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J DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD; DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA. i II 1HM5TMAS AS vltJI via, j :" r fJw .idltoiclly"' III i ? I md "ftoPAmrwscx' N THESE latter days, when every branch of human activity has boon systematized and wo are brought. Whether WO like it or nnf tinrinr fhn Bpcll of scientific management of Uio smallest business, what hi more natu- i ral than that wo should now bn ob liged to accept tho scientific manage ment of Christmas! Christmas as a science! How our grandfathers would have gasped at the idea! In their time Christmas wan n nnnntAnoonn hnllristv fThHof. mas eve they hung their stockings on tho mantel picco In full confidence that Santa Claus could And his way through a six-inch stovepipe. Theu there was tho Christmas tree, with a grandfather to distribute tho gifts and a strong forco of uncles and aunts to maintain pcaco among tho cousins. And thero was skating in tho afternoon with tho choicest sort of mclco to glvo tho finishing touch to tho day. There was no need of scienco thoro; it would, in fact, havo spoiled tho whole thing. Dut now tho spirit of Christmas has changed. Wo still havo our Christmas trees, subject to tho regula tions of tho flro dppartmont, but we aro really nlaves of our Christmas shopping list. Prom Thanksgiving to Christmas most of us live In an ntmoaphero of deepening gloom. Wo have con tinually hanging over us that dreadful problem of what would bo the best thing to glvo So-and-so, and when we havo made a selection our hearts Gink at tho awful thought that, perhaps, What's-his-name may give tho same thing. It is to rellovo this situation as much as possi ble that scienco has been called In to our aid. Of course, even scienco has not yet been ablo to prevent two peoplo from sending tho samo gift to ono person. But it has been ablo to display unusual gifts and a larger number of thorn for our consideration, bo that it will bo easier to se lect a present which wo may bo qulto sure anoth er person would not think of. And tho greatest advantage of scientific Christmos shopping Is tho Increased speed with which tho ordeal may bo gone through. Thoro are two things which have brought about his result. Tho first is tho establishment of ox hlblts of gifts for children In tho schools of tho largo cities of the country. And the socond is the scientific arrangement of gifts for sale In tho "hops and department stores. On ono floor wo havo a department devoted entirely to toys and other gifts for children; In anothor placo presents particularly suited to men; and elsewhere sec tions for women and boys and girls. It Is all tho direct result of tho card indox and tho filing cabi net. You look under tho particular heading you wish and you find displayed before you a vast quantity of sultablo gifts to choose from. Tho object of the school exhibits Js not so much to save mothers labor, worthy object though that might bo. Nor Is It to display tho latest nnd most Ingenious products of tho toy market. Child welfaro is tho primary purposo, nnd thoro wo have anothor sldo of the scientific Christmas. It is to save the children from being deluged at tho Christmas soason with Inartistic, unhygienic nnd useless gifts. Esthetic and hygienic aro vords that loop up largor in the vocabulary of tho present than that of tho past. And so, although Noah's ark will romaln Noah's ark to tho end of tho world, no twentieth century youngster whoso family attends ono of these ex hibits will feel constrained to suck tho paint off Shorn, Ham or Japhot. For, lo and behold,, thoy aro entirely lnnocont of tho familiar red and green and blue of that unsanitary century wo havo loft behind. Tho sons of tho patriarch and all tho animals that "wont in two by two" aro of reasonably hyglenla whlto wood. Dy the samo token, dolls will bo dolls. For hero again tho scientific Christmas has producod a chango to a more csthotlo and hygienic product. Instead of the big rag doll, whose features have boon kissed into obliteration by sovernl genera tions of children, thero Is a stockinet successor, cqunlly unbreakable, far moro beautiful, and ab solutely impervious to washing. For older children ono finds marvelous all vood dolls, again embodying the throo Important virtues. Thoy are unbreakable, wushablo and ar tistic. Their naturalness Is ovldont at a glanco, nnd tho visitor Is not surprised to learn that they aro reproductions of American children modeled by American artists. And yet, tho thought rises, will modern Dorothys and NoncyB lovo theso charming creations ono whit moro than their mothers and grandmothers loved tho china nnd wax dollies who preceded them? Thoro was Henrietta, a gorgeouB Parisian, you may remember, whoso pink nnd whlto loveli ness Is still a happy memory. Poor Henrietta! Sho died tho victim of a bad small brother who tried tho effect of midsummer heat upon her waxen complexion. Thou thero was Juliet, sho of real brown hair that combed and a warm brunette complexion, and a host of others who may have had untold attractions. Dut you must put them out of your mind in thta scientific ago. Real hair harbors horrlblo microbes and complex ions do not digest well in small stomachs. Then thero aro other suggestion's which are the result of tho practicality of our tlmo. Housokeop lng furnishings, for oxamplo, such as tea sots In powtor, cooking utensils in granlto and metal, an Ironing board and iron which can really bo usod, and an iron cooketovo upon which things can' be cooked. In the matter of musical toys, science has gone oven further. The pianos for tho child of today aro marvelous instruments. Alas for the prestigo of the tinkly toy of a generation gono by! Theso havo from two to threo octavos of the chromatic scalo and aro accurately tuned "n concert pitch." But all such marvels cost money nnd aro not likely to avail much for tho housohold whoro five or six must llvo on a small Income. So it is good to discover a caso containing a number of toys at a minimum prico. Not one exceeds ten -r LAmrTaVGif jt?.Mf?rWr- igggB-S? vi jii-ti -jkLcr-a rz-iiicj v -- jiiTm u7 j. i,vh i'Cmflm'l'lftr FAMWW.tv.53T- "'jBX RJwftf JJBw-J 7iSSm 1 SH !& rrr9 rr4 w---T r vr 7 ATA A til IJ jw? 3zrirwsrJ' cents in cost. It is sur prising how many attrac tive things may bo had for this money, and tho hard-pressed, busy moth er, doting grandmn, con scientious nunt or lnox perlonccd big cousin is very likely to find thero tho very thing to buy for Tommy or Ituth. Tho scientific Christ mas has only begun nnd beforo long wo will hnvo oxhlbUs fot people of nil ages nnd both sexes. As It Is, tho department stores, by thoir scientific arrangement and tho catalogues and lists of sult ablo gifts, classified according to ngos, have dono much toward making oven shopping for men a slmplo matter. This, however, Is a very recent Institution. In tho old days, n woman wont to the Inrgo shop, without tho slightest Idea of what sho wonted to huy, nnd nftor ten minutes in tho crowded, heat ed aisles, surrounded by thousands of elaborate nllunng, gayly colored possibilities with no np parent order or arrangement, bewilderment and not decision was her portion. Under such condi tions, even tho most conscientious of thorn seized tho nrtlclo nearest. Sho was nt tho morcy of tho saleswoman becauso sho did not know what sho had hotter get or where sho could got It. Dut tho woman's bewlldorment was nothing to tho man's. Ho didn't oven mako an attempt to shop; he simply bought. Hut all these things aro different now. You get a list of things which Biich-and-such a store has to offer for man, woman nnd child of any glvon ago, with tho iloor on which It may be found Indi cated, nnd you havo only to walk In calmly nnd deliberately, and purchaso It. It Is literally an In dex of tho peace and. good wllL which you may wIbIi to dispense. You do all your thinking bo forehand nnd have an opportunity to remombor' that Mrs. So-and-So's library is furnished In rod, nnd that a Kaiser Sinn vaso would bo moro ac ceptable than n lamp. Thon when you hnvo made your selection you may make your way to tho storo with a fairly calm and tranquil mind. Of course, It Is crowdod with a density which makes progress almost Im possible, blazing hot with multitudinous lights and noisy with mnny clamoring voices, but all that can havo no effect on you. You nro a sci entific shoppor and know Just what you are going to get and where you aro going to got It. Scienco savos timo, money nnd norveB. Thoro is another way in which Christmas has becomo a sclonco and that is in tho methods which tho big shopkooper employs to attract tho crowds of holiday shoppers. Go Into one of thoir establishments and you cannot fall to seo it. They nro aglow with light, bright with tho colors of unnumbered fabrics and you hear far and near tho clash of music from many Instruments. That Ib simply to luro you In nnd onco you nro thero you seo at first nothing but a spectnele of con fusion nnd a conflict of sounds that would mako Babol loso caste as a synonym. But If you start to buy what you have corao for you will find a romarkablo stnto of order so far as tho things offorod for sale nro concerned. It Is not really n store; It's an exposition. Thoro isn't n man in tho world who has a koenor understanding of the human makeup than tho big shopkoepor, Ho knows ovory string of tho Instrument nnd plays diligently upon them all. Ho luros people with advertisements which are wonder storlos. Ho hnlts tho passing crowd In tho streets with a wlndowful of Christmas wax works, and onco thoy havo come inside, whether with a purposo or out of moro curiosity, tho ma chinery Is thoro to hold thorn fast. For weeks tho doslgnors, decorators, scene painters, dummymnkers havo boon nt work dovis Ing and constructing somo sort of living plcturos fraught with tho spirit of the Christmas tale There is tho paplor-macho church, still and beau tirul, with snow-covored trees about It, light shin lng from tho tall windows, men, women and chll dren mounting to tho portal, and from away In tho Ins do sanctuary somowhoro como tho music or a mighty organ and volcos singing Christmas carols. It Is expensive, but it impresses tho peoplo who enter tho store. It Is tho Idea of It all that the hearts of the shoppers bo mollowod nnd tho spirit bo moved to buy more and still moro for tho ?SX.8W,nR ?hat my a ,,tt,n "wr etched as you sit at home with a "grouch on" becnuso something went wrong yesterday or a vT ,y7 U!,Ught WaB your fr,ond went back on V:t b, ut Ket ,ut0 on ' those stores, whore "you can t hear yourself think" of your troubles for th! Serncnoncye0pUt.oWn!' re0," ' " "unFOLD cfxiis2?m& jcackzd cojwaRr' Up thoro boforo tho oyca la an Inspiring pre sentment of tho great Unselfishness. And hero boforo you, behind you and on either hand aro tho goods, Just tho things for all your kith and kin. It Is tho shopkeeper's plan that you shall buy whllo tho spoil 1b still on you, whllo tho dim rollglous light beams out and tho Christmas carols burden tho air. And you do. You would bo loss than human If you didn't You may not think that bus anything to do with It, but It hns. Tho Bhopkoeper would not go to all that expense, you may bo suro, If he did not know what results It would bring him. Even tho small street fakors use their wits to Bell all they can during the holidays. It Is their harvest time of the whole year. And they soloct tho spots on tho sidewalks which will be most advantageous for sale of their particular wares. Thoy Invent lnnumerablp little devices for tho purposo of attracting crowds. They, too. aro sci entific. Tho toyman chooses a spot where tho greatest number of children will pass, and spends tho day showing the work ings of his clock work vehicles with metallic horses nnd drivers, his fighting roosters and climb ing monkeys, nnd his automatic ani mals full of plain tlvovolco. About the corners where mosl people pass are sta tioned the familiar men and women with bnby rabbits and berlbboned pup pies of divers breeds. They know Just how to make a woman Imbued with " the Christmas spirit take pity on tho lit tlo animals on a cold day and juj them in order that they may have a comfortable home. Tho Christmas greens man with his huge boxes of holly and mis tletoe, nnd moro power nnd less glucose to him the candy man nnd something ltko ten thousand others display their wares from all sides, entlcs tho passing throngs with a hundrod little devices, nppeal to their sympathy and turn peace and good will Into hard cash. To both buyer aria seller, from the biggest to the smallest, Christmas hat becomo a science. S -5 -J- J- J- -2 t -- S -! -! ! !- ! C- -2 t- S ! " ! ! - t- X 3- -3 -4 & 5- $ ! 2 CHRISTMAS TREES From ancient dayB Christmas trees, lighted with candlos, were used In tho clmncols of English churches. Hut it has been put on record that the Introduction of the modern Christmas trees into England was duo to tho Into duchess of Kent, grandmother to King Edward VII, who was cred ited with having brought tho custom from Ger many for the amusement of Queen Victoria when a little girl at KoiiBlngton palace. Tho Christmas tree by 184C was undoubtedly es tablished at Windsor; Indeed, nt that period a per fect plantation appears to havo sprung up in the drawing room of tho castle. In the newspapers of tho tlmo It is recorded that after dinner, at which tho principal dish was a noble baron of beef weigh ing 2C0 pounds, that occupied many hours In roast ing, and nt which tho band of tho Scots Fusiliers discoursed such popular airs ns Auber's "nronzo Horse" nnd selections from "Normn," tho queen nnd tho prince, with tho royal suite, retired to the drawing room, whero, on tables, were gracefully displayed "several Imitation fir trees upwards of bIx feet In height, from the branches of which woro suspended a variety of French bonbons nnd numerous elegant presents for tho royal visitors and suites." The trees, wo further learn, wore brilliantly illuminated with wax tapers Judiciously placod among tho leaves. It is not certain, howovor, thnt tho custom had not been In use for centuries In rural parts of Great Britain. LITTLE MATTER OF HONESTY According to Test, Humanity Doea Not Rank Very High In What Might Be Called Little Things. ."How (?oep is your honesty 7" asks the Wichita Peacon, "Probably you wouldn't Tob n blind man or take pen-nlcr.from-a baby at least wo want to beliovo that you wouldn't. But if tho man at tho cigar or candy counter by lUke handed you back too much UmiiKc and you aw tho error, would you call his attention to tho mistake and return the excess or would yon chuckle, pocket tho swag and salvo ywUiiCCTclonco by 8ay,nK t0 youreolf: " buBhwBB man gave a number of R?vo8nn lh Cn,!hl0r nnd told r to glvo an extra coin to each of tho first 25 persons getting change. Sho -did out look in. Pi ted lh Chan8 w,th thom .? 11Inornnc. therefore, lote them out. But of tho other 17. 11 &W kept,,nonoy that didn't bo Jong to them-nlno men nnd two worn- WHEN CATTLE KNELT IN ADORATION. Many nn nwo-strlckon group has waited In the chill nlr to seo tho cattlo fall upon their knees In adoration nt twelve o'clock, tho hour whon Christ was wrapped in swaddling clothes. An honest old Cornwall, England, man, who lived at St. Stephen's Downs, near Launceston. said, towards the close of the eighteenth century, that ho onco, with some others, made a trial of tho suporstltlon. Watching night on-tho 24th of December, thoy observed the two oldest oxen only to fall down upon their knees and mako a cruel moan, llko Christian creatures " There Is an old print in tho British museum in which Uio oxen In tho stable near tho Virgin and Child nro represented upon thoir knees, as If In suppliant posture. This graphic roproaontatlon 1b. nooanP8' rlg,n f th for0BoInG superstitious But moro curious than all Is an addition to this superstition, to the effect that tho brute creation unanimously refused to acknowledge the change tLLhnnTr, "eWt under th0 can". though on old Christmas day not only would the bees sing their welcome song but the oxen and age"8 Hw'd kr01 ,n,!h0'r Btn"8 ln token of honf dav JL It Bald that ,0 sPn on Christmas day caused cnttle to go mad and lnmo. 80ME PEOPLE DO.' ''Dv'd l understand you to say that Wllloughby SSSr dS? PrUn0B?" nBkd tl,e raan wh0 .Z0.'" "nsw?red th0 frlend; "I said 'canned tunes. Thero's no nccountlng for tastes." DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW. "Whon wo were first married you usod to ad mlro my clothes, but you only frown at them now. "But, my dear, your father paid for tho clotliea you woro when wo wero first narrlod." on. Six only stopped up and did the right thing two women nnd four men. Analyzing theso figures, wo havo CO per cent of honesty among women to a bit over 30 per cont among men. is that, In your oplnlou, about tho avorago or wasn't tho testdoclelvo?" Kansas City Star. Walking Graveyards. Some of tho Indian princes havo given fifty to sixty lakhs of rupees apleco over 2,Q00,000 apiece to Great Britain for tho war. Beside suoh gifts tho gifts of tho London bus inoss millionaires seem small. "In fact," said James Douglas, tho liberal publicist, In nn Intorvlow with nn Amerlonn correspondent "in fnct, tho gifts of tho Nizam of Hyderabad and tho Mnlnirnjah of Mysoro nud tho Gaokwar of Baroda glvo our English merchant princes, who owe England so much more, a look of avarice, and you know tho definition of nvnrlco. "Avarice, llko a graveyard, takes in nil it can got nnd never gives anything back " OIOIOXOIOICII: -. a. tM..i.,.lwtMw.M,M,. Fundamental Principles of flealtlr By ALBERTS. GRAY, M.D. f I ...., ........ .IOXXOIOIOIOXOii5 (Copyright. 1914, by A. S. Gray) 8UNLIGHT AND INFECTIONS. Tho daily newspapers recently pub lished tho following paragraph: "At n conferenco of tho Association for tho Prevention of Consumption nt Leeds, England, Sir William Osier of Oxford, formerly of Johns .Hopkins university, startled tho audience by tho announce ment that 90 por cont of all peoplo probably hnvo 'a small focus or area of tuberculosis.'" Tho audience was "startled" by the assertion only becauso we habitually give very llttlo heed to any matter that does not Immediately concern ub indi vidually, or that Is not forced upon us by circumstances that compel our con centrated nttentlon. Tho statement hns been mnde by Osier and by mnny other authorities in substantially tho snmo words again and again In tho past, but It did not "stick" at the time solely for tho reason that few happened to be in a receptive mood. It Is an undeniable fact that unless ono Is In a receptive mood the most obvious and sublime truth falls on unheeding ears, and in this fact wo have a most Instructive Illustration of the beginning of tuber cular disease In our bodies, tho prin ciple Involved being Identical In olther ense. For Just ns Uio mind must be re ceptive to be able to receive, to hold and to develop n truth, so must our bodies bo receptive In order to receive, hold and develop tubercle bacteria, or any other bacteria. No life can pos sibly develop In an unfavorable en vironment It is perfectly well known among tho medical profession that whatever may havebeen the cause of death, postmortem examinations usually show a small area where tuberculosis has existed, but that has been "cured" by nature's method of fencing about and imprisoning any invading matter sho Is strong enough to overwhelm. Any Invading bacteria are olther devoured by the white corpuscles or are fenced nbout and "encysted" If the organism has sufficient vitality to fight; but If there is not sufficient vitality then the individual becomes ono of tho 150,000 that die annually in this country from some form of tuberculosis. Wo hnvo noted that whlto sunlight not only develops plant life, but that it alsd exerts an inhibitory or restrain ing effect ns well. This is clearly proved by the fact that certain plants are found to grow faster and taller under red and blue light than they do under white light, and that thoy are stunted or even killed under green or violet light. Wo do not know why plants react In this way, but we have positive proof that they do. And It is equally certain that bacteria generally are either quickly killed or profoundly modified by the rays at tho violet end of the spectrum. It should require no great strength of tho imagination, then, to understand why we have epidemic out breaks of pinkeye, influenza, diph theria, sore throat, measlee, scarlet fever, "colds" and tho like following any profound disturbance In meteoro logical conditions that tend to Inter fere with tho normal amount of pure sunlight reaching us. Because It mat ters not what it may be, whether It Is smoko, dust from volcanoes, excess moisture condensing Into cloude, col ored glass, or brick walls and tin roofs, anything standing between nny living thing and tho sun must mate rially modify that life. b vitality to In direct ratio to tho amount of energy received through its normal lino of connection with tho sun. ,Wo prove this with plants by grow ing them In dark rooms, or under col ored glass, which le only a simple means for shutting out such partB of the spoctrum as wo desire, and also It is proved by the extent to which largo areas of growing crops aro In fested with dldeaso during long con tinued cloudy weather. It has beon conclusively proved that tho hum of the work-executed by tho animal, and of tho heat which it gives out, is exactly equivalent to tho chem ical potential energy taken In with its food, nnd this wo know can be equal only to tho kinetic energy of tho sun light stored up during tho production of tho plant. And today our individual energy is derlvod quite directly from that same source. Four factors aro necessary to produco any plant crop eoed, soil, moisture nnd direct sunlight; and tho absence of any ono of tho last three RESTORED TO MAN HIS VISION Incident In the Work of the Antl Suicide Department of the Sal vation Army. Tho Lighthouse has been bn'tllng with tho problem of a vast army of tho BlghtloBs. Dorellct3 from tho al leys havo poured Into it. The life stories of somo of theso aro tragler Ono twilight a young foreigner sat trembling In tho lamp room of tho Lighthouse. Ills coat collar was turned up to hido his collarless, frayed shirt. He was an Englishman and a man of education. An emis sary of tho Llghthouso had found him in a back tenement in his last strug gle, preparing for tho unknown. "You can't keep mo from It," ho said. "You might this time or noxt or next, but you can't keep n-j from it I'm useless, nnd I don't want to llvo." Ho was lingering n small velvet elephant which Miss Holt keeps as a memento upon hor desk. Sho had casually handed It to him. Sho in fond of olophants. factors will inevitably result cither In a total failure of tho seed to germinate or in somo abnormal development Seed nnd n favorable cnvlroment re sult In a plnnt growth; nnd a germ, which Is only a very email plant, lu an orKunism our bodies, for Instance Is undor conditions where thoro must result a growth which wo havo como to call "Infection." For tho development of an infection either tho germ must b.o very virulent iiui.Kiuuu or aggressive, or tho organ Ism very much enfeobled. Wo are fnst coming to believe that tho latter is generally tho caso. Tho success of heliotherapy on tu bercular Invnllds In tho Alps and In Franco proves thero Is somo action through the skin we do not yet fully understand, and It is encouraging to nolo that tho matter Is being taken up In this country. Loss of nppotlto, loss of, ambition and energy; all sorta of dyspepsias variously diagnosed as "hyperacidity," "atony," etc., may bo the first Indica tion that a tubercular focus Is becom ing actlvo somewhere. liKElWH trngler-kjimd FRESH AIR AND TUBERCULOSIS. Thnt thoro was any tuberculosis among tho human race In the prehis toric days when men lived wild and rugged lives without fixed habitation in tho mild cllmato whero the species first developed is highly improbablo. Tho disease undoubtedly mado Its first appearance only after men began to herd together and llvo a communal life; the evidence seemB to prove that it tends constantly to lncreaso pro gressively with our advance In mater ial wealth and culture ns the indi vidual is moro and moro removed from tho fundamental sourco of ener gy In tho writings of Hippocrates, the father of medicine, who lived 460 to 359 B. C, nre directions for tho caro of a caso suggestively familiar to us, for he describes something suspicious ly Hko modern tuberculosis, correctly Interpreting It ns a fever and recom mending for It fresh air, chango of cli mate and hygienic living. From tho fact that Celcus, a Bora an medical writer who lived in the first century A. D., nnd Claudius Gal en, a Greek physician and medical writer (A. D. 131 to 200). approve Hip pocrates' advice in their writings, It Is reasonable to assume that tho pray ers and Incantations customary among the priests and people genorally from tho dawn of history were still depend; ed on In that day to combat tho dis ease. Galen in his writings recog nized tuberculosis to be contagious. In general from the birth of tho tribe down through the centuries when the physician was half magician and half priest, and to doubt his skill was an act of impiety, the demand has been for pure magic, and, of course, strenuous efforts havo been mado to supply the demand. This effort will contlnuo until an enlightened peoplo cease to ask tho Impossible. Invalids have been bled to death and dosed with poisonous elixirs of life to no avail, but the people have held stead fastly to their faith in magic. Fresh air and hygienic living aro the key which modern science holds out for tho release of humanity from tho bondage of tuberculosis. Just recently I have been asked by tho mother of a dellcato girl If night air was safe for her to breathe. Tho results secured among tho snow cov ered peaks of the Alps in cases of sur gical tuberculosis of the bones furnish tho answer to this question. Cases of undenlablo tuberculosis have been carried to tho point of treatment be cause tho Invalid was too weak to walk, and heliotherapy has been tried as the last resort beforo the amputa tion that had been recommended by competent authority. In tho courso of a few months tho victim, with the Bkln from head to foot tanned to the color of a piece of rare mahogany, has recovered sufficient vitality to enjoy going out in the cold, crisp air arrayed In nothing but a breechcloth and play ing games in. tho snow. Good food, fresh air, and the general tone ac quired from coming closo to naturo aro what is responsible for tho won derful results secured in those insti tutions. Very obviously tho lesson to the rest of us should be that it Is our in dividual duty to our family and the community to mako such good uso of this knowledge of nature's work ings that we shall not becomo infirm and a burden. No ono is immune un less he lives a rational normal life and nono is so strong that ho may not quickly becomo weak. It Is In these periods of weakness thnt Infection may seize us, to bo subdued only through tho regaining of vitality. But tho trouble Is not "cured;" It is simply Intent and ready to flare up again tho instant we permit our vitnl powers to drop below a certain point. Loss of ambition and energy, n ca pricious appetite, dyspopslaa of all sorts aro to bo viewed with suspicion, and a careful examination should bo n.ado by ono competent to Iocato nny tubercular focus ono may havo tucked away in somo corner. "What's thnt you havo In your hand?" Sho spoko carelessly, as if absorbed by tho other's problem. "What's that llttlo thing I'vo Just handed you?" "Why, It's got four logs and a trunk why, It's an elephant, of course." Tho man smiled. Comedy thrust hor faco through tho black mask of tragedy. "And you want to tell mo you'ro whon you can tell nn elephant as quickly as all that?" Miss Holt spoke slowly: "Why, man, you'vo got ten eyes In place of two. Como, glvo us a chance to show you how to use them." Today that man is earning a happy, comfortable living ns an efficient switchboard operator in a telephone exchange. Tho Contury. 5i4 Those to Be Envied. Thoso nro most to bo envied who soonest learn to expect nothing for which they "havo not worked hard, and who novor acqulro tho habit o( pitying themsolves overmuch, evon li in after llfo thoy happen to work lu vain Lord Macaulay TREES SCAVENGERS OF AIR Besides, They Make Summer Cooler and Winter Warmer, Saya an Authority. Thero is a Now York Tree Planting association nnd Dr. Stephen Smith ia Its president. Dr. Smith ngrees with tho poot Popo, who extolled trees which "furnish in summer shade, in winter flro." Moro than that, man's very llfo on this planet doponds upon tho treo, which absorbs tho poisonous carbon dloxldo which man exhales and In return pours Into his lungB tho exhilarating and vitalizing oxygon 3ecrotod by its leaves, says tho DIo totlc and Hygienic Gazette. Tho treo regulates tho temperature of thn nlr In which wo llvo by having itself a uxed temperaturo of 54 degreo Fah- ' ronhelt. Tho cratoful shade of trwa on a hot summer's day and tho com parative warmth of tho forest in tho coldest winter's day is duo in a de gree to tho nrborenl temperaturo. Therefore, if city streets wero filled with vigorous trees wo should havo cooler summers and warmer winters. And on hot days tho treo sprays Into tho air nn lmmenso amount of wa ter 32,000 gallons for a treo of full 3l2o and leafage. Hero is an Inestim able cooling process. And such a treo has In foliage the equivalent of flvo icres of grass land a fact further sug jestlng that n treo standing by our dwellings In tho city and lifting Its ,'oliage in tho nlr, story abovo story, would bring to every window which It pnssed ncres of park scenery. In the, hot summer days and nights it would purify tho nir entering tho jhambor and cool it with a delicious moisture. Finally, tho treo can ab sorb and thus removo from the air tho emanations from tho street and from putrefying wasto matter. In this re spect trees aro the scavengers of ho iir and protect us from "fllth dis eases." It should bo added that trees are valuable In that they provide homes for birds who feed on destructive insects. HOMES FOR BRITISH WORKERS Plans That Are In the Nature of Ex perlments Are Being Given Care ful Consideration. Evidently British cities do not pur- poso that the war shall interfere seri ously with plans for housing their worklngmen. In Newcastle-on-Tyne, for example, plans have recently been prepared for furthering this move ment. United States Consul Walter C. Hamm recently reported that two plans for the erection of worklngmen's houses have been considered by the housing committee of the corporation of Newcastle, and If approved by the city council will be carried out One schemo proposes tho erection of 84 two-roomed houses, which will rent for $1.15 per week, nnd 28 threo- ' roomed houses, renting for $1.52 per week. The second scheme proposes tho erection of eight two-roomed dwellings, renting for $1.22 per week, and eight three-roomed dwellings, renting for $1.38 per week. The total number of houses pro posed by the two plans is 128, contain ing 292 rooms. Tho total cost is esti mated at $125,000, which includes the cost of tho buildings, the street work nnd tho rent of tho land. This plan, If realized, will bo car ried out under the "Housing of the working class act" of 1870, and In this caso tho periods of loan repayment are to be as follows: Land, 80 years; buildings, GO years; sewerage, 30 years, and streets, 20 years. Tenders for the erection of tho buildings have been invited. Uses of Tenement Houses. If Cleveland shall follow tho sugges tions contained in a tenement house codo proposed by the chamber of com merce of that city, llfo would bo far moro worth the living for many peo ple. Among other things, it provides that no room in tho cellar of any tene ment houso shall bo occupied for Hv Ing purposes, and that no room In the basement of such a dwelling shall bo used for any purpose other than cook ing or laundry. No tenement bouse or nny part of it would bo used for lodging houso under this code. Vari ous provisions aro mado for safety and health. Among them 1b tho re quirement that in rooms used for sleeping purposes 500 feet of cubic nlr space must bo provided for ev ery pprson of twelve years or more and 300 cubic feet for each person loss than that ago. Trees for School Grounds. Trees for boautlfying school grounds nro furnished free to rural schools In California by tho Chico Normal school. Chtco will also send, on request, a man to lay out school gardens In rural communities. Cheap at Any Price. "Really, madam, this ovening coat makes an entirely different woman out of you." "That settles it, Clara, take it nover mind tho price." Careful Management. "My wife seldom criticizes mo," said Mr. Meekton. "Lovely disposition?" "No. Good discipline. She's afraid that if sho keopB noticing mo I'll get notions of self-Importance." Curse of Too Much Beauty. "What a beautiful girl your daughter is?" "Yes. So beautiful that I'vo given up hope that she'll over wash tho dishes for mo when she grows up." Detroit Free Press f J 1 i V.l