizpah or Mlzpeh. Early "New»” Shoots The word "news” is commonly supposed to have reference to the adjective “new." But Its origin ft also traced to the custom in the early days of news sheets, of placing the Initial letters of the four points of the compass to the bead of the sheet This custom, says the St Louis Globe-Dem-ocrat Indicated that the sheet contained information procured from all the four quarters of the globe. Finally, according to this explanation. the reading of these letters from the top down to the right, gave birth to the word "news,” from which the term newspaper has been derived. The Chinese lay claim to the distribution of block-printed newspapers long before the invention of printing. But the earliest news sheets circulated in Europe were manuscript papers. The Eutaw Flag The Eutaw flag was a crimson banner presented in 1780 to Col. William A Washington by Mias Jane Elliott of South Carolina, whom later he married.' The flag was carried at the battles of Eutaw Springs and Cowpens. It is in the poaoeaskm of the Washing too Light Infantry of Charleston. A prehistoric tamSn* “Glgantft," ft located on Gozo. an island ot the Mai-

Moderation a Word of Wide Meaning in Theory and Practice

Its Rights and Wrongs a Worry to Victim and Advising Friends. Moderation is what the doctor tells you you can do everything in when he gives you advice and imagines he Is being pleasant It is cutting down to three cigars a day and deciding whether to smoke them immediately after meals or in betwen meals or piecemeal, or cutting down .to one package of cigarettes a day or half a can of smoking tobacco a day and filling in by chewing chewing gum. Evening Up. It Is cutting out pie a la mode and having to choose between ice cream without the pie or pie without the ice cream, says the Baltimore Sun. It is limiting yourself at lunch to a bow) of soup so that you can gorge when you go out to dinner at night at the Brown’s, who are noted for their rich and delicious food. It is putting your hand over your glass and saying with an air of righteousness. “Thanks. No more for me. It Is, when you are caught taking a second piece of chocolate cake, explaining to the family that It Is not really the equivalent of a second piece, as the first piece was practically nothing at all, and what you are cutting off Is not more than a snip. Avoiding Overexertion. It Is suggesting that some one be employed to come in and take down the screen doors and fly screens and carry the former to the cellar and the latter to the attic, as you ought not to overexert yourself and, on We have been returning RHEUMATISM Ariton*. r jd Sciatic Sattaran ato Sociid'actMiarior ywn. can do it fotyoa. Write foe la. maaHoa Moawdictea. Ot iAWM SEMZSAL > USStTAA. Ottawa, IN.

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the other band, proving that 18 holes of golf is not at all the same thing, as it is done in the open air and there is no lifting or straining. It Is convincing yourself that while It will be perfectly all right to drive to town Tuesday night to see a movie you would be very Unwise to attending the meeting of the com munity improvement association Wednesday night. No Agreement. Moderation is, in short, trying to persuade people that it is perfectly all right to do things you want to do and absolutely wrong to do the thing you don’t want to do. while they insist that what you want to do will bring you to the grave in no time, while doing what you do not want to do will make you feel like a different man. It Is, when you score a victory, secretly slap ping yourself on the back and. when you are defeated, declaring that if health depends upon moderation you had rather be an invalid for life. GAS, GAS ALL THE TIME, CANT EAT OR SLEEP “Th» gaa on my »tom»ch was so bad I could not eat or a/eap. Evan my httart hurt. A friend su£tested Adlerika. The first dose I took brought me — relief. Now 1 eat as I wish, VbL sleep fine and never felt *better.”— Mrs. Jas. Filler. Adlerika acts an BOTH upper and lower bowels white ordinary laxatives act on the lower bowel only. Adlerika gives your system a thorough deansing, bringing out old, poisonout matter that you would not believe was in your system and that has been causing gas pains, sour stomach, nervousness and headaches for months. Dr. H. L. Shoub, New York, reporta: **ln addition to intestinal cleansing, Adlerika greatly reduces bacteria and colon bacilli.” Give your stomach and bowels a REAL deansing with Adlerika and see how good you feel. Just one spoonful relieves GAS and chronic constipation. Sold by all druggists and drug departments. Keeps Dogs Away from e Not H I Evergreens, Shrubs etc. lZ? I Of‘"'DM IHTumwM

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