Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 4, 1916, Page 7

The Cause for Typhus Fever By WOODS HUTCHINSON, M. D. | The World's Best Known Writer on Medical Subjects It's an ill wind that blows nobody any good Our greatest permanent advances in sanitation have been made in the fight again some flerce epidemic of pestilence, and even the savage whirlwind and hur- ricane of war may be followed by healing showers, Recent dispatches from Mexico an- | nounce that General Carranza finds that | one of the dragons in his path is our Ancient and intimate enemy, typhus fever. There 1s nothing surprising about this, because up to about fifty years ago this disease was as common as pneumonia s day all over the clvilized world, How common may be judged hy two | slgnificant facts, one that our common and wtil) disgracefully prevalent typho'd a namesake of ths oider disease, i's me belng derived from it by the simple | process of adding the (reek suffix “oid,’ meaning “like,"” and when firar weparated by Murchison was regarded as A variety of typhus. | The other that there {s in one European | hospital, that of Edinburgh, a memorial | tablet erected about the middle of the | last century commemorating the death | in discharge of thelr duty of forty-five | doctors, nurses and other members of the | hospital staff within the last thirty years | by typhus alone! | { | | | The disappearance of typhus from west- ern Europe has been so sudden and com- plete am to have something almost un- canny about it Beginning to decline only about fifty or sixty years ago, it d'ed down so ! swiftly that within thirty years it had | become one of the rare diseases In Eng land and America, while today the aver- | age physician who graduated less than twenty-five years ako has seldom seen a case of it unless studying abroad. 1t has T'HE BEE Flounces, Reminiscent of the “Travatia™ Scheme of Dress. Will Replace Overdraperies, Which Have Outworn Fashion’s Favor Home Ma L \ gazinhe PDage | Character By LYMAN P. POWELL, President of Hobart College. (From his annual address before the FPhi Beta Kappa soclety at Cornell uni- B W versity.) LW AT Character is the power to stand alone, even if all about take another point of view Character s soclal grace. Tt is the ability ordinarily to get on with others, to turn the chance acquaintance inte a real friend. It is no by-product of a model college to stand alone when there {18 10 need. That is, in fact, merely an tdiosycrasy, having no connection with college and never a by-product of the | model ecollege. Character in the ability to see the point of view of others, and a quick readiness to admit that one may possibly be wrong. Character includes even tact and pleas- ant address and quick forgetfulness of untoward things. Hew to the line we must, to have the highest character, but, as has been truly hinted, there s no need to piek up chips. Charaeter Includes the power to dis- criminate between good and evil, be- tween the important and the trivial, be- | tween the service of others and the thought of self, betwean good citizsenship and bad, or, as has too often been sald with truth of college men, indifferent citi- senship, between thoroughness and super- fletality, between truth and falsehood. Character gives an absorbing interest in life. It is one of the most important by-products of our best colleges that out of many interests In life the graduate chooses one and gives himself with a fense of proportion to that single in- terest. No normal person can go through & modern college in these days and not get this feeling of absorption in one thing to the exclusion of many other things per- hape as important, but to which he can- not devote himself without inviting. the humorous counsel of Mr. Crothers that there are so many significant things in Iife today that we ought to concentrate on all One can be an optimist and yet mak: all these distinctions and hold in mind all these considerations, for optimism, afier all, Is trained forgetfulness of many k thinga; it is the highest motive of real ¥ research; is is the emphasis of the true, § gone from northwestern Europe and America with almost the completeness ' the great plague or black death. The cause of this str and deligh ful decline of a dangerous pestilence was for many years a 'mystery, but now that we have discovered it it turns out to be 2~ nstounding slmplicity. the beautiful, the good. Nothing more ncr lozs than the white | I like to think of that wise woman irt, with its accessory inatitutions and | Who in giving counsel to a friend In need ) accompanying hob'te, the steam laundr; of it remarked: “I never pick up things \ ’ ) $ running water in the kouse and the tub that do not belong to me, not even | bath. Indecd, t vernacular term, . slights.” HOYD BY INTERNATIONAL il seRVICE ’ 2" alirt, phrases it more precisely, | 1 A% tho hobit of boiling all human gar- ments at Trequent !ntervala is the Xey &gl R ) note of tie cure. for the simple but sig- “emi-fitting elaborate negligec, made of peacu cLariicu.y, tu.l of | nificant re: that boikng kills vermin, | rilver Ince, lace and pearls, cap of self-material, | UL n mare matter of per- By GERMAINE GAUTIER. | torial distinction to herself and to tho so%al cleanline st indeed of vanit ) sk | production by wearing the sort of clothes ang pride of appearsnce, have such a disposition to get away trom | that fitted the period which Verd! had fn Again, character is coming to be re- garded as having & closer dependence than in the pest on a properly tralned body. The model college has no place 3 for the “‘ungirt lofn,” and President ¥os- ter of Reed college is entirely correct in A judgment to which we are trying tn contribute both at Cornell and at Ho- £ a0 \i'al effect upon apresd of here b P e b B bl s L e el | mind when he wrote the opera—the story bari—that everybody should have phys- ounidineein . - thrust. on one's patient notice for |©f Which he borrowed from Dumas' ical trainivg. Becavse the sole cauge and carrjer of been thr on , that | “Dame aux Camillias.” Perhaps all institutions will one day F \ ’0, typhus 1s (hat loatiseme parasitic insect the last"hobith or two It is hot that Incidentally, it may ‘be said that.one INTERNATIONAL agree to abolish intercollegiate sports, I & whose name is not permitted to bé men- draperies are ungraceful in themselves, of Vil Sariuiont nsirertors te Mot Sod st sewvis am not yet ready to suggest that credit ¥ H'nrd 1 polite soclety but they have lacked variety in (hf-|r ar- built & gown on the very lines of Ca- be given in the college curriculum tor 1 \ i= dircovery Is quite a comparatively rangements, and so a return to certain miile's operatic dress. This model is in- Liodigh drces of white cloth with unique pocket Leather skating coat of American beatuy, collar physical training, Important as it is. I - I ‘ nt affair, partly becnusa the disease of the flounced effects seems imminent. cluded In the collection that was recently | offect. The collar is extreme in design and the of :luek velvet, tred leather buttons (on the right). am impressed by the fact that men who | K':':’le"r’q:;"";: “‘”u"";"v‘l“‘ fore ”‘f ::l"::;o"' nTh"r" “°:‘"°°-‘ Axe: "“‘(""d“" :“;"“L‘e’:’&:’f sent to America by the French syndicate mut? decoration adds to the charm of the costume 4 have graduated recently seem physically i a »gy was born, o at le efore the Traviata scheme of dress rai 3 ” sraduates, Statistics ; it hed got fairly on its feet. that Jt Was of tiie modified eifects ‘which were very ;;:’q“_‘::fl:“:; Ih:mwn:m.‘x"x" 26 l"":"::_'; | Black velvet is very often combined length. In other worde, the newest nether | toundation fabric. The skirt escapes (‘hM borti f": ":::';""’:z Eatu gz o e @ifficvl. to secure enough material cov 1 - twelve months ago. In s g with biack tulle by way of marked fabric | garments may be worn ankle length or | ground by about seven inches and this $ BEE Svinss fie PRRVISE 0t SEr ST branches. contrast. For adds to its youthful sugestion. meanwhile be gained in colleges with a stigation by laboratory meth. .ihew words, the skirt does not boast of nee, a very unusual [extend half way between the knce Bulloz 1is responsible for the wonderful The bodice has a deep bust band of | history, If we think of physical develop- cds. ncdel has the skirt of black velvet [ankle. The irregular edge of the move than three flounces and sometimes : senkbadd i , lo this we had to eaufp expeditions or onty two, and these are cut very funl | Treviata dress, which is made of yellow [gi8 o8 (e Irregular hem beneath & | hem insures glimpses of the eastern flowered sk in tones of petunia, ysl:- :":"'-t & by- ";“' uct, as though we 4 prd puraue It into tropical regions where gpg are usually distended by a reed or |3tin brocaded in silver threads and |iong snawl drapery of tulle which fs |stitute for the petticont, mo matter in |low and white, which make s delightful |@ive it college credit. 1 trimmed with silver lace. It has the |\ 4. 00 Wi fur The fur ser Dok tsion liamid: ic ' Worn foll for the gray background. Over this vn:y should we not? When we think tight waist line, the sloping shoulder and | .\ " .y o decoration, but it keeps the Quite a little gray has been used in|fs worn a sort of jumper smock, made | deeply into the myateries of lite we find Vabdis Hevolar aakte t0e beutiant skiry ChatapiaFistio oLt | ' in i putstanding” and, - therefore, |the composition of ftarnadn. Sadl evend | 0f: th ohitTon” el alIDIOseR 6. Ak "::; -:l lgd'hlm worth while are by- "‘“i"':,,’ s s SN U P 4 ""“ ot "’"";] ‘:m"h, “ ””::,:“w:‘:l" ¢ | very modish line ing frocks, The* fabrics most liked are |crystal beads. Either side of the jumper :md u:-;plnu.’:“ :::.knol:’;;um' y to chiefly aus to the (work .ot Americas J, 1t Wil Do Tecklied that vary faw of the et e b o gthe woman €| The met, by the way, s interspersed | chitfon, Georsette crepe, tulls and soft|is oxtended below the waist line to torm 8 Farvinste by siaiied Wt Bt o«: RS Do e SLObe Untalty | S vass. It nornidtently; /Oivsitally Jow, rose. purple or Garlhaid! red when | With bands of white crystal beads that | satin. It s a fad just now to trim the |a deep point, and these Joiatecdwn: cpped | SHENGRRY. TR u""" e . ."'t:.:h " £ Sniossa.and Bre. QpMbbmer and A, < o 8 e oretes to. Sbbda he doen mot favor ll black or black an | lluminate it in a most fascinating man- | gray frock with fox that has been dyed | with crystal tassels. The sleeves a bor¥l o M o AL n i Ripac: ot tha nitad Iats raarine hop (SRS MK FERSRI0RMES DIVIRE, 0 avieas White . Barlier in the season It was |Ner. This beaded garniture Ilikewise | just the tone of the fabric. As a mu.- | wrint length, made of the chiffon and Jeine b e -lmwmu ::-"otn:‘r al service. B g A If on the bodice. The latter | ter of fact, gray fox 1s one of the sma t- | rathey wide. . g s fi misht. for 1~ he | manifests ftself on th e. y All of them risked their lives in the Mot ‘“f:‘{;""";”:’;:‘:‘L‘;::(‘;MN’:‘ it :"“:fi“ ’?I"‘;"‘,:: ‘:‘:d‘“.‘:::fl;'l" mey Yre {18 cut with a square neck and without | est and newest things in the fur realm.| High gray shoes should be worn with :::'::‘m“" 5: l&fl: and every college FOT IR0 MR WS Ane: diapan My 8 SACE BANS ) [ seen here and there at the opere. ihe |#leeves. Over the shoulders are passed | A girlish afternoon dress is offered in | this sort of dress: or, if one prefers. the e sure that among its many ( frishtfully contagious to all who come In Wise. b T e e TRk S RRERs 209 Fiandi af cruiale a model made of gray chiffon, which 18 | shoes mev be low. made of suede or :’;"""‘"" by-products is the training of contact with its carriers, and Dr. Rick- | The one ‘""""l"" """l"":"," i e L"”:“:":,".‘L:"‘;‘;C“’:i:. trend of fast. | Mention must be made of the panta- |encircled by flounces of finely plai‘ed | glased kid and completed by silk hoslery, M:fi”‘l:" o3 Proser ssitiag for the etts, alas, actually lald down dying from artistic rule during r;rlon b h-sl lov !lettes of white net which are 8o shaped | gray taffeta. These flounces are spaed | both the latter and the low shoes skild o ; and an aid to the achleve- the :ne :f it ln::;ed insect only a few |in the Traviata of Melba, who lent sar- lon thit the wearer may rexulate their |so as to show band-like revelation of th | be of the gown color. ment of the same. weeks after he announced his dis- | 2 covery of the cause of the fever, thus A ===== - literallly, in the language of the earller | | = §G0=SHAP ‘NTRODUCTORYSA[E e habit which most great aw|| Anita Stewart’s Taiks to Girls || Model for Every Woman f G Z TR sti'l held out, among them, Mexico, where we have just heard from it again In fact. we are entitled to take a na- tional pride in th's discovery. since it was lioop to give a greater resemblance to the style of dress worn by the heroine of courages the parasitic typhus pest is, that of wearing white or light oolored | % X - shirts and underwear, which show the | No. 7—Some of the Temptations in the Office [ dirt readily and have to be frequently | changed. N The chief merit of the old brown, or blue, or gray shirtseand underwear was that they didn't show dirt and didn't need to be changed too often. Inci- | —_ dentally, also, the diminishing use of | Copyright, 1815, International News wool for underwear and shirtings has Service. : i ( helped in exterminating vermin, because | A great many parents objcet to thelr | Pf the sttentions of any annoyer that | woolen fabrics furnish better cover for ' daughters golng on the stage or In busi- | 14nE8 about a stage door. the game, are more difficult to clean |ness because of the dangers that they | And that's the heart of the whole mat- and it is not considered advisable to boil | picture the girls as encountering at every | ter. Whether a girl goes straight or them very frequently for fear of causing step. They think that the only way |Crooked is in her own hands, and her en- and on the Stage. ! PR By ANITA STEWART. is & cad who thinks that a kisa goes with " the job, but she doesn't have to stay. can put on her hat and walk out, just hie can call the policeman to get rid SELF-REDUCING If we had needed any proof of the close comnection between the two-clean- shirts a week and bath-on-Saturday-night habit, and freedom from vermin and ty- s, the acute breakdown of civilization | across the Atlantic has supplied it at | once. | One of the first steps of that relapse into barbarism, called war, is the break- ing up or serlous interference with all | habits of personal cleanliness. The thing that the soldiers in tre trenches on both sides complain of most bitterly is not the shells, nor the bayonet attacks of the enemy, but, first, the mud, and, second, the swarms of ver- min which infest them. The reason is plain: trench fighting among other peculiarities means that tho soldiers on the first line are compelled to stand and fire or crouch down and sleep day and night for five days. ten days, two and three weeks at a stretch, shrinkage. " | | they can keep their little ewe lambs safe is to keep them within the 'shelter of the home fold. Personally, I think that most of the perils of the stage and office, of which we hear so much, are all nonsense. Of course, there are stage door Johnnies, and “angels” with nefarious designs, and fiirtatious employers, but these are few |and far between, and perfectly easy to avoid, unless a girl is one of the kind that has gone out hunting for tempta- tion What most people seem to overlook is the fact that tne stage and the business office are nothing but workshops for those who earn thelr !ivings in them, and that the girl actress and the grl stenographer are just part of the toos of the trade with which & man makes a successful deal, or a play that is a hit He isn't thinking of her in terms of feminity. He s thinking of her in terms of achievement. Neither is the girl | without a single opportunity of changing | thinking of the man as a man. She is | their clothing or getting a ‘decent wash. Even when they are laid off for the! term in reserve. to p and wash and clean up, washing of their clothing is extremely difficult, because the display | of it in drying will instantly catch the | eye of hostile air scouts and draw s | thinking of him as a steppng stone to iF | something higher in her work, or as & means to attain through her grod woik to a better salary. Moreover, it takes all the concentrated thought and Intelligence any man has ®ot to hold his own in his work in shower of shells. | these days of flerce competition, and The result is that all imaginable ver- min riot through the trenches as they | did in the Dark Ages, And as a natural, logical conseyuence | hin three months of the declaraticn of | ar typhus had brokem out furlously aleng the southern parts of the eastern front, raged all through Serbla-and Aus- he has no leisure to philander in busi- ness hours. He saves his love making, as he does his playing, until after the day's work is done. The result is that, on the average, just about as mu h flir- tation goes on In & business office as in a convent, It's true that once in & blue moon there is an exception to this rule, and the girl vironment hasn't very much to do with it, not nearly so much as mest people think. A girl doesn’'t have to go away | from home to look for danger. She can find it right in her own drawing room it she's one of the adventurers who thinks it fun to see how near the edge of the precipice she can walk without toppling sver, Of course if a girl is silly, and has been brought up by a goose of a mother who thinks ignorance is innocence, and that | the best way to keep a girl from falling into the pits along the road she must ravel is not to tell her a word about there being any. pits, why, naturally she should be kept at home under lock and key. It's the only safe way. But if the girl is a sensible, level- headed, clear-eyed American girl, and if | she's been ralsed by a mother who ha taught her good principles, and | who has pointed out the most dangerous curves in the road, why, you can trust that sort of & girl to go anywhere, and come out with flying colors And there's this funny thing about men, too—and it's just as true of the men you meet in soclety as it is in your work— when you first meet them, every mother's son of them will try to find out whether | you are gad and glddy, or not And If they find out that you are not, ninety-nine times out of & hundred they will turn right around and help you, and be glad that you are good. Perhaps there are cases where the vil lain still pursues, but T have never seen it in real life. So far as my observation and experience go, any girl with an inch of backbone and a desire to run stright is Just as safe on the stage or in business for full figures of MEDIUM for SHORT STOCKY flat bust, lerge hips d abdomen; clastio on back of skirt; sizes 22 to 36— $3.00 FULL FIG- URES; bigh, full bust; bust and back; dium skirt with el tic bands et beck; sizes 22 to 36— $3.00 skirt; novel form of educing Straps; 220 $3.00 HE new Nemo EGO-SHAPE marks a dis- tinct advance in corset-service. It means that every woman—tall, medium or short now secure the service of ANY Nemo hy, Seature she requires, in a model that will fit her INDIVIDUAL FIGURE without costly and destructive alterations. Self-Reducing Corsets Nos. 318, 319 and 321 are old Nemo favorites. Hundreds of thousands of women have worn and still wear them. Their lineshave been varied to suit Fashion’s whims, but their rmad Nemo hygienic features have always remained the same. These old favorites, reconstructed and with fashion lines brought up to the minute, form one group of Nemo EGO-SHAPE Corsets. In their im- proved form they will be warmly welcomed by the host of women who know their comfort and durability; and the— Introductory Sale Begins Monday, Jan. 3 Ask your Dealer for Nemo EGO-SHAPE All have one feature in common—the improved Nemo Self-Reducing Straps, with reinforced strip that fl:. v:;go down in !cll":l groin section, mb;nd reduces g rives aws: 8 passive m:nqe gl‘xznto‘nlhe gentle inct'nn between the body and the straps. This EGO-SHAPE Corsets provides every INDIVI&UILQ% of stout figure. the *z of the WRONG MODEL can prevent satisfaction to the wearer. Newe HyglesioFeshion lnstitote, N. Y. tria and even made several outireaks in he would be at home. Living right - g the German camps. lduu get In an office where the emplayer | is & personal matter, after all. ’ by G 3 ¥