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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
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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
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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.
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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 "
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Fundamental
Principles of
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By ALBERTS. GRAY, M.D. f
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(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.
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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.
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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
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