THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 2G, 1914.
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TIME NOW T0 SWAT FLIES
Sure Ways of Getting Rid of tho
Summer Pests.
SMASH 'EM AND BURN 'EM
Btrasnrc of Health Conservation
of Surpnsslntr Importance
Need of Clcnnllness In
Viirdn.
In a few day now the observer may
expect to sco a pair of files gunning
themselvos on tho window pane. Ho may
see sevoral pairs. In fact; but If he sees
only one pair It Is up to him to swat
them without delay, scire their carcasses
and Incinerate them In the nearest flame.
In case ho falls In this duty to civiliza
tion nobody knows what might happen.
T be sure, the chances are that most of
tho progeny of a single pair of flies will
die before the end of summer; but If no
dciith Intervenes, if nil the descendants
of that original pair could llvo and should
be compressed Into a solid mass early
next October, they would occupy a space
of more than 14.000.0d0.000 cubic feet, mak
ing a fly pile as large as tho Woolworth
building.
This Is not mere guesswork. It Is the
serious statement put forth by a sub
committee of the Merchants' association
of New York, the chairman of which Is
Edward Hatch, Jr., who further says
that If all the progeny of a single fe
male fly during a. single Reason should
live and could bo gathered together they
would make a road 1.000 miles wide and
three miles deep, running all the way
from the earth to the sun a distance
of some 92,000.000 miles. Mr. Hatch says
this, furthermore, without getting tho
least excited. He has it all figured out
so as to be proved by any adding ma
chine that can handlo tho numbers. Ho
himself reels off trillions, quadrillions,
QUtntllllons, sextllllons, eeptllllons and
even octillions regarding files with less
effort than the average person would
have In stepping on board a subway
express.
SUe of the Fly l'nmlly.
It Is rather disconcerting to talk with
Mr. Hatch about the housefly.
"I presume you know," he remarked,
"that If all the progeny of a single fe
male fly could be captured ut the end
of this coming summer and rolled Into
a ball without being compressed they
would make a sphere larger by far than
the earth we live on. Figure It our for
yourself. Suppose each fly occupies a
space one-quarter of an Inch long, one
quarter Inch wide and one-quarter Inch
thick; then thero would be sixty-four
flics to a cubic inch, 300.000 to a cubic
foot or 16,277,791.171.084,000 flics to a cubic
mile"
"And how many cubic miles would the
progeny of a singfc fly U f rolled to
gether In a ball?'
"About 400,40J,300000 cubic miles," Mr.
Hatch replied, "or two spheres each tho
size of this earth."
"Which -would mean how many de
scendants of that original mother fly at
the end of one reason?"
"That's easy," said Mr. Hatch. "A fly
usually lays in one season six batches of
eggs and from 120 to 150 In each batch.
Between the first of June and the middle
of October her descendants, if they all
lived, would, number 6.677.037.493.864,320.000,
000.000.000 or translating figures into
words, six octillions, five hundred and
seventy-seven septllllons, eighty-seven
Bextllllons; four hundred and ninety-five
qulntllllons, eight hundred and sixty-four
quadrillions, three hundred and twenty
trillions.
"A subcommittee of the Merchant .as
sociation." Mr. Hatch continued without
even stopping to take breath, "Is sending
out a hundred thousand or more large
cards of warning. These are being mailed
as fast as possible to health boards, libra
ries, schools and civic associations all
over the country In the unceasing war
against flics that is being waged.
"So much work has been done in past
years that people generally are prepared
to destroy flies when they appear in large,
numbers at the first burst of really warm
weather. But this is not enough. The
time to begin fighting this most danger
ous foe of mankind is right now, when
the earliest stragglers are beginning to
appear. Kill them now, before they begin
to propagate, and we will be saved enor
mous expense and much disease later on."
The warning Issued by the Merchants'
association committee says that files cost
the United States 1350,000,000 each year.
Mr. Hatch was asked about this allega
tion "It's true," he declared. "Careful ex
amination of government statistics was
made some little time ago by an author
ity competent to deal with the subject,
and he found that by causing disease and
death flies cost this country t500.000.000
annually this largely In lessened earning
power of the population and expenses In
cident to Illness, such as typhoid fever
and tuberculosis
"In order to be'conservatlve we reduced
the amount to $325,000,000. Our object Is
to arouse the public so thoroughly to the
danger of permitting files to live and
breed that communities everywhere will
wage war upon them In extermination.
This can be done; it has been largely
done In some places."
Various agencies for the prevention ot
disease are already starting an early
campaign against the fly. The Associa
tion for Improving the Condition of the
Poor, through Its bureau of public health
and hygiene. Is publishing a report mado
by Dr. Donald B. Armstrong of tests
made regarding the transmission of dis
ease by files. Although the transmission
of many dlecases has, of recent years,
been ascribed to the fly. Dr. Armstrong
Is Inclined to eliminate a majority of them
as negligible, and due to causes other
than flies. However, he adds, two dis
eases remain concerning which the evi
dence against the houso fly seems to be
Incriminating typhoid fever and the
diarrheal diseases of Infancy.
"in the matter of typhoid fever," he.
adds. "Dr. Terry, health officers of Jack
sonville, Fla., has greatly reduced the
death rato by cleansing vacant lots. In
Richmond. Va., Dr. Levy has greatly
j reduced Bummer diarrhea among Infants
by proper methods of screening, the city
blocks In which the children were thus
protected from flies showing a marked
and blear-cut decrease In morbidity and
mortality when compared with surround
ing olty blocks not thus protected." New
York Sun.
Into consultation and called in an ex
pert, whose report was decisive.
ine coae." said mis authority, - uoe
not prescrlbo the number ot kisses a
man Bhould bestow upon his wife weekly.
in practice, during the Honeymoon, tnis
obligation Is without limit. But after
the first weeks ot marriage It diminishes
progressively. At tho end of three years
us in this case, the kisses could reason
ably be reduced to three a day, one In
tho morning, one at noon and one In tho
evening."
The pmiri. tnw halne ftufflrtntlv n-
lightened, nierod Judgment In favor of
the husband. Indianapolis News,
TELEPHONING ACROSS SEA
l.nnK Way from Trnnaatlnntlc
Service, Klthcr by Cnhle or
by Wireless.
Dr. J. A. Flomlng, F. It. 8., described
In u lcoture delivered In I-undon the In
tentions which of late years have ren
dered possible a great Increase In the
distance of telephonic communication and
have permitted the use of submarine tel
ephone cables over distances previously
Impracticable. Ho explained that In the
case of a telephone wire the shorter the
wavo length tho greater the velocity with
which the waves travel, while the ampli
tude ot tho shorter waves attenuates to
a greater extent than that of the, longer
ones. Hence when, as a result of speak
ing to a telephone transmitter, a com
plex electromotive force Is applied to the
end of a cable the various simple har
monic waves Into whleh the Impulse may
be resolved travel along tho cable with
unequal speed' and attenuation. The
short waves travel fastest, but are worn
out soonest; hence tne wave form Is dis
torted.
A remedy for this distortion of articu
late sounds was first suggested by Oliver
Hcavlslde, who showed mathematically
twenty-five years ago how waves of all
lengths could be made to travel at the
same Bpeed and attenuato at the same
rate. An Important advance was made
by Prof. Pupln of Columbia college, New
York, In 1893 and 1900, when he proved
that Heavlslde's suggestion can be put
Into practical form by loading the cable
cores, Inserted at equal intervals, but so
close that at leaBt eight or nine colls
are Included In the distance of one wave
length of the average wave frequency,
which Is always taken at S00. If the
colls aro placed farther apart relatively
to the wave-length they do more harm
than good. Aerial lines underground ca
bles and submarine cables can all be
treated this way.
Tho longest aerial loaded line Is that
from New York to Denver, 2,000 miles,
which permits good speech between
those nlaces and It Is the ambition of the
American Telephone and Telegraph com
pany to complete a loaded line that win
render speech possible between New York
City and San Francisco, over 3,000 miles.
A line 2.082 kilometers long has Just been
completed between Berlin and Rome; It
runs overhead except through the oimp
lon tunnel, with loading colls at every
ten kilometers and good speech is possible
over the whole dUtancc. In England the
longest loaded lines are two trunk lines
from London to Leeds, 200 .miles, ine
general post office has now In operation
50,000 miles of aerial and underground
loaded circuits and 45.645 miles are In
course of belnr loaded. As regards loaded
submarine cables the general postofflce
has three one to France, twenty-ono
nautical miles long; one to Belgium,
forty-eight miles'; and one to Ireland;
sixty-four miles, A fourth which Is now
being manufactured, Is to be laid from
Suffolk to the nearest polnln Holland,
125 miles. Broadly, loading has rendered
It possible to double or more than double
the. distance of effective telephonic inter
course. In regard to wireless telephony Dr.
Fleming said the arrangements are closely
Similar to those employed In wireless teleg
raphy, but in the base of the antenna, or
coupled to it, must be placed a micro
phone by means of which tho speaker's
voice makes changes In the resistance of
the antenna circuit, the result being to
vary the amplitude ot the waves emitted
without altering their, wave length. The
difficulty Is to obtain a microphone that
will carry large high-frequency currents.
By the aid of an Ingenious liquid micro
phone Prof. Vannl of Home, has trans
mitted speech for 1,000 kilometers, Fessen
den In the United States has telephoned
a few hundred miles, and Poulsen In Den
mark, Colin and Jeance in France, Qold
schmldt in Germany, and Dltcham In Eng
land have covered greater or less dis
tances. Mr. Marconi recently r carried
out demonstrations with wireless tele
phony for the Italian navy. The lecturer
concluded by remarking that we are yet
a. long way from telephony across the At
lantic whether with cables or by wire
less, but progress will continue to be made,
and it is possible that some day speech
transmission from England to San Fran
cisco, with one repetition at New York
City, may be an accomplished fact Bos-'
ton Transcript.
MOVING PICTURE OF FUTURE
Fate AnnitliiK Slerr Stan When
Women Monopolise Police
Foree.
Kisses of the Slurried.
The court at Antwerp recently had a
divorce case in which the wife of a rich
manufacturer pleaded with tears the
neglect of her husband.
"My husband." she said, "embraces
me no more with the effusive tendernesj
he once exhibited. It Is evident to mu
'that he Is taking his kisses elsewhere."
"My wife," said the husband, respond
ing tp the charge, "is wrong to complain,
gentlemen. She has such a hunger for
affectionate demonstration that she
makes It a punishment to me "
The perplexed tribunal took the care
laCeSfetmdfia)
JOHN A. SWANSON, Pres.
AVM. L. HOLZMAN, Trcus.
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Monday an Amazing
Sale of Dresses
and Suits at
Sale starts
at 8.30 a. m.
Values up to $32.50
THE DRESSSES in this col
lection consist of chiffon,
taffetn, crepo do chine and silk pop
lin in all the desirable shades of tho
season; new bines, ehnngcables,
tango, green, gold and black, in all
sizes. We are making room for in
coming stocks and must clear out
this entire lot of silk dresses at once.
Your opportunity to $f 15Q
buy dresses worth up to H
$32.50, Monday at A 4,1
THE SUITS. Smart styles
in a variety of becoming
models; the materials aro serge,
gaberdine, poplins, crepe poplins,
fancy crepes and checks; the colors
are navy, black, green, tango, tan
and Copenhagen, in all 1 ft50
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V P4a Qol 0f Women's Stout
2 rnce oaie suits, sizes up to 53
Half P
Millinery
Greatest Sale Ever Held
M
rice
Sale
ONDAY we place on sale
$20,000.00 worth of high grade,
up-to-date millinery. This is
not a sale of specially purchased
goods. Every dollar's worth of our
regular stock is offered Monday at
Tho Marked Price
What We Mean By
"Half Price" Sale
Any Trimmed
Hat Marked
$1.98. Half Prlco at... 99
$2.98, half price at SI. 49
$3.98, half price at.R1.90
$4.98. half prlco at. $2. 49
$7.50, half price at.3.75
$10, half price at.. $5,00
$15, half price at.. $7.50
$35, half price at.S12.50
$40, half price at. $20.09
$G5, half prlco at. 832.50
What We Mean By
"Half Price" Sale
Any Bird of Paradise
$5.98, Half Price at. . .82.09
$7.50, half prlco at... $3.75
$13.50, halt price at.. 86.25
$35.00, lvair price at. $12.50
$50.00, half prlco at. $25.00
All Flowers Evnctlv i.tur Price. I All Millions Exactly Half Price.
All Plumes Exactly Half Prlco. I AU Trimmings Exactly Half Prlco.
All of our beautiful Paradise Hats, Plumed Hat3, Lace Hats, i T '
Imported Hats, the choices seleotion in the city, awaits JLZ I 11 CJS
you Monday at C
Any Trimmed Ha. iVIarlccd
98c. Half Prlco at 49?
$1.98, half prlco at 09
$3.9S, half prlco at. . .SI. 49
$3.98. half prlco at... 81.99
$4.98, half prlco at.., $2.40
Great Basement Salesroom Bargains
Women's Union Suits
50c Values at OC
Fine quality rlbbod "stay-fcaDC
oa" union suits; round or "V"
neck, cuff or lace knees. On sale
Monday In the basement at 25c.
Women's 15c Hosiery
Fast black lisle hose, in the a
basement Monday,-at 8 pairs
for 25c or, pair, i '. . .
ON SALE MONDAY ONLY
Monday we place on Bale in our now basemont sales room an astonishing variety of desir
able merchandise that wo must dispose of at once. Some lines are broken In rIzos, but all Blzes
are represented. Rend theso great bargains tin salo in our now basement Monday this Is the
basement salesroom for real bargains como and get your share
Women's Up To $25 Silk Dresses
85
Women's Silk Waists
up to $2.50 vals. QQ
These waists aro mado ofOIftL
chiffons, charmouse and tub silks.
Extraordinary values, on sale, bar
gain basement, Monday, at 80c.
Women's Up To 25c Neckwear
Embroidered jabots and flat
collars, 10c, 15c, some 25c Kf
neckwear, basement, Monday
Beautiful Silk Dresses for
every occasion are in this
great sale Monday. Such
attractive dresses have never
before beeu offered at such
extraordinary low prices; up to
$25 Dresses go Monday, in the
basement salesroom, at -
Bait Starts
Promptly
t 8130 A. K.
The Materials aro crepe do,
chino, chiffon taffeta, clmr
metiso and crepes in "ulttlid
desired shades. It will pay
you well to buy two 6r tjirco
drosses in this great salo
Monday.
Women's Silk Waists
Walftswohh up .tq,KA.- f n,
ioi, on saio,- a
in this
basement,
oh
Monday
Women's Up To $1.09 Neckwear
Net and embrold'ed dainty
laoo collars and Jabota, up
to $1 values, basement. . .
JOHN A.SWANSON.phcs
WM.L.HOLZMAN.TntAS.
M" II lit I P TTWMII i n TIM
Women's 10c Handkerchiefs
Good quality handkerchiefs,
Monday In basement, 2 for -Lp
5c, or, each
CORRECT APPAREL FOR MEN AND WOMEN
Men's 10c Hankerchiefs
Largo size,, regular 10c hand-
kerchiefs, in the basement f
Monday, rit, oach
li
It wag a bright spring morning. A cl
lar door In a back alley opened Very
slowly and a face appeared looking- up and
down the street. The owner ot the face,
having satisfied himself that no one was
near, emerged.
Bedraggled In appearance, weak arvt
vacillating, the creature moved cautiously
down the street. ' Suddenly a hand was
laid upon his shoulder.
"Ah! at last." The police woman's
whistle sounded. "We have been looking
nil over for you. Wo knew you would
have to come out In time."
Two other woman policemen appeared
upon the scene. The crowd began to
gather.
The miserable creatures, his teeth chat
tering with fear, was led forward to a
closed yard. The word had been passed
around, and In a few minutes the street
was filled. They took him to the city
hall. They entered the courtroom. The
judge removed her eyeglass as she gazed
down upon the prisoner.
"Well, prisoner, you know the decree.
Nothing bo useless as you are can be per
mitted to exist In our highly organized
society.
The prisoner looked around at the sea
of suffragette forces suroundlng htm.
He saw no hope. The Judge rapped for
order.
"We bear you no Ill-will," said the
judge. "How would you like to pass
away?"
"Any way that suits you. Tour honor-
ess."
The judge nodded to the police woman.
"Takes him off to the chloroformery."
And then, amid the subdue mumur of
the mildly Interested throng, the last man
on earth was led out to his postponed
fate. Ufe.
The Persistent and Judicious Use
Newspaper Advertising Is the Itoad
Business Success.
of
ENOCH-AM" REVERSED
Return of Soldier Left for Dead on
Plevna Battlefield.
FOUND HIS "WIFE WAITING
Both Loyal to Votts Blnfle iieiore
Duty's Coll TUIrty-FlTO Yrnrs
Abo A World-Wide
Search.
A gray-haired man of prosperous ap
pearance rapped timidly upon a door on
the third floor ot the house at 87 South
Fourth street, In Williamsburg. Brooklyn,
Monday morning. His mahner was that
of one who seemed to dread the outcome
of what was about to happen.
The door. opened. Confronting tho man
was a woman of about his age, gray
haired too. Wonderlngly, she stood as he
walked In, wiping her hands nervously
upon her apron.
For a moment or two he struggled for
speech, then he regained self-control.
"Mary!" he cried, holding out both
hands to the woman, "Don't you know
me? Don't you know tyour husband?
They told me you were dckl. I've huntftd
all over the world for you and Just found
you were living."
The woman's face was as gray as her
hair. For a moment she stood as one
dazed. Then she threw herself Into his
arms and called his name as her hus
band. The door closed upon them, while neigh
bors ran to spread the tidings through the
house.
FolIotYcd Oamnn Pasha.
More than thirty-five years ago Alfred
Welland, then a prosperous British real
dent of Cairo, .Egypt, become Involved In
Egypto-Turklsh politics. He waa Intimate
with Osman Pasha, the Turkish general,
and enlisted In the Turkish army at the
outbreak of the Turko-Russian war, Os
man made h'un an officer and he' marched
away with his command after saying
good-bye to his young wife and their In
fant son, named for his father.
At various times letters from the front
reached the wife who stayed In Cairo,
telling of her husband's continued safety
and of a further promotion. Then for
a long period no news came.
In 1877 the rumor swept through Egypt
that a terrible battle had been fought
at Plevna and that thousands had been
killed and wounded. Official despatches
confirmed this and the list of the dead
contained the name of Captain Alfred
Welland.
The wife was broken hearted. She was
fa rly well-to-do and had no causa to
worry on that account, but the Ipsa of
I her huthand made her very 111 for a
learned that he hod been bured In an
unnamed grave.
After a year Mrs. W.elland sold her
home In Cairo and with her young son
left the country. She went first to Aus
tralia, travelled there for a whllo and
finally came to the United States, set
tling In New York. Her son grew up and
soma, years ago he married and went to
live In Boston, where business called him.
His mother continued to make her home
here and for some time lias had an apart
ment In Williamsburg. She had for years
been firm In the belief that her hus
band was dead and had given up the
search, for information about him.
In a nanslan I'rlfton.
The scene now changes to Cairo. Two
years after the battle of Plevna there
came falterlngly back t that city a
worn, emaciated veteran of the War. It
was Alfred Wellnnd, whd had been left
for dead upon the battlefield and had
fallen a prisoner to the enemy. When
tho Turkish relief corps went over tho
scene later they found a body that,
though mutilated by shot, was Identified
as that of Welland. So his name passed
from the rolls,
The war ended and the Russian prisons
gave up their captives. Among them was
Welland, Slowly he made his way to his
home. It was In strangers' hands. His
wlfo and child had disappeared. Friends
told him they hart gone to Australia. He
followed and heard finally that they had
gone to America.
Again he took up the search, but in this
country It was In vain. He was told that
a woman and a boy answering to the de
scription he gave had died In a fever
epidemic.
Two years ago he came back to New
York on business. Then his hopes were
revived at a report that a Mrs. Welland
was living here. But search failed to re
veal her and he returned to Montreal.
Ten days ago he received from friends
Information that they believed they had
really found, ht wife.
He came to New York and went to the
address .the friends had given him, It
was his wife who opened the door to
him. She too had remained faithful to
his memory and never married. New
York Bun.
to J long time. Whn sho recovered she
( sought to trace her husband's body, but
Eleven a Lucky Number.
In the action or Rose M. , Colllgan
against the city of New York for P0.0W
damages for the death of her brother.
James 11. Colllgan. n shift boss In tlx
Cornwall shaft of the New York water
supply, a verdict has been rendered In
Justice Morchauser'a term of the suproinj
court for JU.OOOL
A verdict for a similar amount was
given a year ago ard srt aside by the
appellate division. . Previous to that a
jury disagreed.
The juries rendering verdicts consisted
of eleven men. Colllgan dd on Jan"ary
11. 1911. The last trial took eleven days
In presenting testimony. The Jury ar
rived at a verdict at 11 o'clock at night.
Eleven persons were Interested In the
prnsecutlon and defense. New Yor
Tribune.
MISERIES OFJWXED MARRIAGE
.Pathetic Fate of New Unaland Girl
Who Slurried Chinese
Student.
There died recently In Tientsin, China,
Dorothy Dorr Kwan, an American girl,
whose life waa made very miserable by
her marriage, by the Rev. Henry H.
Kelsey, on Christmas day, 1909, in Hart
ford, Conn., to Julian Kwan, a Chinese,
and a student In the Yale law school,
Her home had been In Morlden and New
Haven. The girl was then but 16 years
of age.
The couple went to China soon after
the ceremony, when Mrs. Kwan learned
for the first time that her husband had
been previously married to a Chinese
woman. The father of the young man
Is a Chinese business man ot prominence
In Shanghai. A suit for bigamy was In
stituted by the first wife and Julian
Kwan was sentenced to eighty days' im
prisonment, which he Is now serving.
Meanwhile, the American wife, great as
was the shock and humiliation, played
her part bravely. A child had been born
to her and died. She determined to wait
until Kwan's term of Imprisonment ex
pired, and then to give him a stated pe
riod In which to "show himself a man"
before marrying him again. But death
Intervened. A long letter from her, writ
ten shortly before her death, Is sad read
ing. Extracts follow:
"Perhaps you do not know that I was
only 16 years old when I came to China.
I had not a single friend here, and when
I learned that my husband had a wife
the shock was very great. When
we came to Shanghai we lived In a
miserable way the couple of months be
fore I left. We had not ever rlcklsha
money to go to parks, where wo might
get some fresh ulr, as our home faced
the west and was like an oven all day.
I have never been happy one sin
gle day of my life In China, and my lot
has been made doubly hard by my
mother's Rttltude. In the last year I have
received only three letters from her.
No one else' at home knew of my dis
grace as mother did not wish to make
it public. I have always kept as
much to myself as possible, and my best
friends are the missionaries. The
1 received from lilm (her husband's
father) went toward making a home in
1911, and mostly In gambling. We have
never been happy together how could
we? I am not yet M, and I have passed
through such ages of ml'ery since coming,
to China that T have aged considerably,
and at times it really think my mind
wanders."
it would seem If Intelligent Amerl.
cans should by this time understand that
Chinese young men of IS or more years
of ate are almost always married. AVhn
a Chinese boy rtachtn maturity, the
, family and kinsmen make It urgent busi
ness to get him married, usually a wife
having long before been designated. The
custom Is giving way before tho. Impact
of modern Ideas, especially in Christian
homes, but at the. present time tho r.ule
admits of but few exceptions. Moreover,
Chinese, youth In the United 'States pot
yet married usually are "engaged";, the
families concerned have pledged jthem
selves, and tho American girl who comes
to China as a "proper wife" In such a
caso will find prejudice, bitterness and
complications awaiting her that must
wreck her happiness. The American girl
who Insists on marrying a Chinese 'youth
should be persuaded, If possible, to visit
China and Investigate the family condi
tions before proceeding in the very un
certain business.
Especially should clergymen who desire
tho respect of their fellows refrain from
opening the door to misery and a lonely
death In a foreign land by refusing to
perform the marriage ceremony between
strange Chinese men and unknown
American girls of 16.-New York Independent,
EYE STRAIN OF THE "MOVIES"
Metllcnl Authority Discusses the
Unnirer nml Snnueiti
Remedies.
The Injurious effect on the eyes of the
swiftly moving Images of the cinemato
graph has been frequently discussed. It
has been shown that a number of dis
orders of tha eyes ore caused by this
form of entertainment. In Massachu
setts a flve-mlnute Intermission Is re
quired between reels so as to lessen the
eye strain One of the factors In
cinematograph exhibitions which favors
tho development of eye fatigue Is poor
deflnlt'on of the original negatives. This
Is greatly accentuated when the posi
tives which are used are enormously
magnified, Tha smaller the Image In the
eye, tho longer the, Impression lasts and
the more the eyes are tired, ax that seats
nearer the screen are less desirable than
inosa more remote. There is less eye
fatigue when sitting not closer than forty
feet from the screen.
That the "movies" am a prolific ourc
of eye .strain must have been recognized
by many occullsts, yet, with few .excep
tions, tha attention of the public haa not
been dlrectod to this Important fact,
while the Victims themselves seldom sus
pect the cause of their trouble, although,
many of them puffer from an Increase
of symptoms even while witnessing the
pictures. The symptoms usually consist
of headache, vertigo, nausea and fatiguo
of tho eyes, followed later b; vomiting,
sleeplessness and lack of energy. Physi
cians and public health officials have
only recently realized the important part
the picture theaters play in the welfare
of tha community from a health stand-
p6tnt.' Many theater buildings are re
modeled storerooms with' no facilities fdr
ventilation. The air Is breathed over and
over -and plenty of opportunity' Is af
forded for contact between infected and
nonlnfecled, thereby facilitating the dis
tribution of Infectious diseases. In the.
United States there are, oyer Jij.tOO mov
ing picture theaters xat which there I
an averago attendance of over 15,003,030
spectators. This, variety of eye, fatigue,
may bi largely removed by wearing
proper glasses; by parto'nlzlng only those
places which have good films, proper
manipulation and proper intervals ot rest
between the reels; by. sitting at' th$ right
distance from the screen (not qloer than
forty feet) and by ,not overdoing attend
anoe on -these places of .amusement.
It has been suggested that licenses be
Issued only to, those proprietors of mov
ing picture theaters 'who are, wllllntf to
abide by the '.following ruleai fW- to
ojerate the madhtne by a motor instead
ot by hand, to have an adjustable
take-up or speed regulator and n auto
matic fire shutter which renders more
accurate- tha sequence of the. individual
Images; second, to use the aro light with
tho direct current, which; Is" brighter and
steadier than that with' the indirect cur
rent; third, td'bave a" proper screen, ireo
from disagreeable an4 barpjful glare. The
so-called "mirror screen," consisting of
a mirror glass wth a, 'Jrostcd surface
seems to be ..one of tKe fooat, desirable'
fourth, to use no ree,l "which, fiave ev
In use fcr over a montln .Heels of an. In
ferior quality or which' Save come
scratched from much use. glva pooc,
doflnltlon. Flftn, to allow at least the
minutes' IntermUsion-.between the reels.
American Medical Association Journal.
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The bartender went .to the cash register
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'I'll bet you W there lsr" retorted, tha
stranger. , ...
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"produce!"
The stranger prqdiiced. Tho bill waa
one Issued by the Connecticut Sate Bank
of North America' in Seymour In January,
):. On its face wusi "State of' Con
necticut. The Bank' of North America,
will pay the bearer on demand. $8. Sey.
mour, January J. 1S52. No. 16.4IS, F. At
water. Cashier. O. F. De Witt. Presl.
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When overhauling an Old . house, here,
which had been occupied by his father,
the barroom's customer had found the bill
wedged between the floor and the siding,
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