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DECEIBER, 1916
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MR. BRYAN AND MR. SUNDAY
We believe that The Record, In en
caging William Jennings Bryan to
write for its readers his impressions
of the Sunday meetings, is thereby
fulfilling one of the necessary func
tions of a modern newspaper.
Since the arrival of Mr. Sunday
The Record has devoted a great deal
of its news column space to these
extraordinary meetings, -in response
to an obvious public demand that the
fullest publicity concerning this
unique revival season should be
given. Preceding his arrival Mr. Livy
S. Richard went, for The Record,
over a portion of Mr. Sunday's trail,
to report from" .Scranton, Wilkes
barre, Detroit and elsewhere the ef
fect of the Sunday meetings.
The enlistment now of the services
of the great Commoner seems to us
to be an important contribution to
the importance of this revival season.
For no man can come closer to the
hearts of thd public than can the
Nebraskan, eloquent advocate and
persuasive counsel for good causes.
Mr. Bryan first flashed into public
attention as a political figure, an
amazing and unprecedented figure.
His candidacy for the presidency did
not bring him to the White house,
but did bring him to a personal in
timacy with public thought such as
few Americans have won. In the
present days his position is, in large
measure, that of a national moralist,
an interpreter of lofty aspirations, a
counsel for good deeds in national
life. He has served the purpose of
yoking moral issues and political
programs no small thing!
Mr. Bryan's interest in Mr. Sunday
is of long standing. We believe no
man in th.Q.. country, is so. well
equipped to do the work which The
Record has engaged him to do
through its columns here in Boston.
Boston Record.
EMOTIONAL DIABETES
Diabetes that dread disease which
yearly takes toll of so many lives
is nowadays being attacked more vig
orously by many investigators. It
has not been fully solved, but some
important facts have been brought
to light.
Not least important is the discov
ery that in a number of cases weak
ness of emotional control is a potent
factor in bringing on diabetes.
To be sure, there are still certain
authorities who deny that there is
such a thing as emotionally caused
diabetes. But evidence to weaken
the force of their denial' is constantly
forthcoming. '
Thus, in a recent issue of an Ital
ian medical journal, the Riforma
Medica, Dr. T. Silvestrf reports sev
eral cases of diabetes which certainly
seem to have been caused by an ex
cessive emotionality, acting probably
by rousing into baneful activity a
latent tendency to this form' of dis
ease. In one of Silvestri's cases the pa
tient was a man of markedly "nerv
ous" characteristics, much given to
fear, worry, restless uneasiness, etc.
After a prolonged period of anxiety
his urine was found to contain sugar,
the classic indication ot diabetea.
For some years this condition per
sisted. In the meantime the man
learned to control hig feelings bet
ter. His nervousness subsided and
at once his urine became normal
apain.
This was eight years ago. Today
he remains free from. any diabetic
sign, despite the fact-that he has tq
ceived no treatment by the usual
mothod of dieting.
In another case a woman devel
oped mild diabetes after an attack of
Pneumonia. Put on an antidiabetic
diet, her urine became free of sugar
and her health first class.
Later she was subjected to a sovono
emotional ordeal through the long
and fatal illness of her son. Now
signs of diabetes again became evi
dent in her, and notwithstanding
that she has been carefully treated
it has been found impossible to free
her from them.
.Excessive grief was similarly the
exciting cause of diabetes in another
of Silvestri's cases. In a fourth case
the diabetic breakdown was directly
traced to a fright experienced by the
patient, who had been in excellent
health until then.
In the case of yet another patient,
a man who died from diabetes at the
age of 53, a thorough internal exam
ination after death failed to reveal
physical conditions capable of explain
ing the diabetes. The one outstand
ing fact in the case was that the pa
tient had been unusually "nervous,''
and had a family history of much
nervous and mental disease.
These cases, supplementing as they
do the experimental studies of such
men in the United States as Drs. W.
B. Cannon and W. G. Smillie, are
obviously of practical import to all
of us.
We may happen to be so consti
tuted as to be virtually immune from
ever developing diabetes. But of
of this fortunate circumstance we
never can feel quito certain.
And consequently, if only as a pre
caution against this grave malady,
every effort should be made to keep
the emotions under as firm control
as possible.
In especial we need to strive to
avoid allowing ourselves to be over
whelmed' by feelings of sorrow, fear,
or anxiety. These-are thefemotional
states which seem to beparticularly
productive , -of diabetes. H. Adding
ton Bruce.
MR. BRYAN
From Omaha the story Is solemnly
sent forth that Mr. Bryan, disgusted
with the defeat of his candidacy for
delegate to the democratic national
convention and of his candidates for
governor and senator at the general
election, will shake the dust of
Nebraska from his feet, emigrate to
North Carolina, and so on. It is an
old yarn. In the imagination of his
enemies Mr. Bryan Is always "sulk
ing," "quitting Nebraska," "leaving
the party." He can't go to Florida,
or Texas, or anywhere else without
Totntr niirRUPri hv the antiaue mvth.
The other day he said he was going
to try to bring the democratic party
to favor national prohibition. Now
"many Nebraska democrats believe
he has his eye on the prohibition
presidential nomination in 1920."
Mr. Bryan has his faults, but it
can't be said truly that he doesn't
tiifiv fhn rinmnnrnUfi nartv or that
lie has been embittered T)y his polit
ical defeats, whetner personal pr ui
policy. The democrats of his own
state have to fight him at times.
They fought him notably this year.
But he loves to fight and he is a per
sonage, an institution. Ho doesn t
lose his hold. He has no inconsider
able genius for being wrong, some
may think, but, after all, he is the
head of the democratic family in
Nebraska. The Nebraska democrats
may quarrel with him, but they won t
let anybody else.
Mr. Bryan has never shown any
disposition to get out of the demo
cratic party. Possibly he may breed
an enormous row in it by trying to
force prohibition upon it, but nobody
can doubt the sincerity of his opin
ions however mistaken. Even if he
were not a loyal partisan, he knows
7he impotence of a national prohibi
tion party.-New York Times.
Do Not Fail to See
The Panama-California
International Exposition
At San Diego, California
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This is one of the most beautiful and unique expositions that has
ever been presented' to the American people. There has never been an
Exposition in the United States which equaled it in architecture or the
botanical beauty of ltB grounds. This is the second year of its exist
ence, and it has been a success in every sense of the word. But the
ues win positively close on December 3 let, 1916. Do not miss the
portunity to see it, and-alao, to visit San Dleace, tke Souther Gatcvray-
of the I'aciac Coawt.
LAND OF SUN5HINH HAVING! THIC BICST CLIMATE IN THIfl
UNITED STATJKS
For confirmation of these statements, sec the United States weather
bureau reports covering1 the period of the last 27 years.
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more than when It was purchased.
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We will sell you a choice lot or home already built en easy payments; r
with liberal discount for cash.
Jewell Investment Company,
Phone: Main 2926 212 Am. Nat Bank Building
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