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(Copyright, 19H. by A. S. Gray)
RADIANT ENERGY AND DI8EA3E.
3o tennclouely do tlio loeonds of our
forofnthera cling to us that ovon yot
It is tlio common belief that all our
111b aro of oxtcrnal origin, tlio result
of somo malignant power which takes
possession of us by capturo and can
be ovorcomo only by tho introduction
Into our bodies of the appropriate an
tagonlst In quantity sufficient to neu
tral Izo and beat down the unhcalthful
conditions. Every discovery seems to
provo that tho truth is always simple,
but because oar powers of observation
aro poorly trained and our knowledge
of tho univorso is very slight we go
blundering along, over seeking some
miracle for tho relief of our ills, blind
to the fact that health is simply a mat
ter of being in accord with tho balanco
of the universe. Tho truth of this is
proved by tho fact that in tho final
analysis all our diseases aro found to
originate in somo deficiency, because
wo ignore some slmplo natural re
quirement which breaks tho normal
continuity of tho vital chain binding
every living unit into a nicely balanced
reciprocating machine.
"Tho scientific world has como to
bollovo that the primary sources of
natural energy by virtuo of which tho
universe keeps going over immense
periods of time aro to bo found not In
tho great masses of glowing matter
dotting tho heavens, nor in any of the
rotations between onorgy and matter
in bulk, but in tho reactions betwoen
tho individual atoms out of which
bulk is made up." JuBt so, too, our
health, happiness and efficiency aro
tho direct products of tho natural op
oration of tho individual colls of which
wo aro composed. And anything
which disturbs tho natural relations
between these minute individuals is
certain to result In somo form of vari
ation which we usually call ill health.
Wo havo noted that variations in
plant growth tako placo under differ
ent colored lights bocauBO plants havo
tho inherited capacity to develop nor
mally only under whito light But
thoro has been very llttlo research
work dono along these lines for tho
purpose of determining why thoso
variations occur. Probably tho most
significant facts in this connection aro
to be found in tho discoveries of Dr.
J. It. Green, who in 1807 showed that
light had an appreciable effect on tho
formation and action of the enzymes
In plants and that tho rod and bluo
rays favored tho formation of the
enzymes, whllo tho green, the Indigo
and the violet, and especially tho ultra
violet, rays destroyed them. Ho also
made tho striking suggestion that
"vegetablo structures havo a power of
absorbing radiant enorgy which Is not
connected with tho presonco and activ
ity of chlorophyll."
Wo know tuberculosis to bo ossontl
ally a dellcioncy disease, tho ultimato
result of insufficient food and air and
light. The only known successful
method of controlling tho disease con
sists in supplying tho missing factors
by a slmplo substantial dlot and living
out of doors. Provontlon, not euro, is
tho modern weapon against this
ecourgo, and provontlon consists in
sufficient food, air and light.
If all living things aro subject to the
tamo laws then it would be reasonable
to Infer that Doctor Groon'8 hint that
"vegetable structures havo a power of
absorbing radiant enorgy which Is not
connected with tho presonco and activ
ity of chlorophyll" may havo a parallel
in tho human body, and perhaps wo,
too, may havo a power of absorbing
radiant energy not connected with tho
presonco and activity of homolglobin,
our oxygen carrying substance anal
agous to chlorophyll in tho plant. This
appears to bo truo 'in a measuro, if
satisfactory improvements in tubercu
lar conditions secured under diroct buii
rays aro notod.
A- method of treatment by means of
prolonged oxposuro of tho naked body
to solar rays has boon found particu
larly helpful for tuberculosis of tho
bones, Joints and ganglia. Tho now
treatment is called hollothernpy and
lias beon found not only particularly
liolpful in tubercular diseases, but has
also met with marked success in other
diseases,
In a general sense tho healing vir
tues of sunlight lvave boon recognizod
from tho dawn of human history and
aro embodied in a thousand mythB and
legends, but tho facts havo been stead
fastly ignored, while tho wholo world
Activities of Women,
All of tho post offices In Germany
un now being conducted almost ex
clusively by women.
Moro unmarrlod than married wom
en woro defendants in the Now York'
criminal courts last year.
The average salary of a chorus girl
in a first-class musical show is $35 por
wook.
Women in Belgium who earn from
five to seven cents an hour consider
themselves well paid.
Among the French troops lighting
Germany Is a young woman loundross
who wears a soldier's uniform.
Tho New York Young Women'B
Christian association has opened a
training school for tualdH and cooks.
, Unique Flat) frr tho Canal.
There Is a tour' of pntlment that
will appeal to all In the proposition to
tnanu'actnrc in Phi' ult'jiit't th. u
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lns sought for tlio fountain of youth.
u lias remained for our own gcnorn'
lion to discover that ditect Bunllght is
not moroly beneficial in stimulating
tho general health and raising tho
tone of mind and body, but that, as
wo shall later see, it possesses a
therapeutic valuo in certain ailments
which borders on tho marvelous and
forces us moro and more to recognlzo
that disease is tho roBUlt of social and
economic conditions.
SUNLIGHT AND TUBERCULOSA.
Referring to certain worms nnd Jelly-fish
which contnln chlorophyll, Beck
sunlight and give off oxygen in tho
light, but soon dlo If kopt in tho
dark, Bungo writes: "It follows that
a completo antithesis between inter
change of force and matter in animals
and plantB does not exist; and it will
bo honcoforth impossible to separate
tho physiological chemistry of the
vegetablo from that of tho nnlmal
world. Tho more our knowledge of
each section of sclenco advances tho
moro tho two becomes fused to
gether." Thero is a fundamental law
that prevails throughout all depart
ments of nature that nothing can
como Into being that is not demanded
by tho conditions at tho time. Thoro
is, in other words, a reason for every
thing, and Investigation to tho point
of understanding invariably proves
every phenomenon to be very simple.
Ordinarily the sun is looked on by
tho average Individual with Interest
only when It Is undergoing eclipse,
but tho botanist who has reduced
plant culture to almost a sclenco
knows that tho sun Is tho most vital
factor In llfo. Tho bptanlst knows by
oxperlonco that if his plants do not
rscolvo sufficient sunlight they becomo
weakened nnd readily acquire nil sorts
of fungous dlBenBOB. There is no mys
tery about it at all. Also ho knows
that If tho soil conditions are not nor
mal sunlight alone will not protect
his plants from diseases. All tho con
ditions must bo In harmony for nor
mal results.
Possibly taking tho hint from the
botanist, Professor Poncet of Lyons
tho first person systematically to em
ploy hollothorapy, a mothod of treat
ing surgical tuberculosis by means of
diroct sunlight began to uso tho di
rect sun rays in tho treatmont of
tubercular Joint infections in 1892 and
not only usod tho method freely In his
porsonal practice, but impressed the
valuo of solar exposure upon nil his
pupils, In 1899 the deflnlto statement
was made that Professor Poncet be
lieved tho benoflclnl effects from tho
oxposuro of tuborcular Infections to
solar rays extended not only to tuber
cular bones, ganglia and tho llko. but
also to tuberculosis of tho Internal
organs. It Is Interesting hero to note
thnt Dr. Aloxls Carrol began his Bur
gical studies as intorno under Professor
Poncet nnd It is not unreasonable to
infer that tho influence of Professor
Poncot's initiative may havo spurred
Doctor Carrol into original work.
Doctor Rolllor, a Swiss physician of
Leysln, became an ardent advocato
of tho treatment and secured marvel
ous results from tho use of direct sun
rays on tubercular infections in pa
tients nmong tho snow covered peaks
of Switzerland,
Doctor Oelsnlt of tylco reports tho
treatment useful In tuberculosis porl
tonltls. Doctor Emmott of Philadel
phia and Doctor Snequlroff of Moscow
report excellent results from sun rays
In acuto muscular rheumatism. Di
rect sunlight Is doclarod to bo bene
ficial In Infectod wounds, and Doctor
Almos of Montpollor reports thnt tho
treatment lmstons tho formation of
scar skin on burns, which usunlly heal
vory slowly.
Doctor HlnBdalo, writing in tho In
terstate Medical Journal, describes
tho treatment as follows: "Tho pa
tlont is clothod in linen or whlto flan
nel, according to tho season; ho wears
a whlto hat and Is protected from di
rect sunlight on tho face by a screen
and wcarB smoked or yellow glnssoB.
And now comes tho peculiar and In
teresting method of tho oxposuro. It
makos no dlfferonco whoro tho dls
oaBo 1b located, whether in tho hip,
tho splno or tho corvlcnl glands, tho
invariable rule Is to begin with the
foet. Tho next day tho legs will oe
exposed;, tho third day tho thighs.
On tho fourth day tho nbilomon Is ox
posod; tho fifth the thorax. Finally
on tho sixth or seventh day ho ox
poBes tho neck and head with careful
suporvlBion."
Tho treatmont is roportod to ho
very ofToctlve in tuborcular hip, Joint
and knee diseases, especially in tho
latter, bocauso in such cases not only
is tho infection destroyed nnd tho
wound healud, but tho Joint remains
mobllo, a result always lacking
whoro BurKlcaMntorfercnco ls resort
ed to. Also it 1b roported offcctlvo in
tubercular peritonitis, ucuta muscular
rhouinatism nnd trachoma, a very in
fectious granular intlainmntion of tho
mucous lining of tho oycllds and tho
outsldo of tho oyo.
But it Is not necossary to go to
tho mountains for treatment, for tho
sun shines ovorywhoro.
tho strlpo which 1b to reprcsont it In
tho standard, Tho wholo is to bo put
together in tho Betsy Hobs house in
Philadelphia, nnd to make a flog that
is to bo unfurled when Presldont Wil
son prossos an olectrlo button in
Washington. Colonol Goothnls has in
terested himself In tho matter nnd
thero will probably bo no difficulty lu
carrying it to a successful conclusion.
A Ola Mistake.
"What's tho matter?" wo naked of
tlio Juno groom.
"I'm In bad. My wlfo says hor faith
In mo Is hopelessly shattered."
"What terrible thing havo you dono?"
"It didn't seem so terrible at the
start I broke n dish and trlod to
blame it on my wlfo's pot cat."
One Cent.
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PENNSY'S NEW COACH
Coach Vivian Nlckalls.
Coach Vivian Nlckalls moans to mnko tho Ponnsy boat crow do somo tall
hustling in order to got them into shape, and already has had his boys out
for a fow spins on the Schuylkill river. Tho famous English oarsman is ox
poctod to do Bomo wonderful things with the material ho has, and that ho
will try to do his utmost to make a winning crew goes without saying.
VETERAN RUNNER NEARS END! COAST'S BIG SPORTING YEAF
Racing Days of Mel Sheppard Are Be
lieved to Be About Over Always
a Popular Athlete.
Mel Sheppard, veteran of the racing
game. Is about through as a sprinter.
Ho may tako part in one or two moro
ovonts, but It will be entirely on his
nerve. Mel has been a prominent fig
ure in athletics for several years. He
Brat attracted attention as a school
boy runner In Philadelphia and later
as a member of tho Irish-American
Athletic club of New York carried Its
Mel Sheppard.
colors to victory on both sides of tho
Atlantic. As a middlo-dlstance runner
ho stood without a peer for several
years. So many good youngstors aro
coming along in tho running now that
Mel is gradually slipping Into tho dis
card. Always a popular athleto ho will
be missed when It cornea tlmo for him
to lay nsldo hiB running togs for good.
Golf Course In Cemetery.
Unlquo golf Items como from foreign
lauds from tlmo to tlmo, one of the
latest being an account of n Chlneso
courso which has been laid out In n
largo comotory. Tho rather gruesomo
links uro located noar Tlon-Tstn, and
as tho Chlneso bury tho dead Just bo
low tho surfaco of tho ground and
then mound up tho earth to a consid
erable height, tho courso lms been apt
ly tormed ono of "A Thousand Bunk
ers." Special ground rules prevail, In
cluding ono which permits a player to
lift his ball from a froshly dug grave.
Tho Chlneso caddloB recolvo five cents
por round of 18 holes.
Shamrock IV Safely Housed,
Sir Thomas Llpton's cup-hunting
yacht, Shnmrock IV, which arrived in
Now York on August 1G, is now com
pletely housed at a shipyard In South
Brooklyn. It required 34,000 square
feet of corrugated Iron shoots to build
tho shod which will htdo tho yacht
from tho eyes of the curlouB and pro
tect hor from tho weather until1 tho
war 1b over, whon sho may bo taken
out to fulfill tho mission for which
Bho was built. Tho Interior of tho
Shamrock's shod is illuminated by on
oxtonslvo Bystom of eloctrlo lights.
Encourage Football.
Tho Union of French Sporting and
Athletic societies has issuod an ap
peal to all district commltteos to ro
sumo work organizing teams for rugby
and association football matches.
Ward Has Had Enough.
John M. Ward, business munager of
tho Brooklyn Federal longuo baseball
ioam, HiiyB tho present will bo his last
yonr In baBcball. as ho intends to glvo
bin tlmo to tho practtco of law.
MAKES EARLY START
Practical Agreement on Athletic Car
nival In Connection With the 1916
Fair In San Francisco.
While members of the Olympic con
gross have beon debating on the
standardized program for future in
ternatlonal meetings the powers thai
bo on the Pacific coast have practically
agreed on tho nthletlc carnival ol
sports echeduled in connection with
tho 1915 fair in San Francisco. John
ny McGovern, secretary of the Ath
letic department, states that the open
ing of the exposition on February 2C
will mark tho beginning of tho great
est year that sport has ever known.
"Almost every day from tho time
tho gntes open officially until Its close,
December 4," McGovern goes on to
say, "tho fair will bristle with athletic
activity. Nowhere In tho world 'has
such a stupendous program ever been
outlined."
According to "McGovern, every form
of sport, from tho most ancient to the
most modern, will be indulged in. All
of tho national championships of the
A. A. U. are open to amateur athletes
of tho world. These blue-ribbon eventi
follow: February 22, basketball;
March 2G to 27, gymnastic; April 16
and 17, wrestling; July 19 to 24, swim
ming; July 19 to 24, water polo (soc
cer); August 5, all-around; August G,
Junior, nnd a day later, senior, track
and field; August 9 to 10, rolay racing;
August 12, ten-milo run, seven-mile
walk and International tug of wai
(Olympic rules).
In addition to tho champe tho fol
lowing International ovents hnvo been
decided upon: April 2G tq 30, fencing;
Mny 6 to 8, boxing; August 2 to 4, cy
cling; August 5 to G, dumb-bell, and
weight lifting; August 13 to 14, inter
collegiate championships; Soptombei
G, ponthathlon (live ovents); Septem
ber 13 to 18, United States Football
association soccer championships; ten
nis champs during Septombor, and Oc
tober 4 to 9, lacrosse.
TO RESTORE FOOTBALL GAME
Agitation at Columbia for Renewal of
Gridiron Contests Open Style
Removes Danger.
An agitation has started for a re
newal of football activities at Colum
bia college Thoso who favor tho ro
lntroductlon of football at tho college
point out that tho main objection that
tho Columbia faculty had concerning
tho game now Is removed. Tho Colum
bia authorities barred tho gamo eight
or nine yenrs ago because of tho ninny
donths and serious injuries that oc
curred on tho football field Turing tho
period.
Tho now style game. It is pointed
out now to tho fnculty, has romoved
much of tho danger in football.
Columbia has a student enrollment
of about six thousand and from among
this collection of youths it could mo
bilize enough footballers to give tho
bost teams In tho country a real bat
tlu for annual honors.
Boxing Gloves for Soldiers.
Boxing, a London magazine, has
mado a request for 1,000 sets of box
lrg gloves to bo donated to English
soldiers.
Boxing contests form ono of the
principal pastimos with tho EnglUh
soldier. ,
At tho prcsont tlmo thoro aro 130,
000 boldlors at Aldorshot drilling and
training for tho war.
As thoro nro fow exorcises that will
fit a man phyBlcally quicker than box
lng, thora has boon a big domand for
moro gloves. They do not ask for
new gloves JuBt boxing gloves of any
mako or color.
Scvcrul firms havo agreed to mako
now gloves nt cost, providing they nre
I donated to tho army
BASEBALL
Thero Is ono thing Ban Johnson
enn't do. Ho can't keep Hughle Jon
nlngs from talking.
With Bender nnd Coombs gone, tho
Athletics may pay moro attention to
baseball and a llttlo less to golf.
Boston scribes say Otto H&ss Is
twenty-seven. That would havo mado
him a soldlor in tho Spanish war nt
cloven.
Bunny Hearno will not wear Toronto
ppnnglcs next season. The left-hander
jMcGraw sent back will disport In a
'Federal park.
Johnny Kllng states that ho will re
turn to baseball next season, as Ills
business Is in such shnpo that ho can
desert It for tho lure of tho diamond.
Marty O'Toolo is said to bo anxious
to Join tho Boston Braves, but tho
long-dlstanco connection with Jones
county, Georgia, appears to be out of
order.
FOOTBALL
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Judging from tho rapidity with
which football's "hopeless cripples"
recover, they aren't using dumdums
In football.
Dalton, former captain and kicking
star nt West Point, holped coach tho
University of Pennsylvania puntera
early In tho .season.
England Is all Btlrred up becauso
tho football players will not enlist
until tho championship is decided.
Thoso Britishers take tho war too so
rlously. Asldo from tho many upsets which
have featured tho 1914 season, tho
poor showing of the Carlisle Indlnns,
who always havo been n factor in
eastern football, is ono of tho sur
prises of the season.
Coach Yost of Michigan Is not tho
only football mentor who owns an au
tomobile. Coaches Juneau and Driver
of Wisconsin have purchased buzz
wagons, which enable them to mako
tho long trip from tho town to tho
field without loss of time.
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PUGILISM
Tlio only objection wo havo to Fred
dy Welsh is that he wears a stick.
"Freddlo Wolsh Is shy of a knock
out punch," screeches tho critic, but
oh, you loft Jab.
"Carl Morris hit llko a cow when I
first saw him," writes McCarnoy, who
claims somothlng In Morris' develop
ment. Pal Brown was given a "Windsor
draw" with Droulllard, demonstrating
Pal must have won by something less
than a mile.
Now York and Wisconsin boxing
commissions may ban boxers who
commit fouls. Thero Is no opposition
from tho promoters who aro on tho
level.
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HORSE RACING
Rosebud McKinnoy, 2:12, is a
protty clover trotter this year, having
won seven races.
Bill Andrews has been an Indus
trious chap, as ho has marked notloss
than 24 of tho 2:10 trotters.
Ono of the host-looking trotters In
California is Bo Tolus, that mare mak
ing her record of 2:09 on a half-milo
track.
BILLIARDS
Johnny Kllng, the former basoball
catcher, Is representing Kansas City
In tho Ipterstnto Threo-Cushlon Bil
liard league.
In tho absence of tho English bil
liard champion, tho annual $5,000 tour
nament in London has attracted en
tries from six players who aro repre
sentative of tho highest class of Eng
lish stylo playing, Including Qeorgo
Gray, H. W. Stevenson Tom neeco,
Edward DIggle, Tom Nowman and W.
Smith.
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Meantime, a gink named Avery has
acquired qulto a reputation In tho vi
cinity of Franklin field.
Yale's now stadium holds more than
CO.000 spectators. Certainly It was not
designed by n ticket speculator.
Georgo II. Gouldlng, world's cham
pion walker, Is president of tho To
ronto Control Walkers' club, Just
formed In tho Canadian city to boom
heel-and-toe walking.
Prospects for next season's track
team at Now York university went up
with n jump when It was learned that
Harry J, Smith, Indoor two-mile cham
pion and formor 10-inlle champion, had
matriculated as a studont at tho Now
York University Law school.
Albert 8r. Robinson, tlio former Mor
corsborg sprlntor, has matriculated at
Michigan unlvorsity nnd Is expectod to
provo a worthy successor to Ralph
Craig and Archlo Hahn. Coach Farroll
has forbidden him to play with tho
freshman football team.
Woolfolk Hondorson, tho Kontuck-
ian who won tho uranu American,
bonds tho amateur avcragos to date
over registered targots with n percen
tage of 9C32 But S, A Huntley of
Vancouver, who Is but .0010 points bo
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