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THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1921. TheOmaha Bee l. .iLi i Ail'KMiVi; --EVENING SUNUA IlliJ BKB PUBLISHING COM PAN I NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publisher. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tbs assooistsd Press, erf which TM B ti Btmhtr. It u I'tmiKlf ailUH fc Uie u fot paMioeiloa ef all am dlmtebei tieilltMl to It i out rthrwiM credited t tint ptptr, end tin U o pubiiitiMj kwein. all mttu of publlctUoo of out SDegiel BEE TELEPHONES I'rtfste ltrsnrh Eicln At for AT ,' f AAA (U IXMrtmcal or I'tnon Wsnttd. laiUIC 1UUU For Mint Calla Altar 10 p. mi I (Worts! Doptrtntnl .......at lutla 1021 01 1041 OFFICES Or THE BEE Stun Otdci 17th and fernim Council Blurts 15 8ooU at i South 814a. HJ Scuta S4la St Out-of-Tewn Offkeei Xs Iota Cbietsa V 1 rift Are. i Wtshlastoa 1311 o n. Staler Bide, raria. fruci M Boa St. Boaora Jfo flees Platform 1. New Union Passenger Station. 2. Continued improvement of the Ne. bratka Highways, including the pare, ment of Main Thoroughfares leading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 3. A short, lowrate Waterway from the Corn Belt to the Atlantic Ocean. 4. Home Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. Harding Calls the Conference. The president did not wait for the formal passage of the navy bill containing the Borah amendment, but proceeded to call a conference on disarmament on his own motion." No act of his administration so far is likely to prove more popular. What will astonish some, perhaps, is the fact that Mr. Harding has broadened both the invitation list' and the scope of the discus sion. These persons who sought to restrict the attendance of Great Britain and Japan, and to discuss only the naval holiday, certainly must realize that limiting the conference to three na tions and the discussion to a single point does not go to the root of disarmament.. Little imagination is needed to descry in the announcement from the Department of State an approach to Mr. Hat ding's expected association of nations. His plan, perhaps, has not taken definite form, but may we not expect that out of the gathering at Washington will come a concrete proposal that will not only deal ef fectively with the' armament question, but will also bring about that -understanding which is sought as a basis for the settlement of international questions by peaceful methods? The germ of the association to which the presi dent gave his pledge is contained in the confer ence he has sought, and with the representatives of the leading nations of the world present in .full accord on the main point, however .much they may differ as to details, the meeting at Washington easily assumes the proportions which warrants describing it as of even greater moment than that which met at Paris. Here at least the subject will be handled on a practical level of thought, the high ideal of universal peace and concord not lost sight of but the difficulties of application considered and solved as far. as human wisdom may. Also, such a conference will be free from certain in fluences t'.t are now known to have had great weio-ht at Paris. It will not he a srath- ering to make settlements for a war, to award fijoiIs to a victor nor - to assess ' punishment against the vanquished. Delibera tions may proceed without regard to the past, save as it affords experience to guide planning ; for the future. Therefore, it is not expecting too much to look forward to an agreement that will not only relieve the world of the burden of taxation incident to future war, but will make such wars impossible. Such a consummation is not only "devoutly to be wished," W may be confidently antici pated, since it is. in line with Mr. Harding's ex pressed desire 'and the fondest wish of the . American people. Daylight Pajamas. What to do in summer has been pretty well answered by American men who no longer swel ter in heavy clothing but wear light garments of many kinds and who feel tree to sit in restaurants or even to attend church without a coat. Thus far no one has been caught mas oi'erading down town In pajamas, although it might be possible to do so and remain unde tected. i Russian refugees in Constantinople, it is said, 'are converting pajamas given them by the Amer ican Red Cross into summer 'clothing. A corre spondent writes of seeing a spick-and-span of ficer, monocle in eye, cane in hand, Sam Browne belt around his body, and military braid on his sleeve and whose costume on close examination proved to be a pair of pajamas. By removing his hat, shoes and belt, the man was ready to go to bed. Before ingenuity of this sort heat meets its Waterloo and a 24-hour garment is secured. The 'overall fad had its day; is the pajama, having had its night, to have its day as well? necessary to carry Europe. Only the federal government can. Already this burden has been declined, by Secretary Glass under Mr. Wilson and by Secretary Mellon under Mr. Harding. Shall a policy, dictated by prudence and wisdom as well, be set aside that the most extensive as well as intensive experiment in internationalism ever proposed be undertaken, with all the risk as sumed by America and only an uncertain share in the gain, if any, possible to us? Restoration of our export trade to the flood tide attained while the war was on is an alluring prospect, but can it be accomplished even if we assume to guarantee the credit of the world? We are no longer the sole or most accessible source of supply, and the fluctuations of exchange rates is not the only element of world commerce to be considered in working out this problem. j International Commerce. ! One prominent factor in international finance today is the fluctuations of exchange. This is . ascribable not so much to the actual condition prevailing in the several countries with whom we deal as to the deliberate manipulation of the rates by speculators and at times by the govern- ments. Uncle Sam is not so popular abroad i is he was four years ago. He is now a creditor, not pressing for the settlement of his claims, but one to whom the debtor abroad can not con fidently look for further favors. Therefore, no i reason exists to give especial consideration to .America, and if the shifting values of marks, francs, lire, pound sterling, or other form of I money adversely affects the dollar, few qualms are felt on the yonder side of the Atlantic. Europe still is in such a welter that it is difficult to believe nearly three years have elapsed since the war ended. Spain, Portugal, " Switzerland, Holland and the Scandinavian coun tries are for the moment the "solvent" nations of Europe. Neither of these, nor all of them, is competent to give great assistance in a plan for international finance. Japan is equally out of it, and China is as impotent as Russia. Thus', we find the burden shifted back to America, and a survey of the New World nations must con vmce anybody that only one is in position to approach the load involved in undertaking to stabilize international business, the United States.. Shall the credit of the United States be I pledged to support the commerce of the world?l ' Europe will buy of us, if only we grant terms . sufficiently attractive. Private enterprise can not proYrdelthe meansLtft fiaanct4he operations. Homespun Comes Back. Two textile mills in Michigan do not know what lack of business is. They are handling 1,000,000 pounds of wool' sent them direct by a farmers' pool and turning it back to the farmers in the shape of finished goods. By this method the stagnation of the wool clip has been overcome; the woolen mills are running full time, giving employment to many workers; and the farmers are clothing themselves in a new sort of home spun at about half the usual cost, It will not do to ignore a movement of this kind, indications of which have also been seen in the manufacture of woolen blankets. It is a Signal to commercial concerns that unless they are able to function efficiently in the old way, new methods will be devised. These Michigan farmers, through their organization supply the wool, get the cloth and contract with clothing makers to turn it into suits in which no shoddy is used. They reasoned that inasmuch as Michi gan uses twice as much wool as is rown in the state, it was wasteful to ship their clip east to an already overburdened market. Under the old system the Michigan farmer sent his wool to the local market, where the buyer took his profit and sent the stuff on to a wholesaler in Detroit, who took his profit and shipped to eastern commission merchants. Eight different profits loaded on the ultimate consumer of cloth ing were considered too many, and the farmers set out to find a short cut. Their experiment in direct dealing with local woolen mills is a matter of interest to farmers, business men and the entire public. As yet it has not gone far enough to guarantee permanent success, but as an effort toward simplifying the channels of trade it is well worth noting. Via Water. Oranges and lemons are now being carried from California to New York through the Pa nama canal, at a saving over freight rates by transcontinental railroads. In April there were almost as many lemons sent to New York by water as by rail, and the new trade route is said to be growing in popularity. . Produce dealers are pleased with the results of water shipment to which the fruit growers were forced by the high rail rates which left them without profit. This loss of traffic has caused the railroads a good deal of uneasiness, but it is nothing more than might be expected. It is coming generally to be believed that high freight rates are the secret of the indigence of the railroads, which now have called on the public treasury for" support. There will come a time when the government will no longer be willing to. advance the' people's money under such circumstances. Beyonrl America's Powers. All nation's, says Ambassador Herrick, are turning to the United States for help. And the answer goes back overseas, "Help yourself."" Until lately countries great and small interpreted these words as an invitation to help themselves to anything lying, around loose in America, but now a new accent and meaning is found in them. Not through selfishness and not through any narrow misconception of its obligation to the world as the one thoroughly solvent nation, the American people are iaying to Europe, "Buckle down to work." It would be no kindness to continue to pour financial support into Europe while it remains in its present mental and physi cal condition. People can not eat gold it is only by work in the fields and factories that the means of life can be secured. A number of American business men at tended recently the session of the International Chamber of Commerce, held in London. These trade experts came to theinescapable conclusion that the nations now begging at America's door must first restrict their expenditures, reduce their .debts, abandon all unproductive activity and rigidly reduce the costs of armament "Un less there is a beginning of international reduc tion in armaments for the purpose of reducing non-productive national expenditure, bankers of the world will not be able to furnish export credits for countries in Europe," Edward A. Filene, a famous Boston merchant, declared after the London conference. Until a sincere move is made toward such governmental economies as these, it would be but adding fuel to the flames to furnish Europe with money however high the rate of interest, and the higher the interest, the poorer the security to be spent in grandiose schemes for national expansion, maintaining armaments and avoiding work. ' Decision of the National Municipal Educa tional association to drop simplified spelling leaves a number of highbrow magazines out on a limb. Good nite to simp spelling; tho it Tiad powerful support it is now thru. John D. Rockefeller is reported to be pass ing out nickles to every one he meets, but still there is small danger of his having to go over the well known hill to the poor house in his old age. Those two "American warships ' have been withdrawn from Tampico, which according to a somewhat prevalent but rather baseless view, lessens the chance of international conflict. Premier Smuts of South Africa will be a big ger man than Prime Minister Lloyd George of the British empire if his negotiations lead to a' peace settlement with Ireland. Theda Bara has married the director of her pictures. Every one knows a vamp can get a husband, but there is room for wonder if he can be kept? Bank Credits and Foreign Trade Senator' Hitchcock's International Bank Scheme and the American System. Ancestor worship may be losing its hold on he Japanese, but a good many Americans con tinue ifi M far. it.,; ..... . ... -.: ' ft (From the New York World) To the Editor of the World: Senator Hitch cock has introduced a bill for a $2,400,000,000 bank of nations, to provide for financing the commerce of the world. What benator llitcli cock- knows about the conditions surrounding foreign financing is apparently as much as most of us know about the Edison questionnaire or the Einstein thecrv. Senator Hitchcock in introducing his bill said Inasmuch as the United States now holds more than one-half of all the gold of the world, which it is not using, and inasmuch as the United States has become the great cred tor of the world, no effort to restore com merce, to stabilize exchange and to establisii credit can be made unless the United states takes the lead. If this is true, will the senator kindly explain why all the banks are refusing to discount drafts against shipments to foreign countries? One of the biggest commercial banks in New York told the writer not later than last Tuesday that all the banks had been compelled by cir cumstances to refuse all drafts for discount and accept them only for collection. . How can the merchant or manufacturer ex tend credit to his foreign customers if the banks will not discount drafts attached to documents? The trade-acceptance bunk is a dead letter; in fact, it never did function as the newspapers were eiven to understand it would by the financiers, who never intended it should. Jt was a sop thrown out to cover other things when the pub lic became too inquisitive. The great question today is: Is it more profitable for the country at large to allow the banks to loan time and call money on Wall Street stocks consisting largely of aqua pura, or compel them to help the manufacturer and ex porter in an effort to keep the wheels of industry moving and the great army of 5,000,000 unem ployed in peaceful occupations where they can make homes for their families? America today needs all the foreign trade it can get to keep its factories going, and Senator Hitchcock will not help his constituents and the country at large by investigating why, if we have one-halt the gold in the world, the banks retuse a credit on foreign accounts of perfectly respon sible buyers and sellers who need 90 to 120 days to turn their merchandise. Germany (poor as she claims to be) is today offering six months' credits in all Latin America and is underselling American-made goods. Even backward bpain is making an effort to re-estab- nsn ner ioreign iraae in xaun America py long time credits and creditable goods. Full the banks out of stocks and bonds and put them into commerce and American factories, and American homes will be properly financed from the profits on manufactured goods shipped abroad and sold at home at competitive prices with other countries. This means more than is apparent on the surface. Without bankers' manipulation industrial stocks would remain nor mal in .value, for it is a well known fact that when the bank vaults are filled with stocks the market goes to pieces and loans are called. Millionaire bankers are made by speculation in Wall Street and not by legitimate banking. When any immense money power can make or break any railroad or industrial enterprise by manipulation and chicanery, and this money power can use the money of depositors who may be small investors in the self-same stocks, it shows you where the poor dear public gets it good in the same spot old Dr. GuiIIotm said his decapitating machine made it painless. If the money of the people in the banks were used for commerce and labor instead ' of for speculation the United States would capture the ioreign trade, build homes, stop unemployment, and' the disgrace of Liberty bonds at 86 instead of par would be no longer our shame. When the government needed money badly loval citi- zens paid face value for these bonds and went without many little comforts to do it. and now the banks are reaping the harvest of profits evea on the government bonds. Let Senator Hitchcock start on the American banking system, the worst in the world, before tackling a world-wide "bank of nations." He might pull it across, but the chances are he wouldn t be re-elected, because he wouldn't get the nomination. FRED CRANSTON-THOMAS. Brooklyn, July 1. Back to Reciprocity. In one respect the new tariff bill marks a re turn to the rational reciprocity theory of the McKinley tariff act. Secretary Blaine induced congress in 1890 to. look upon the. tariff as a means of restricting . import trade. Even 30 years ago he believed that the time had come for a scientific tariff--a bargaining tariff. That sort of tariff is certainly needed now. It is to the credit of the Fordney bill that it confers un usually broad reciorocitv and retaliatory nowers on the president, and thus recognizes that tariff rates have useful national purposes beyond preserving the home markets to home industry. New York Tribune. . Gompers Victory. For half a century Samuel Gompers has been the leader of the Federation. Its history is his history. Still vigorous, still sound, still typical of organized labor at its best, he is again chosen its leader. His defeat would have meant a split in the ranks, a golden chance for radical ism to proselyte, a menace to the peaceful and orderly solution of ouf industrial and economic problems. His election is reassurance to those who believe that our representative democracy is the best possible form of government. Minneapolis Journal. ' Why Shortage of Doctors. The shortage of doctors and of teachers in the upper ranks can be accounted for on the ground of the long and arduous years of prepara tion which they demand, along with the lack of a quick and adequate return on the time and money invested. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Time for the Fliwercow. With a drooping tendency in the price of gasoline and prospects of a short hay crop, there'll be more temptation than ever to hope that Henford will hurry up with that fliwercow he was talking about a while back. Manchester Union. A Friendly Tip. A New York prohibition agent disguised himself as an iceman and landed five prisoners. If there's a new iceman on your route, don't treat him. Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Right Man. The new prohibition enforcement chief is a farmer, which ought tovmake him friendly to all irrigation projects. Washington Post. Yet To Come. Although the first fountain pen is said to have been made in 1788 somebody is yet to make.onc that will not have to be dipped in ink. Colum bia Record. Chance for an Argument. Two hundred and eighty-nine members of the house are lawyers, which leaves a pretty good opening for argument. Washington Post. Success of the farmers' public market in San Francisco may offer some hope to Omaha, where food costs should be cheaper than almost any where else in the nation. President Harding does not know what he has missed by his inability to attend the Den show of Ak-Sar-Ben - . . , THE-BEEi OOPd 1 L I JM W 1 M M LH.lOM: a play by Frana Molnar. Translated by B. F. Olntpr, publlheJ by Born A Mvcrlght. A great success of the last New York dramatic season, "Liliom" is from the pen of Molnar, one of Hun gary's greatest playwrights. The play is a fanciful but grim tale of the love of a ballyhoo in a merry-go- round, a good for nothing loafer, and a young, love-starved servant. Lilioin lets us look into the soul of the persons, all living on the lower edges of society, and shows us the character that may be hidden in a dirty bum. Liliom, after killing himself rather than face jail for an attempted burglary, goes before his Judge in heaven. He is allowed to go to earth 16 years later so that he can view his posthumus daughter. It is in the last scene, that in which Liliom faces his wretched and deserted wife, and his daughter, who knows nothing of him but good, that Molnar gives us writing and dialogue that ranks with the highest. There is little moraliz ing in the play; the dramatist is con tent to let the characters speak ior themselves. In fact, each person can make his own sermon from the play. Its theme is that there is a way to heaven from hell, and that there is not as great a difference between a saint and a criminal, a bully and a wife beater as -most people think. The dying speech of Liliom. an ignorant worthless loafer, is: "No body s- right ... but they all think they are right. ... A lot they know." THE WRECK; a novel by Bablndranath Tagore. MacMillan. "The Wreck" is a most interesting novel, with a naivette which would be out of place in any but an oriental tale. The splendid English of Ka bindranath Tagore, a winner of the Nobel prize for literature, is a part of its charm. It is full of details of the life of the people of India, whose life is on an entirely different plane from ours, and who are usually mis understood by occidentals. In these days when we are looking for a novel which isn't too heavy for us, "The Wreck" may be recommended as a worthy book. Written by an Ameri can, the charge of melodrama could be laid agams it. but coming from the pen of this Hindu poet, the inner view of oriental life and custom gives it worth. THE ANGLO-AMERICAN FUTURE, by A. G. Gardiner (Thomas Seltzer.) Taking as his theme that the spirit of the Anglo-American rela tions is the chief issue of the future, A. G. Gardiner, one of the leading English liberal publicists, argues for a lasting friendship between the two nations. Mr. Gardiner maintains that the only way the peace of the world can be assured is by the pool ing of the navies of the two coun tries. Mr. Gardiner is not blind to Brit ish faults. He savs of the Irish problem: "The greatest source of anti-British feeling in America is the Irish problem. . . Until the Eng lish settle that question they can never achieve that English-speaking solidarity which is the hope of those .t.. u ....II tj. -I.. 1VI1U WISH IIIC WVl IU WCII. 41C 4I&U condemns official British propaganda in the United States, contending that what the world needs is not the British empire, but British civiliza tion. "The only way to secure the peace ol the world is by an ironclad agree ment that rules out the possibility of a naval competition ever arising between England and America," he writes, "The circumstances today would' dictate that the lead toward such an agreement should come from London, and that it should come in the shape of a proposal to pool the naval resources of the two nations and to dedicate them, not to any selhsh national interest, but to the enduring peace of the world. SWEET AND TWKNIT; a one-act play oy jrioya JJen. Mcwara-Klda company. This whimsical comedy by the author of "Moon Calf," is another of the series of modern one-act plays published by the btcwart-Kidd com pany. It is pleasant reading. The philosophical lines uttered by the young couple who fall in love at first sight, as well as the, Shavian remark of the stranger who interrupts them! at their love-making to give them ad vice, are lull of fun. JAPAN AND AMERICA; Tone Noguchl, Orlentall. N. T. . This book, written by the professor of English literature in one of Tokio's largest universities and one of Japan s best known poets, is a plea for sanity on the part of the people of both nations. In a day when misinforma tion is widely spread by propagan dists on both sides of the Pacific this calm book by this prominent man of letters ought lo interest every Amer ican. Mr. Noguchi has chapters on Japan loday, I he American Democracy," "Literary Co-Operation Between America and Japan," an "Open Letter to Californians. Mr. Noguchi knows America, knows the democratic and fair-minded spirit of Americans and appeals to it in an ef fort to prevent misunderstanding. An interesting part of the book is the essay which tells what English writ ers have had the most influence on the Japanese student body: Bernard Shaw, H. G. Wells, Bertrand Rus sell, Walt Whitman and Edward Carpenter. THE HIGH COST OF STRIKES, by Mar hall Olds. Putnam. This book, largely a reprint of ar ticles written for the New York Tribune and Leslies, is a condemna tion of the American Federation of Labor and trade unions. Organiza tions of workers are blamed for a large part in the increase in the cost of living. Strikes, the most important weapon of the laborers, according to Samuel Gompers, are specially charged with having added billions of dollars to the cost charges of what is termed the "general public." Mr. Olds desires to have enacted, as remedies, laws that will force labor unions to incorporate and will put More About Deinpscy. Omaha, July 9. To the Editor of The Bee: I notice by the papere that Jack Dcmpsey was met at the station by about 2. BOO people. Oma ha ought to be proud of that. It hasn't been ao very long agro that the body of a eoldler brought back from France was held in the Union depot for lack of money to pay express charges, and If It hadn't been for another ex-eervloe man, Jt would still- be there. "Yet, Omaha sends 2,500 people to the Union sta tion to meet Jack Dempsey, a man who worked In a navy yard during the war. Omaha, the only town where a drive for wounded veterans failed. AVhlle we admit that he was clear, as far as the government goes, so was the kaiser as far as getting him was concerned. Jack is there when It comes to fighting for 1300,000 and knows that all he has to face is a pair of fists, but he was sadly lacking when it came to fighting for the flag in going up against cold steel for 130 a month. I am a man who was wounded seven times during tho war. I don't care about mytielf, as I am making a good living, but there are a lot of wounded ex-service men who are practically starving in Omaha, but, of course, they do not deserve the consideration that this Dempsey does. AN ADMIRER OF DEMPSET? them in under the sway of the Sher man anti-trust act. Strikes added much to the cost of living. But when Mr. Olds presents a case that seems to charge the unions with the entire blame for all high prices he flies in the face of facts that cannot be controverted. He takes in too much territory. He ig nores the profiteering which took place in the very industries whose prices he claims were enhanced by strikes. He ignores the wasteful methods of production and distribu tion used by the . industries. He ignores the fact that employers took the opportunity to raise prices when ever a strike or labor dtmculty was threatened, and raised prices more than was necessary even when there was a labor dirncuity. A Dcok on the labor problem which is written on the assumption that all strikes are due to nothing but the cussed ness of men misses much. How to Keep Well By DR. W. A. EVANS Quaationa concerning byglana, sanita tion and prevention el dlaeaae, eob mitted to Dr. Evens by readers of Tho Baa, will be answered personally, subject to proper limitation, whare a tamped, addressed envelope la en closed. Dr. Evans will not make dlacnoala or prescribe ior individual diaaaaea. Address letters ia car of H Tho Boa. Copyright, 1121, by Dr. W. A. Evans, City builders and merchants alike will be interested in a splendidly u lustrated book, "Chicago, the Great Central Market, which has been is sued by Mrashall Field & Co. The central theme of this publication is the well-ordered and magnificent scheme for the development and re construction of this metropolis, the development of the parks, lake front, education and cultural institutions, the freeing of the cramped loop dis trict, the co-ordination of the rail way terminals into three great cen ters, and street widening and the establishment of adequate traffic- ways. Since 1908 Chicago has had the complete design before it, and much has now been realized to unify the city, beautify it and make it a bet ter place in which to live: J. hat a great business house such as Mar shall Field & Co. should issue a special book illustrating and explain ing the progress of its home city says much for the soundness of the city plan and for the spirit of help fulness that has built up this great commercial institution. Blackened Milk TecUi. Mrs. W. A. O. asks about her baby 2 years old. Her upper front teeth have turned dark and are decaying. The baby was breast fed. She had a terrible time when ahe teethed When she started to walk she fell and broke the teeth, which are now dark and decaying. She thinks the baby has pain in her decayed teeth. Her two other children have fine teeth. Why did these teeth decay, and what can be done about itT REPLY. Probably there are several factors in the case. The principal one was the fall. Broken teeth are subject to decay. It is generally best to clean and cap a broken, tooth lOUT order to prevent decay. If the teethT are now in bad condition it is prob ably best to have them removed. I think removal of very badly de cayed milk teeth is now regarded as good dental practice. It may be possible by systematic daily clean ing to save these teeth for a while without harming the child. A policy of extra cleanliness Inaugurated when the teeth were broken might have helped considerably.. The sec ond important factor may have been bowel trouble. The teeth are form ing from the fourth month before birth until long after they erupt. A severe illness of the child before birth or in the earlier months of babyhood is liable to cause the teeth to be of poor quality. Eggs and Eggs. S. B. C. writes: "Are raw eggs dif ficult to digest, and how do they compare with cooked eggs? Are they more nutritious and do they not increase the iron in one's blood if taken regularly 7" REPLY. . There are some contradictory re ports at to the relative digestibility of raw egg white and cooked egg white. I should say there is no material difference between either the digestibility or the nutritive . qualities of the two. Egg yellow is I quite rich in iron. "A Several Operations Possible. Curious writes: "Can bunions be operated on? That is, can the de formity be removed and can one have a normal foot after operation? If so, is there any chance of becom ing crippled or any other bad ef fects?" REPLY. Yes. There are several opera tions. If the bones of the ball of the foot are brought together the bunion will disappear. One opera tion consists in the removal of sesa moid bones which spread the bones of the foot. Another consists in re moving other bony processes which cause this spread. Another more severe operation removes a part of one of the separated bones. About Heart Murmurs. M. E. P. writes: "1. "What is a heart murmur or leak? "2. By what is It caused? ' , "3. Is there any cure? "4. Is cold water bathing good for it?" 1. The sound made ' by the blood leaking - through an injured heart valve. 2. Among the causes are rheumatism, scarlet fever, diphthe ria, sore throat, St. Vitus' jdance. 3. EitV tiAfl tim ro n lte lrant In baaI working order for a long time if a person lives right. 4. In most cases it makes no difference either way. "ROYAL" WEEK has gone "ROYAL" DAYS follow Last week was "Royal" Week It seemed as if every woman in town bought a can of Royal Baking Powder and received a gift of the New Royal Cook Book and so, many "Royal" days and many "Royal" years of good home hairing mustlbllow. With the recipes in the New Royal Cook Book and the use of only 1 ROY Esukiinig' AL Powdew Absolutely Pure you will surely have better home baking. Not only this, but Royal will also make your baking more economical and you have the realization that it is absolutely wholesome. Try it in comparison with any other baking powder in the world and judge for yourself Royal contains no alum leaves no bitter taste. Still Another Chance to get the New Royal Cook Book Free It is possible that your grocer has still a few copies of the New Royal Cook Book. If so, he will give you one if you buy a can of Royal Baking Powder. If he hasn't any left, we will gladly mail you one with our compliments if you address : ROYAL BAKING POWDER COMPANY, 13S William Street, New York Just one of the great recipes from the New Royal Cook Book: CREAM PUFFS I cup boiling water Yt enp hortening 1 cop flour $4 teaspoon salt i eggs 9 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder Heat water and shortening In saucepan until it boils up well; add all at once flour sifted with salt and stir vigorously. Remove from firs as soon as mixed, cool, and mix in unbeaten eggs, one at a time; add baking powder; tnix and drop by spoonfuls iyi inches apart on greased tin; shape into circular form with wet spoon. Bake about M minutes in hot oven. Cut with sharp knife near base to admit filling, CREAM FILLING 1 cup sugar legf ' Heap cornstarch S cups scalded max teispoon salt 1 teaspoon yanilla extract Mix dry ingredients; add slightly beaten egg and stir into this graduallT the esldeil milk. Cook about 15 minutes In double boiler, stirring constantly until thickened. Cool slightly and flavor. Sweetened whipped cream may be used instead of this filling. ROYAL contains no alumleaves no bitter taste