THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1921.
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In Behalf of Taxpayers.
The signature of President Harding, putting
the budget system of government expenditures
into effect, it an act too important to the tax
paying public to be passed by without comment
and consideration. For years the haphazard
way in which congress has voted appropriations
without inquiry as to where the money was to
be found has been a subject of thoughtful criti
cism. In response to this growing objection, s
budget and audit bill was passed a year ago,
only to be vetoed by President Wilson on account
of a rider which he interpreted as infringing
upon his powers. That this measure, slightly
altered, has been put through under the new ad
ministration is a reassuring achievement.
Government expenditures must be pruned
vigorously if prompt recovery of prosperity is
to be aided. Taxes that were possible during
the departed period of inflation now present a
threatening obstacle to recovery of a normal
state. Subsidies, revolving funds and indefinite
Appropriations such as in 'the transportation act
of 1920 have confused the government's accounts
until it Is impossible for the treasury to give an
exact statement of the standing of affairs.
Under the budget plan no appropriations can
be asked or estimates submitted without exami
nation and report as to ways and means by the
secretary of the treasury and other officials
charged with financing them. Before public ex
penditures are made it must be ascertained if
the money to meet them is on hand, or where
it is coming from. There is not to be any
vagueness about such matters, no slipping
through of appropriation bills under the-cover
of some greater- or more popular issue. The
United States now for the first time will have
a complete program on which all demands for
public funds will be listed and considered to
gether. This is fundamental the preliminary to
a policy of governmental economy which was
pledged "u the last campaign. '
wiil be the greatest, and w hen those wars occur
they will be the most terrible. I do not know
whether the result of a free conference would
be to make any change in this system, We
can only tell by having the conference.
ao, it may be said that while there is a
lunatic fringe on this movement as on all, there
is a solid, conservative body of opinion which
favors fair discussion,; not of total disarmament.
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but of a limitation of armament. It is an un
fortunate thing that there are those who are try
ing to make political capital by emotional ap
peals and others purely and simply pacifists be
lieving in peace at any price at work to discredit
the sincere and careful handling of this mo
mentous crisis in world affairs.
The Herdzina Verdict.
..Unprejudiced review of the 'evidence pre
sented against Police Officer John Herdzina,
.slayer of Joe Howard, could hardly lead to any
conclusion except that held by the jury which
acquitted him of manslaughter. Public opinion
may question whethor or not Herdzina used good
judgment in shooting at the intoxicated youths
whom he was seeking to arrest, but the evidence
indicated that their attack upon him absolved
him at least from legal responsibility for the re
sult. , The verdict is not to be construed, however,
as an implied license to police officers to shoot at
will. Respect for the law is not encouraged by
the use of unnecessary or reckless force in its
enforcement, even if that be within the legal
power of the enforcing officer. ,
v . Armament and the Hobby Riders.
"A pointed question concerning the drive for
- limitation of armament is propounded by Leon
ard Robinson of Kearney in a' letter to The Bee.
Quoting a paragraph from a South Carolina
paper to tbe effect that those who are opposing
disarmament would not have to fight in the next
war, anyway, he counters with the pertinent in
quiry, "Did those who approve of disarmament
fight in this last war, or any other war?"
This touches on a feature of the campaign to
reduce military and naval preparedness that is
disquieting, an element which threatens to cloud
the whole problem with hysteria. There is, in
deed, no doubt where those sentimentally op
posed to the whole idea of war are to be found
-jn this movement. But at the same time many
of those who faced the enemy in the world con
flict have taken apposition favoring a general
decrease in plans for armament. The American
Legion, it has been announced, while antagonistic
to any scheme in which America is expected to
throw away its gun first yet looks to an inter
national agreement to limit war preparations.
"It would appear that recent experiences
should be enough to convince everybody of the
danger of a renewal of this competition,' Gen
eral Pershing has said. "But one nation can
not reduce armaments unless all do. It is time
that enlightened people everywhere should un
dertake to reach some rational agreement which
would not only relieve the world of its heavy
financial burden, but which in itself would go
far toward the prevention of war. We are not
a warlike people. We do not wish to expand at
the -expense of any other nation, and we have
no designs on anybody. If other people feel the
. same toward us .and toward each other, it seems
unreasonable that they should be unwlllnng to
consent in principle to some limitation of arma
ments, to be carried out when certain nations
succeed in establishing stable governments, and
are 'willing to recognize the wisdom of such a
course. Otherwise, may we not seriously ask
ourselves whether civilization is a failure, and
whether we re to regard war as a normal and
unavoidable scourge that mankind must suffer?"
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss,-who was the American
member of the supreme military council direct
ing the operations of all allied armies and later
a member of the peace commission, is equally
definite in his stand, saying:
The main thing is to secure some reason
able modification of the system which is now
, resulting in a civilized world consisting of "na
tions in arms." As lonsr as that system re-
ttaioi uomodi&ed, the. dinger, of jrcrld jsixi L
Ill'Advissd Disputes on the Job.
A most disturbing action in union labor cir
cles, equally so to believers in trade unionism
and to advocates of the open shop, is the with
drawal of the carpenters' union from the build
ing trades department of the American Federa
tion of Labor.
The carpenters have severed relations with
the other crafts because of disputes over "juris
diction," 1. e., the question of which of various
unions should exercise control over certain work.
These questions have been increasingly frequent
in recent years, as the union4have extended their
field and cut down the "twilight zones' which
formerly existed. There have been disputes, for
instance, over whether carpenters or metal work
ers should hang metal doors, elevator workers
or electricians put in the wiring for elevator mo
tors, lathers or sheet metal workers to put up
metal lath. The points of difference have been
almost innumerable. Sometimes strikes have
been called and in such cases the unfortunate
owner of the building, the contractor and the
workmen of other crafts have been punished by
a stoppage of work while the rival unions have
fought it out.
The jurisdictional strike is a difficulty which
results from trade unionism; without unions, it
would not exist. On that account, responsible
union leaders have recognized a special necessity
for providing means of settling such disputes
peaceably, in 'order to prevent an indictment of
trade unionism by its opponents if for no other
reason. Methods of arbitration have been de
veloped and much progress apparently has been
made until now the carpenters have declared war.
If sane counsel prevails, the matter will be ad
justed and the carpenters brought back into
the fold. Organized labor must demonstrate its
ability to preserve internal agreement if it is to
exert the highest beneficial effect on industry.
A Call for Volunteers.
Neither welfare workers nor the public in
general will be moved to action or pity by the
announcement of woeful conditions said to exist
among the poor little rich children. Whether
underfed or overfed many of the coming genera
tion of Chicago's Gold Coast are said to be suf
fering from malnutrition, half of the pupils in a
fashionable school being underweight.
Similar conditions among the less well-to-do
are usually met by some remedial measures.
Charitably inclined persons of wealth often call
among the poor and their aid and suggestions,
though sometimes resented as savoring of "snoop
ing," yet are on the whole well received. If the
dire situation of the pampered darlings of the
lake shore does not interest them, perhaps a
corps of relief workers could be organized from
the now thoroughly trained mothers of some
tenement district to carry enlightenment to the
place it is needed.
Getting a Fair Start in Life.
Less than 12 per cent of the children of
this country are availing themselves of the op
portunity for a high school education. While
most parents know full well the advantages of
broad training and the handicap that is laid by
quitting school too soon, yet youth is not always
willing to be guided by their experience.
In Cleveland the board of Education has Is
sued a handsome booklet which is placed in the
hands of every pupil in the last two grades of
the common schools as part of a campaign to
convince children and their parents of the value
of a high school education. Although full in
formation is given concerning the courses, yet the
publication is not a catalogue; rather may it be
compared to a prospectus such as is issued by
companies engaged in sellins: s'ock.
Photographs of all high school activities from
chemical experiments to foot ball gamesj his
tory classes, machine shops and the school or
chestra are temptingly displayed and described.
Letters from successful citizens,, telling what
they owe to the training received in high school
form another part of the book. The whole is so
attractively gotten up that no child or parent
could resist reading it.
Whatever the ambitions of the boys and girls
who are coming out of the grade schools this
month may be, they would be brought nearer
realization by continuing study than by drop
ping unprepared into the. workaday world. This
is the fact that is being clinched in the minds of
the children of Cleveland, and which ought to
be impressed everywhere. f
The woman usher in a moving picture thea
ter who assured the audience that a light globe
had burst when what really had happened was
a husband shooting his wife, may have been
guilty of a white lie, but certainly averted a
stampede. . t
President Harding may have lost the Sunday
golf vote by his strict observance of the Sab
bath, but he has endeared himself to -a great
many who do not like the game.
The allied nations protect Belgium and now
Belgium has become protector of tiny Luxem
bourgwhich jn turn ought to enter the busi
ness of protecting some one else.
The Iowa town which' had to hold a mass
meeting to prove its loyalty demonstrated an
other thing, that it is blessed with scandal mon
gers and defamation artists.
A London merchant has installed an X-ray
to make sure shoes fit, and soon absolutely noth
ing will be left to common sense.
Russia, it appears, has poured oil on troubled
waters by giving England a valuable concession
in the Baku petroleum fields.
But how are those officers who forbid flesh
colored bathing suits- to tell w hether they are
really being worn?
Some people's idea of how to keep cool is to
ei$ SQ tJa teach, jn . bUjjflg sua, v
Young Men and Small Cities
Better Chance to Rise to Top
in Town Than Metropolis t
Edward W. Bok in American Legion Weekly.
The lure of the large city is very strong for
the average young man. Naturally so. He con
stantly reads about the doings in the metropo
lis in newspaper, magazine and book, and from
the insistent way in which some writers place
the scenes of their material in the large city, one
might imagine a metropolis was the only place of
romance or adventure.
What is true of New York if true, with only
the local conditions changed, and in a degree
oerhaos a trifle less faulty, of Chicago, Pliiladel
phia, Boston, St. Louis and other so-called cen
ters of the United States. I do not think that any
of these cities is as flagrantly bad as New York,
but .thev are bad enough as places to live.
Of course, great cities must exist. They are
a necessity, and to make them great there must
be folks who work and live as them or rather
exist in them. But why deliberately choose them
where the choice exists?
If I had my life to live over again, and given
the knowledge of an American young fellow,
say. at the age of 25 or thereabouts, I would un
hesitatingly choose the smaller American com
munity. both for working and living. There is
no comparison when it comes to rational living.
I can imagine no more fortunate man, no
man more to be envied, than he who, born in a
moderate-sized community, has grown with its
people and history, and is today the president of
its leading bank, the proprietor of its most
respected newspaper, its foremost attorney or
its recognized mercnant. And ne is me true
American. His life is busy, of course; a man's
life should be busy. But he finds time lor re
cose, for ouiet thought, for rcadinc. for neigh
borly contact. He has a chance to develop his
human relations not all based on business in
terests. His life is not charged with the electric
current of city life and its thousand and one de
mands which send a man half-rested and yawit
inc in business the next morning. Go into
any subway train in New York from 8 to 10
any morning and watch tne faces ot tne men,
they are tired before they begin their day; 50
per cent yawn before they leave the train; such
sleep as they have had has not even been restful.
There is a wonderful quality about the aver
age small American community. Take such
cities as Galcsburg, 111.; Springfield, Mass.;
Utica, N. Y.; Portland, Me., and others, smaller
and some even larger, a recital of which would
fill line after line to mention them here, and
what has the metropolis to compare with the
actual quality that distinguishes these communi
ties? What is there American except its com
mercialism about the huge metropolis? But
there is a distinct American color to the smaller
American city.
And the hard cruelty of the struggle m a
great city is realized to the full only by those
who have been through it. I have, and I know:
T am not sninniner beautiful theories. I would
not spare any young fellow the hard knocks of
life; they are good for him, and he should ex
oerience them. Thev sro to make character. No
man has less use forva softy or a mollycoddle
than have I. But why deliberately seek them
when thev will come fast enough unsought? And
to begin in a big city is to invite a hardness that
finds no necessary place in a formative life.
I believe a young man has a -better chance
to make his, way in the smaller community than
he has in the great city, despite all that has been
said to the contrary. A young man's abilities, at
the beginning, are always apt not to fit into the
larger opportunities of the great cities; they
have an infinitely better chance to fit into op
portunities which, while not so large at the be
ginning, can develop with him. In the large city
he is apt more or less to be swallowed up unless
he is a genius. In the smaller city he has a
chance of standing out. And it is a tremendously
more satisfying feeling to be a large toad than a
small toad in a river. Moreover, his work in tne
earlier years of his business career is more likely
to be successful where he can concentrate on a
limited area and population, both familiar to him.
Then, too, a man can always throw a greater
light upon the metropolis a little distance away
from it than he can if he is workinpr in the
center of.that light. It must never be forgotten
that the business and professional interests of
New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and
all the large centers are continually watching
the men who are making their mark in the
smaller communities and who are brought into
contact with them through mutual relations.
There is a fallacy abroad that an able young
man is lost in a small city. A yonng man with
the right stuff in him is never lost anywhere, al
though., as I suggested before, he is more likely
to be lost in a large city than in a smaller one,
the same as there is no loneliness so great as
that which can be exoerieneed in the big city.
But to begin in the large city? No, a thou
sand times no. Far wiser will he be if he begins
in the community of his ancestors, where lie is
known and where his people were or are known,
where, while he is making his wav. he can live in
evitable mistakes, where he will find pride in his
progress, where friendship exist, and, above all,
where, while his making his way, he can live in
a real home. Let him use the great city as n .
market in which to buy or to sell; to see and
profit; let him use it as a place to go to for a
good time, if he chooses. Let him bring back
with him the best within it to serve his own com
munity, but leave behind him its turmoil and
restlessness that vexes the spirit and makes the
young old. Let him think twice and thrice and
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the ghastly memory of a steam radiator in a city j
nat.
There is something very precious in the
memory of a real home; an open fireplace and a
bit of a garden. Nothing can take its place, and
nothing in God's world, not even its greatest
riches, can equal the memory of a childhood. That
very precious possession, is the right of every
child.
ZffiejQeel
In Defense of Suns.
wncoln, Neb,. June U. To the
Editor ot The Bea: Since whan has
a oeconie unpopular to be an Amerl
can 7 Admiral 8ima can't inaulr
against the Sinn Fainers, our enemies
curing tne war. without being called
to account. Today a correspondent
wrote a latter to The Bee and naked
ror me dismissal of Admiral 81ms
o Just raved about Americanism
ana men signed himself "A. Bo
hemlan." What does a man call
lnar himself a. Rnh.mlm Ti.lakvn.a
Swede, Englishman or a Pole know
aooui Americanism?
Of all the foreigners In our midst,
wiose caning tnemselves Irlah-Ameri
cane are the most conspicuous. Any
man inai win pui insn Derore Amerl
can la no American at all but t
here in America for what money he
can get. in tne neme or decency,
what right hae one of thesa for.
elg-ners to call for the dismissal of
an American aamirair
JESSE KINDER
Utility Rates and Prices.
Rising, City. Neb.. June 11. To
ine aaitor or The Bee: The Bee,
In ite issue of the 11th, Is right In
us oonienuon that it does not neces
sarily follow that a publio-servlce
corporation should have Its rates In
creased and a tentative surcharge
nnowea some months ago continued
uecauB- u jias not earned 6 per
cent for the past few months. Whet
over elge is done no more complacent
allowances or increases in the rates
of public-service corporations should
be made If business is ever to set
back to normal. In this nerlod of
iransiuon many Businesses are suf
fering losses and many will continue
to ao so tor some time to come. Not
withstandinsf this evident fact nnm
placent but economically unlnform(i
regulatory bodies persist in holding
mai everyining m tne shape of a
publio-servlce corporation must earn
a certain per ent, no matter how
mucn tne pubiio In general may suf
rer thereby and ree-ardleas of tha
ability of this publio to bear the
burden.
A public-service corporation must
serve the public, but that is no rea
son why the public should be
squeezed as dry as a lemon peel in
order that such corporation may be
as prosperous in depressive times as
in prosperous times. The corner
grocery is entitled to some considera
tion; out mis sort of thing puts the
corner grocery deeper In tha mira
every day. And the corner grocery
is typcial of every other nrtvativ.
conducted business the country over.
The truth is, th.e more these compla
int increases or rates are allowed
me longer will the period of recon
structlon be postponed. For every
uvame in rates, is an nuiph ma
tor Business to Dear.
Let the teleDhone rnmnnnie,
other like concerns bear their int
yuiLiun vi me reconstruction burden
and readjustment will ehortly take
on a more healthy tone. It is the
nenaisn aispositlon of these and
some elements in the body politic
to nave tneir proflt regardless of
wnai omera may suffer that makes
It hard for everybody. The sooner
regulatory bodies drive, hnma thi.
irmn ana tne further truth, that in
times of readjustment It is right and
necessary that all must sacrifice
something, the sooner we will return
io normal conaitlons.
E. S. JONES.
Yankee Pointers
F"rora the Boston Globe.
The New Balancing Act
From Th Villager.
They call it "equilibrium" now. The absurd
ity is that precisely those who have been trounc
ing the balance of power, and making it out to
be an invention of someone in the 19th century,
are those who today are talking about the new
equilibrium which is to save the world from
disaster. The United States is the balance
weight, they say. France, Belgium, Hungary,
the Little Entente, and Russia will stand to
gether. England, Germany and Japan will stand
over against them. America is the deciding fac
tor. America obviously will side -with France
and resurgent Russia, and thus the three great
imperial forces, England, Germany and Japan,
will be kept in check; if France becomes
naughty, America has only to threaten diversion
to the other side.
The war must indeed be nearly over; one of
our prominent peace pastimes has ever been
this arranging the nations of the world into two
camps. The slate wt have drawn above is by
no means unquestioned; many variations are
suggested. But there are recurring factors.
France is always opposite Germany; next often
est you find England paired with Germany, and
least seldom the United States with England.
The word "unthinkable" goes about freely these
days. Well, it pays us to think about the un
thinkable; these slate-makers have their good
uses. The proponents of the lost cause say the
league of nations would have prevented these
world groupings. What makes them think so,
no one has yet been able to ascertain. What the
league of nations has indisputably prevented is
the grouping that v ould have strengthened, not
wcatesed, ffiejtera ciyjlijajioiv '
Even with the retailer's
ruiue, naaaocK selling at the Fish
Pier at a cent a pound ought to be
within the reach of pretty near all.
State Fuel Administrator Hull.
man urges householders to buy at
least part of their coal durina- the
summer months. When the band
leader kept urging on the trombone
player with "i.onrtrt t.,..i
Louder!" the musician finally threw
oown nis instrument and xoiaimarf.
"Tf nil ...
. " wtji iur you to say
Jouaer! Louder! Louder!" hut var.
is me vina to come rrom? '
Will Poland' nrnnnaari 4nv
tion to representatives of Finland,
ueivm, r.emonia ana .Lithuania to
attend a conference In Warsaw to
discuss the Question of an ntnt
pf all the states which formerly be
longed to the Russian empire con
flict with anything in the covenant
or me league or nations?
The secretary of th lntrn r,r na
tions has requested member nations
to nominate candidates for a world
court. Another 1oh for ATr Vari
Maybe, if the United States were a
memDer or the league.
The DUbllR Aoht warn reriiioaT
M3,S23,184 in May. Forty-two
million eirht hunrfreA and fnr.nt.
three thousand one hundred and
Clarhtv-four Hollo ra mrf nmkiki.,
some odd cents is quite a consider
able sum. but It didn't mil munh
of a dent in the 125.952.741 R92 ni
some odd cents, no doubt.
Which nam do von flnrl
pronounce, that of Mile. Lcnglen or
that of Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt
AtaJlnrv ?
Will ' this bill which Is going
through congress to loan up to 160,
000,000 to Federal Farm Loan banks
to distribute among farmers at not
more than 6 per cent Interest,
start a movement back to the farmT
No doubt Senator Penrose will be
much more comfortable for the rest
of the summer In Atlantic City than
he would be in Washington.
Which is worse, asks Mies Ada
Taylor. Presbyterian Sunday School
teacher,, champion high diver, and
president of the Ambassador Swim
ming club at Atlantic City, the girl
bather with bare legs or milady who
rolls along the boardwalk with legs
crossed, showing her costly silk
stockings at least to the knee? We're
just reckless enough to bite?
Which is?
A constitutional amarimnnt
thorizing .governors to fill vacancies
causea oy tne resignation or death
of members of the house of repre
sentatives is proposed in a resolu
tion introduced by Representative
Appleby, republican. New Jereev
the congressman who wants the
house of representatives to sing
"The Star Spangled Banner" at the
opening of every session. Will his
new proposition be the Twentieth
amendment?
Paris gets the Olympic games for
1924 and Amsterdam the games for
1J28. Perhaps Berlin will have a
chance in 1932.
THE SPICE OF TfE.
'Ta man dat tnalata on havln' h!f ewn
way." and Unela Ebn. "aematlmas wind
up by havln' dat an' nothin' alia."
waahlncton Star.
A parmanant Mush can now ba auv-
piled by tba baauty tpaolallat. JTuat tha
thine to wear with aoma of tha avanlng
Rowna we bava aaen lately. London
Opinion.
Thera la talk of a building etrlke In
tha nrar future. Brick la era would have
to wear red roettea or eomethinc to In
dlcata that Ihey wera not working.
London Opinion.
"I claim that eonfreaemen are paid
mora than they'ra worth."
"How mueh are they paldf"
11 Aaa't knew.'.' Ntaaville XtusaMaa,
How to Keep Well
By DR. W. A. EVANS
QuaetioBa concerning hygiene, aaaitatioa anal prevention ef dietaee, eubraitted
ta Dr. Evana by readers ef Tha Bee, will ba anewered poraonally, subject to
proper limitation, whtre a stamped addreeaed envelope ia encloeed. Dr Evana
will ael make diagaoela ar prescribe far Individual dieeeeee. Addreee lattera
is care ef Tha Bee.
Copyright, 1821, by Dr. W. A. Evans
1920 BEST SUMMER.
The babies ware healthier in the
summer of 1920 than ever before
in the history of this country. The
report of the Infant Welfare socie
ty shows this to be true and it also
shows that in the Paclflo northwest
and In a few smaller cities else
where the rate of (0 deaths per
1,000 babies, the New Zealand figure
which we have so long, envied but
thought beyond our reach, was at
tained. It Is fair to say that a big
part of this was due to the cool
summer. There were few of the
terrible wilting days that cause ba
bles to crumple up.
It Is also fair to say that a big
part of it was due to factors over
wnicn mere was numan controt
One factor was the lessened use of
midwlves. In , New York City in
1609 almost one-half of the confine
ments were attended by midwives
In 1920 the proportion was not much
more than one-quarter. While the
reduction elsewhere may not have
been so great it was great enough
to be appreciable.
In New York City they are giving
the midwife a considerable amount
of education. Before many years
if similar work is done all over the
country, the Italian midwife in
America will know as much as does
the Italian midwife in Italy, and the
German midwife in the. United
States may be compared with the
German midwife in Germany. When
that day comes the midwives will
not do so much harm as they do
now. ''
Another factor Is the gain In use
of pasteurised milk. Year by year
the city ana town Babies are get
ting less unpasteurlsed milk. The
use of raw milk for babies Is always
hazardous.
unauestlonably mothers are
learning better how to feed their
babies. Fewer babies are allowed
to taste food from the table. More
of them are fed at stated Intervals.
It Is not the style to feed a baby
whenever it cries. Neither anger
nor Irritability, nor thirst is inter
preted as hunger to the degree that
prevailed a few years ago. Thirsty
babies are given water and spoiled
babies are not fed, but are other
wise punished or rewarded.
A scientifically raised baby is not
a term of derision, as it unques
tionably was 10 years ago. Grand
mother's way. and even mother's
way. while recognized as good ways,
are no longer held to be the best
ways, and mothers are anxious to
learn up-to-date mothercraft just
as women want to wear up-to-date
skirts and men want to do business
according to the latest methods.
But no factor was more responsi
ble for the good baby health of the
summer of 1920 than was better
methods of dressing babies. In hot
weather a baby has trouble getting
rid of his heat. Much of the sum
mer complaint is really heat stroke.
Babies should not be overdressed in
hot weather. On a very hot day
two garments, a diaper and a slip,
are enough, and it may be just as
well to forget the slip. Bambinos
are no longer wrapped In bandages
until nothing can be seen, but the
squeal. And then on hot days baby
gets more abater inside and out.
P'inally, at least in northern cities,
there are fewer flies to carry the
germs of diarrhoea.
Avoid Needless Worry.
R. I writes: "1. I have sent you
letters several times, but my. ques
tions have not been answered.
Would you please be knd enough
to answer these questions:'
"2, What is the correct weight
for a young man 18 years old, 5 feet"
inches in height? My weight is
only 110 pounds. What must I do
to put on mors weight?
"3. Is it healthy for ma to sleep
In a room with an old man 78 years
old? I have been told this Is un
healthy, as I give him strength. Is
this correct?"
REPLY.
1. As I have so frequently writ
ten, there can be no certainty of an
answer to letters unless two con
ditions are met. They aro (a) the
query must be proper, (b) there
must be a stamped, addressed en
velope for raply. This is stated at
the head of the column.
2. About an average weight of 124
pounds. Do not worry. Overcome
nervousness. Sleep nine hours
nightly. Eat a bowl of milk and
sugared cereal twice a day.
8. It is Incorrect,
CENTER SHOTS.
Professor EliiHttln is on his way
home. Hut undi-r his theory ha
may not know whether he is going
or coming. 1
The K
htbltlon
our mind
idea of
OazotK'.
ng. Toledo BlMde. I
KiiRlishmais considers pro-1
a joke, which doesn't change''
about an Uncltahnmn n
ioke. Little Hock
Most States Have Tlifm.
H. S. N. writes: "Can you give
me the name of a reliable Instltu
tion where I could be examined and
treated for consumption, as I think
my lungs are affected ?''
REPLY.
Most of the states now have ex
cellently run sanitariums.. There
are hundreds of county tuberculosis
sanitariums. Most of tbe cities have
good city sanitariums and. in addi
tion, diagnosis stations located in
different districts. .
Best to Be Cautious.
Miss R. D. writes: "Kindly in
form me whether glutena bread is
the same as gluten bread.' My
mother is a diabetic .and I have been
told to get gluten bread for her. I
do not seem to be successful in ob
taining it Please let me know if
they aro the same."
REPLY.
There are hundreds of gluten
foods on the market, under vari
ous names. Many of the names in
clude the word gluten or some play
cn the word. Go to the library and
get a book on diabetes or a state
health report on diabtelc flours and
breads?. Make a list of all the dia
betic breads, cakes, and flours con
taining less than 10 per cent starch.
Some contain no starch, and many
contain less than 5 per certt. Shop
until you find a store selling one or
more brands on your list. Buy none
except the brands on your list.
Offers Insomnia Remedy.
I. H. W. writes: "After sufferine
for years with insomnia, I have been
using the following method for a
month with unvarying success:
Before retiring, for two minutes I
spray cold water on the back of
my neck (rubbing with palm of hand
to maintain circulation). Then I
spray my head. In addition to this
I do not drink coffee or other stimu
lants."
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Excessive CMts for battery
charging may frequently be
due to grounds and ahort
circuits. But gasoline that
(aile to vaporize readily at
all temperatures may eailly
ba the cause of much battary
train. Using Bed Crown
Gasoline means minimum
battery strain and expense.
A Cause and a Remedy
for High Battery Costs
How gasoline quality affects the battery
Spinning a motor repeated to
get it started puts a big strain on
the. battery. It is due largely to
the gasoline to gasoline that does
not vaporize properly." It is not a
matter of high or low specific
gravity but of chemical composi
tion. Straight distilled gasoline had a
natural chain of boiling point (va
porizing) fractions which insure
quick ignition and complete com
bustion of every particle of the
gasoline putsN a minimum strain
on the battery.
Why you should use Red Crown
Gasoline
Red Crown Gasoline is straight
distilled. It meets every require
ment of the United States Navy
specifications for motor gasoline.
It not only ignites instantly and
develops maximum power, but it
also leaves a minimum of carbon.
It is as UNIFORM as the most
modern refining methods can
make it.
Importance of uniformity
Economical operation depends
largely on the accurate adjust
ment of the motor to the fuel. If
your fuel varies, your engine ef
ficiency varies with it. If, on tha
j other hand, you adopt Red Crown
Gasoline as your standard and
stick to it you can regulate and
adjust your motor so that you
never have difficulty in starting.
You will also get maximum mile
age per gallon.
Red Crown Service Stations more
than supply Stations i
A Red Crown Service Station is an
institution for the convenience and
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and oils of highest quality. It is the
place where you can be sure of prompt,
courteous attention, road information
or directions, water for your radiator,
air for your tires little courtesies
which add to the pleasure of motoring.
When you need gasoline or oil, drive
in where you see the Red Crown Sign.
Write or ask for a Red Crown Road Map
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