Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, January 2, 1920, Page 2

\ ~PAGE TWO DIRE PLAGU Tuberoulosis Responsible for im- mense Death List. ‘Without Doubt the Greatest Menace to the Health and Prosperity of the 75 Country Today—How It May | & Be Combated. What is the gravest menace to the llves, health and prosperity of the American people today? Ask this question of a dozen Ameri- cans, and your answers might be as varied as the political shades of opin- fon or personal hobbies of the indi- viduals. Always providing, of course, that the group contains no physicians. For the correct answer, such as any medical man can establish by incon- trovertible figures, is: Tuberculosis. In 1918 tuberculosis killed 150,000 persons in the United- States. Probably 1919 has claimed more, rather than less lives, for somewhat belated re- sults of the straln of military service among men and the exertions of war work among women are already begin- ning to become apparent in the devel- opment of tuberculosis among persons in whom the bacilll had perhaps long been dormant. The loss to the United States, in life and labor, during one year has been estimated at $500,000,000 from tubercu- losis alone. During the present year the loss will unquestionably be larger, unless something is done on a greater scale than ever before to stay the progress of this disease, which is both preventable and curable. Yet for every person who dies from tubercu- losis there ave eight other persons who have the disease, whether or not they are aware of the fact. On this basis 1t has been estimated that not less than 1,000,000 persons, and probably more than 1,200,000, have tuberculosis in this country at the present time. In a larger sense, moreover, every precaution taken agalnst tuberculosis reduces the danger from all ether dis- eases and makes for the health and Nappiness of everybody. For the fight against tuberculosis is a fight for im- proved housing and working condi- /tions, for higher standard of personal ‘hygiene, for proper rest, good food, i fresh air and sunshine avallable to all. | These conditions have been established i us the most effective preventive of the disease. it e The fight against tuberculosis has been carried on in an organized form in this country since 1895. Today no less than 1,000 state and local societies are affilfated with the United States Tuberculosis assoclation, which was founded in 1904. .As a result of this co-ordinated work it Is estimated that there has been an average saving of 80,000 lives annually in this country— lives which would otherwise have been sacrificed to the White Plague. The great problem in tuberculosis is to keep the germ from the child. All of us are born free of tuberculosis, no matter whether our parents had it or not. Those of us who are afflicted with tuberculosis have acquired it— bave taken the bacilll into our bodies —at some time after birth. The problem is simple, for If every person affiicted with tuberculosis were aware of the fact—which most of them = the bacilli producing new cases of tried and proven formula of good food, sunlight, fresh air and rest, with the assurance that the vast majority of these cases would be cured or arrested. ‘Yet simple as the problem lis, it is mul- million or more cases, and with 1 per eent of the population of the country | properly classified as afflicted with tu- berculosis only the most widespread | and intensive education can serve to make headway against the disease. Soldier Botanist in Macedonia. During the occupation of Salonica by the allies a private in the Twenty- eighth division, Willlam B. Turrill, found opportunities to gather and dry wild flowers from Macedonia and to collect their sceds for Kew gardens, England. Being a member of the ex- i pert staff of the establishment, he had ! sufficient experience to carry out what must have bheen. in the circumstances, a fairly difficult enterprise. Macedon- fa has been very littlé explored botan- Mr. Turrill's collections form an important addition to the knowledge of its flora. One of his dis- coveries was a Silene which was ‘en- tirely new. No less than 60 packets ‘, of seeds he managed to collect. When ; ; it is remembered that some were se- jcally and cured when his unit was actually un- der fire it will be seen they testify In no small degree to his devotion. | Money in Alligator Farm. % There is much money to be made in slligator farming. The demand for alligators is large, constant and rap- idly Increasing; the supply is limited and there Is not much competition. The few alligator farmers in America are prospering. Alligators have to be fed on meat, but they need no food from September 1 to May 1, for this s their hibernating season, when they i B do not eat at all. Alligator skins are | & used for making bags, suitcases, | ‘purses, belts, cushion covers, etc., and ;lln'h, paper knives, whistles and maay g forms of cheap jewelry dad oras- ments. . gl tiplied to gigantic proportions by the . the teeth and bones are made Into cyff> E Tnll MADE OF TAN VEI:OURS CLOTH MEN! This rather severely tailored suit achieves distinction through the un- usual line of the skirt and the grace- ful cut of the jacket. It is of tan velours cloth with the collar and cuffs of dyed fox. TO MAKE DOLL PINCUSHION Article Which Will Prove Adornment as Well as Place for All Kinds of Pins. If one can believe that a thing of beauty is a joy forever, then one will find this doll pincushion a Jjoy indeed! You have seen those dolls which one may buy in almost any needle- work department of any large store, with the wire frame bodies, haven't you? And you have seen how they have been covered so that they look like dear lttle old-fashioned ladies, with hoop skirts, only to masquerade as lamp shades? Well, they can be put to another use. Cover the frame with several thicknesses of wool wadding—say about six. Then proceed to dress the doll. If you have some of an old Persian ‘affeta sash remaining, use that for her skirt. Or you can use a plain ‘affeta. Use the color which you tave used elsewhere In your room. are not—and If he would obey the sim- | Trim it with festoons of lace—efther ple rules against the distribution of 'narrow cream or gilt. by careless Spitting oOr lace to make the little bodice by sew- coughing, the most common method of ing it on a foundation of the taffeta. d Infection | Give her flowing sleeves of taffeta would be stopped at the source. With ! with lace-trimmed edges, and there new cases almost eliminated. the ex- | Mjlady Doll Is, all ready to have your isting cases could be treated by the ping stuck Into her skirt! Use the same This pincushion is one which will accommodate hatpins as gracefully as smaller ones, and it is one which you will never want to hide. Instead, you may want to use it to hide some practical but unbeautiful member of your dressing tablc—as, for instance, a jar of cold cream. Well, simply set the little doll lady over it and she will very perfectly hide it from view, : NECKLINE IS IN LIMELIGHT Extreme Decollete Effects With Deep V at Back and in Front, Among Styles. Necklines are interesting this year. There are those becoming lines that ! accompany the pictorial dresses, square In front and ending in a short V at the sack, says Vogue. There are also ex- treme decollete effects with a deep V at the back and In front. Other neck- lines are very low in the foundation bhodice, but are veiled to a high neck- line. Thése lines are usually in gowns of net or lace, and the softness is most flattering. Little trimming is used, but that which is, is most effective. Flounces are popular in gowns for the younger woman. They are pretty on taffeta gowns or on lace or tulle. Bands of ostrich or monkey fur are particularly smart and, when bought by the yard, are not such an extrava- gance as one might imagine. Metal embroidery, bands of metal and appli- cations of handmade silz flowers are also used and may be had by the yard ut reasonable prices from the depart- ment shops. To “Full” in Dress Skirt. If ‘the top of the dress skirt you are making is too large for the belt, so that you will have to “full” it in too much, wet it for about an inch around the top and press with a hot iron.". This .will shrink it enough to slléw 1t to. g0 -intd ' the* belt nicely. .|Of course this applies only to goods ot ‘aiready shrun) _ THE SBEMIDJI DAILY PIONEER $ SILLY IDEA Too Many Think Themselves “Matrimonial Bargains.” Notion That Spinsters Are Lying In Walit to Snatch Them Is Laughed At By Writer in London Periodical. “You take care, old bean; thé¥ are three daughters, and a fellow has to be jolly careful when mothers are about.” He was a very young man, and his position in life nothing to crow about. But he’d put himself on the bargain counter of life ever since he read that there were seven women to every man, remarks a writer in London An- swers, A good many men have grown In- flated about their own value since all the talk of surplus spinsters, and some of them go about with their hearts in armor plating, fearful lest some designing spinster may “catch them.” The knowledge that they’re not In a position to keep a wife makes no difference; they imagine that men are So scarce that any girl would snap at them.- And the poor spinster looks on and laughs. hurry to wed as Mr. Young Man thinks and she’s really rather particular about the bargains she picks up, knowin~ full well that not all things so labelc.! * turn out to be genuine bargains. She in her turn, in spite of the man short- age, has the idea that she Is an im- portant person. Both young men and girls are getting rather fond of label- ing themselves bargains these days. You see, many girls have come on of late years. They are earning ample salaries and hold good positions for which they have qualified themselves. It is true that in some instances they got those positions because the men were away, but not in every instance. Many a girl has won through sheer merit. It one looks at the bachelor women of today the Inflated idea which so many young men have of themselves does seem rather silly. A girl who is in a good post would have to give up a lot for marriage; not that she would mind that if she loved her man. Then, too, she may have got together quite a nice home of her own and, al- though there are times when she is rather lonely, still, she manages to have quife a good time on the whole. The man who won her would find that little home, ready made, a boon in these days of highly priced furniture. Small wonder that the bachelor girl She isn’t in nearly so great a | rather resents the outlook of the young | man of today. She doesn't like his bargain-counter attitide, although she errs in the same way. She Is a far more independent person than was ‘eveth her own mother, and she knows the value of freedom along with the drawbacks, She also knows just exactly what she wants in a man she could marry and, what is more, If she can't get what she wants she is ready to remain a epinster to the end of the chapter. Thwe young man who labels himself a bargain rarely comes up to her ideal and ideas. B Let’s have a little less of the bargain counter, Mr. ¥oung Man. and Miss Bachelor Girl. - The great rule of “give and take” still holds for happiness and there’s finer pleasure In giving than in taking. ) 5 “Strange Pleages. A little while back an airman, who evidently found himself in temporary difficulties, paid a visit to the Mont de Plete, as the state-owned pawn- broking establishment {s called iIn France, and offered a new monoplane in pledge. He was told, however, that the “article” did not appear in the schedule of goods that could be ac- cepted, according to London Answers, A menagerie proprietor conceived the idea of raising money by trotting his elephant round to the “Lombard” —the Brussels name for a pawnbroker. After a good deal of persuasion “un- cle” agreed to advance £20 on the big beast, which was deposited in a yard at the réar of the establishment. There he remained four days and at the end of that time he was led back to the menagerie. Big Bruin Falls in the Catakills. Eugene Kerr, the aged guide who wad with the Olney Redmond party on their bear-hunting expedition in the interlor of the Catskills, told Mr. Red- mond that the bear he took in the Peekamoose region, town of Deming was the largest one of the “Racer” species that he had ever seen, and Mr, Kerr has been living in that section of the Catskills nearly all of the sixty- eight years of his life and is said to have taken more than forty bears in that time. The animal Is said to be an unusually fine specimen. It measures 7 feet 8 inches from tip of its hind feet to the point of its nose. Its weight is estimated at.between 250 and 800 pounds.—Catskill Mountain News. Empty Titles. “What's in a name?” said the ready quotationist. . “Nothin’ whatever,” . replied Uncle Bill Bottletop, “if you go by such names as ‘highball’ and ‘rickey,’ as they are now printed on prohibition wine cards.”—Washington Star. 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