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CHOULD CONSUMPTIVES
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yusaes fob tub sundat bei-ubuo.
Prof. Gerhardt.
in the matter of the far-reaching ques
tion, shall consumptives bo allowed to
marry? ls behooves ua to tak lDto con"
.deration all opinions on the subject that
cava bcca advanced from, time to time by
men of weight In the estimation of the
medical and scientific world. Particularly
thtlr pracUcal experiences are of Incalcula
ble value as they URbtea the grave respon
sibility of the physician uho hasn't had the
time or opportunity for personal Investi
gation. Medical men should read what
Grisolle. Dubneul. H. Weber. Vlrchovv and
Ysendvk have to say.
The gist of their opinions and investiga
tions is that the woman suffers most by a
marriage in vitlch na ot tc contracting
party is afflicted with consumption. She ls
. ii.m tn catch the disease in the
Bluet t.
course of childbirth, nursing, etc In most
cases she becomes Iniecteu even wueu me
husband's! illness has almost gone out ot
b!s system.
In numerous cases the man who enters
.v. mirr'.1 xtstA while sufferlot from a
.ii-v,. uttark cf tuberculosis will experience
s serious setback, and the dreadful dlsea-o
Is almost sure to take deeper root lu him.
Cured Consumptives
Should Defer Marriage
a Year.
From the study of the authorities quoted
pOMMERCIAL TRAINING IN COLLEGE Its Possibilities Considered The German's Linguistic
Achievements Aided Him Wonderfully Varying Views. ts
WRITTEN FOR THB SUNDAT REPUBLIC
A SEW departure In educational lines Is
to De Introduced this winter at certain of
the Eastern colleges, the innovation being
the introduction of a complete commercial
course as a part of the curriculum ot
those institutions. Professional schools on
the order of law or medical schools are to
bo established In connection with tho col
leges and a special faculty ls to be pro
vided. The courses In these schools will
comprise the theory of accounting, auditing
and other business affairs and in addition
economics and international law will bo
."salt with seriously.
Recent changes in commercial affairs and
ihe demand for American products atiroaa
are responsible for the establishment of such
courses. Similar Institutions have existed
In Germany for soma time, her frantlo de
sire to secure the trade of tha world Im
pelling her to leave no stone unturned by
which an advantage can. be secured. This
broadening of the commercial horizon will
no doubt require the special establishment
ot chairs of the various foreign languages
In universities where the commercial school
Is added.
The "success of Germany In the markets
ot the world has been attributed to a. great
extent to tha training' given her salesmen
FROM GOAL TO
WTOTTEN FOB THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC
Has Thomas A. Edison, the great-headed,
gray wizard of electricity, found a means
br wl'ch he caj profitably make electricity
directly from heat J
It ls known amonr electricians that he
as been experimenting along these lines
for perhaps three years. It ls said In cer
tain quarters that he has nt last succeed
ed, and that he has Invented a machine,
simple and not costly, which will render
useless the glgantl. generating plants now
In use.
Mr. Edison himself refuses to discuss this
wonderful discovery, but in admitting, as
he did to a Sunday Republic representa
tive the other day. that "It ls still in an
experimental stage." be gives quasi ac
knowledgment of the progress of bis work
along these lines.
The dream of the electrical age has been
to discover a means by which beat could
be directly converted Into electricity. No
electrician who has studied heat and elec
tricity closely but believes that they aro
closely allied, and that some day a means
will be discovered by which the direct con
veralos ot heat Into an electria fluid can be
dose. He who does It will be famous In the
world so long as the world shall last.
And why, electricians ask, should not
Thomas A Edison be the discoverer? He
has the brains, tha time, the Incentive and
the facilities. The whole known electrical
Celd Is under tribute to him a vast sea
over which he ls continually cruising In
earth of new wonders. And If Mr. Edison
baa bent his vast mental and financial en
ergies to the task of learning the secret of
the dose kinship of electricity and heat.
Forecast
KOTSS TOE THE SUNDAT BEPTJBUa
Mixologists, temperance and otherwise,
are itrBggUnr with the problem of devising
otnethiaj; new for the palates of their cus
tomers. In St. Ixrols they havo had fair
access for the summer, and aro naw pre
PWlag tor winter novelties. For there aro
only two seasons with the mixologist the
t season and the cold season. With the
rkeeper they are the seasons of beer and
told mixed drinks, and of whisky and hot
talxed drinks; with the soda water fountain
a they are the seasons of Ice cream con
tortions and of hot and heavier drinks, such
coffee, cocoa, chocolate, bouillons, etc
With each of them there ls one steady
Use of trade all the year around. With tha
saloon man it ls wines, with the soda water
fcan It ls phosphates and egg drinks.
The past season has been an Interesting
We In the history of mint, with both the
kmperancs drinkers and those who drink
JkobeUc beverages. At the soda water
contain there are more different kinds of
"tot concoctions than ever before. There
; are aalntlnrs, mint lemonades, mint lime-
. s"aes" aint phosphates and a number of
atttker drinks that have the magic word
sM "isinr attached to them at one end or the
1 !?'" Wlln lhe salool "a tnere BJa mlat
It Julep, the mint smash and the mint this
1 . od the mint that w,it ,iti nf mint
"'wogh much longer than It used to be
Hl toon be at an end. and therefore a dls
3tn of mint drinks, popular as they
fe. '0M be mere a reminiscence than a
tUr ot news to persons who drink.
Ihe saloons. It Is stated that there Is
'y brsrd new drink of the roar sbt-
2n Sa the country, and that Is the "Ma
J laalor." jt had Its oricic In Kansas
Professors Karl
and according to mv own j-,s.T-.Mnn t
have come to the conclusion that a "cured"
consumptive should wait at least a year be
fore he enters the married state; that Is.
every sign of consumption should have
vanished from his system fully twelve
months before, marriage. Of course.1 admit
that there are circumstances allowing- ot
exceptions In both the case of tho ""
and the woman.
Prof. Fuerbringer.
The question, May consumptives marry T
Is tho most disagreeable that can possibly
bo put to a Physician. At least, I think so.
Hence I advise alt physicians to arm them
selves with the llteraxr opinions and other
material mentioned by Professor Gerhardt.
According to Professor Gerhardt tho ques
tion should be denied In nine out of ten
cases. He painted a very black picture,
and I am sorry to say that my own observa
tions, es well as those of other physicians
I know, uphold his pessimism in every re
spect. I have now before mo Doctor Cor
net's new handbook In which he re
hearses the history of COO marriages. 3 per
cent of which resulted in contagion; that
is. w per cent of the men and women who
married though suffering from consump
tion gave the disease to their mates. And
Cornet says this estimate Is too low rather
than too high.
The Incalculable Course
of Consumption.
My own practical observations in the- mat
ter have not jet been systematized, but the
before they leave home. In whatsoever
country they find themselves, they are, as
a rule, able to use the language of the
country, a fact which goes as far toward
contributing to success as any other point.
In fact. It can easily be seen In what man
ner tha hands of a man are tied who Is Ig
norant of the language of those to whom he
wishes to sell. '
Not only Is language essential, but a
knowledge of tbe business habits of the
various nations can best be acquired In
a. school where such things are specialized.
Differences In customs which may be vital
to success or failure can be emphasized in
such an Institution and what formerly had
to be acquired by bitter and expensive ex
perience can be obtained at a less cost.
Theso advantages appear to be obvious.
But many practical business men believe
that experience In tbe actual practice of
business alone Is of value to the success
of a young man In commercial lines. They
believe that tbe knowledge acquired In such
a school would be valueless to a student
without practice in Its application and that
his business education would be more or
less theoretical without such practice.
Others prominent In educational circles
believe that the commercial course has a
great future before It and that It will In
tlmo be recognized as a practical study
they see no reason why ho should not be
successful.
There ls mystery attached to the Edlon
experiments and the discoveries that have
been made. This ls the part of caution; for
pirates, who He In wait for the rich argosies
that ply the electrical sea, have not been
exterminated. It ls only known that the o'd
principle of expansion and contraction of
metals Is at the basis of tha experiments.
What metals, what tho degree of heat, and
what the rapidity of tho contraction and ex
pansion, are not known, and will not be
known until such time as Edleon shall s.e
fit to give the world the knowledge.
Advices from New York say thit IMison's
scheme ls based upon the laws of contrac
tion and expansion of metals by means of
heat and cold. Heat expands metals; cold
contracts them. His plan, so far as it has
been revealed. Is to create an electrical
current by means of the rapid altern itlon
of heat and cold applied to the metal en
tering Into the composition of his new gen
erator. The theory that expansion of metals
by heat will produce an electrical current Is
an old one. and has been demonstrated to
be pracUcal In a limited way. The thermo
pile Is constructed after this order: Two
metals, generally antimony and bismuth, are
placed together and soldered In a ccrtiln
way. By means of the Instrument so con
structed, the faintest thermometries! change
Is recorded. Increased heat, of however
slight a degree, will cause the expansion of
the metals, and will generate a very sllqht
current of electricity. But while this theory
ls an old one. It has never been developed
to that degree where It could be made of
commercial value. Instruments constructed
of Beverages for Autumn. Change
City. Philadelphia or Washington-authorities
differ as to place, but agree that It
was born In a political atmosphere. It has
sprung Into much favor, and every ac
quaintance becomes a friend. The "Mamie
Taylor" Is nothing more cor less than a
Scotch rtckey. with the regulation amount
of ice. Scotch whisky and lime Juice, but
with ginger taking the place of seltzer. It
has had a big run for two months, and tha
men at the bars declare It will ba as popu
lar In winter as In summer.
High balls, popular as a summer drink,
promise to be more popular the coming
winter. Strange as It may seem, there are
any number of men who are Just becoming
acquainted with this drink. They have
heard of it and read of It, but every day
they appear at the mahogany counters to
get their first taste of It, High-ball devo
tees claim It has no season that it cools
a man In summer, warms him In winter,
and makes him feel good at all seasons of
the year. But they also say there ls a vast
difference In high balls, and It is all In the
whisky that ls used.
There are pome whiskies, even of the
best grade," declares one of the expert cs
terers to tho thirst of man. "that will not
moke good high balls. Somehow they do
not seem to assimilate with the seltzer, and
there Is a roughness an excess of acidity
that spoils the flavor entirely. There are
other whiskies that assimilate properly, and
the result Is a mellow, delicious, refreshing
drink that cannot be excelled. That Is why
It ls bo popular, and why It will continue
to be popular."
"Did you ever try a "horse nedc? asked
Junei H. McTaguo. "Now. that Is cot a
brand-new drink, but Its great popularity ls
MARRY? Physicians Sometimes Give a Reluctant Consent A Debate
J. Gerhardt,
Incalculable course of consumption has giv
en me many a painful surprise. Years ago
Professor Gerhardt and myself were en
gaged on a case that will never leave my
memory.
The stricken party was a middle-aged
gentleman. In whose body consumption
rested as in a sepulcber without disturbing
his vitality. The disease had not bothered
our friend for several years. It bad come
to an absolute standstill. Though the tips
of his lungs were affected, further symp
toms of the Illness were not perceptible. It
had died off. we fondly hoped, and our pa
tient looked the picture of health.
At a Banquet.
But one One day he allowed himself to be
persuaded to attend a banquet of comrades
ot the officers' corps. The banquet degen
erated Into a drinking bout, and he wound
up with a hemorrhage. This hemorrhage
was the forerunner of the rerltallzatlon of
the slumbering disease. Tuberculosis be
came once more acute, and though Protest
or Gerhardt and myself tried our utmost
to save him. he died within a week after tho
banquet.
But I have also noticed exceptions. I am
glad to say my experience was not always
hopeless.
Cornet says, and backs It up by figures,
that young consumptives. In whom the dis
ease has not come to a standstill before
marriage, succumb to It soon after mar
riage it) per cent of them succumb to It.
according to our authority. I myself have
known several cases where the result was
not fatal, and I am almost Inclined to be
lieve that such exceptions are not very
like engineering or the sciences, having a
place of Its own In every university. The
majority of Its supporters,, however, con
tend that actual business practice In con
nection with such an education ls to a cer
tain extent essential.
Carl F. Ftomman, Consul In this city
for the German Empire, was asked his
opinion In regard to the establishment of
such courses In connection with universi
ties and stated that he thought them to be
eminently practical and a great benefit to
prospective business men. as well as an
addition to broader education.
"Such colleges are good things." said
Mr. Fromman, "the present commercial ac
tivity rendering them especially practical.
An Institution of the sort has existed at
Lelpslc for some time and a thorough busi
ness training with actual practice can be
acquired therein.
"In such a school the student can learn
the finer points of a business which It
might otherwise take him years to acquire.
The first few years spent In a mercantile
hoi.so arc generally passed In work whlcn
might be learned much quicker In a school,
thereby benefiting both employer and em
plov e.
"Tbe reports of the American Consuls In
Germany state emphatically that the
knowledge ot languages possessed by the
POWER
on that plan have, until recently, been used
only as electrical and heat testing instru
ments. Recently, however, a slight step for
ward was made along this line. A direct
heat motor was constructed and placed on
the market. Its action was based upon the
well-known thermopile theory. A thin,
round wheel of metal was constructed and
pronged with alternate strips of antimony
and bismuth. This wheel, with its prongs,
was placed in a stationary position, and
heat applied to the center wheel by means
of a spirit lamp or gas Jet. The outer end
of the prongs, at the point whero the
different metals converged, was kept cool
by means of the application of water.
Through the workings of the heat and the
cooling water, a succession of expansions
and contractions was secured, and a clear,
electrical current generated. But the current
was a very email one. It ls stated that
In tbe larger machlnei it was only about
four watts, while In the smaller ones it
was about two watts. The weakness of this
current becomes evident when It Is realized
that It requires a strength of about fifty
watts to run a small Incundescent electric
lamp. Hence, It would have required about
twelve of these direct-heat motors to oper
ate a single Incandeswnt lamp. Therefore,
while the new machine operated perfectly
to the full limit of Its power, that limit
was so coon reached that It was, commer
cially, of comparatively little value.
C. R. Meston, a closa student of elec
tricity as well as a successful worker
among Its mysteries, thus explains the
weakness of the thermopile theory in its
application to practical work:
practically r.ew. And a "horse neck' can be
drunk by prohibitionist or toper there Is
Just a little difference in the making ot It.
First you take a long glass; then you drop
a cube of Ice In It; then you carefully peel a
lemon, so that none of tbe lemon adheres
to the peeling, and drop this peeling Into
the glass, with cne end hooked around tho
ice and the otl'er end hooked to the rim of
the glass. If your customer likes liquor, the
thing to do now Is to pour In a pony of
brandy; but If he is a temperance man,
leave out the brandy; the drink will not suf
fer. Then tako a pint of ginger ale it must
be good ginger ale If It ls to suit an edu
cated and discriminating palate -wd All up
the glass. That ls all there Is to making the
drink; but If there ls a man who can hon
estly say he doesn't like It after It ls made
I would like to have his photograph. It ls a
drink that ls good In summer, in winter. In
fall and In spring It ls good all the time."
At the Planters and the Southern they aro
well acquainted with the "horse neck," and
agree with Mr. McTagus In eulogizing It al
though they aro not quite so enthusiastic.
They show an Inclination to "boom" tho
-Mamie Taylor" Instead, and declare that
the barkeeper who hasn't It m his reper
toire from now on will be among the "has
betcs." 'Tho high ball and the rickey are the pop.
ulxr things, and will continue to hold tbetr
own. it was said at the Planters. "And
the Mamie Taylor ls the best rickey that
is made. ! don't know where It originated,
but It was at Washington or Philadelphia
or TCanTH City: and I don't know who was
the author of It, but the chances are that ho
was a politician with a satiated palate and
an inquiring turn of mind. At any rau.
Fuerbinger and Von Leyden.
rare. There re eases where I positively
forbade marriage and where my patients
absolutely refused to follow my advice
think of my astonishment and gratlricatlon
when, after a year or so, I found these pa
tients still alive and their condition much
Improved. Poor, sallow-faced, thin young
men and girls had regained their healthy
color and put on flesh In the married state.
How do I account for It? Possibly the
afflicted persons, being thoroughly fright
ened, led a more hyglenlo life when mar
ried, took better euro of themselvts and
avoided excesses
Children.
Aa to the health of children born to a con
sumptive father and healthy mother, or
to a healthy father and a consumptive
mother. I must confess that In that respect,
too, I have given the wrong prognosis sev
eral times. When the question ls pur to me.
I usually lift a warning voice, but time and
ugaln I have been most pleasantly disap
pointed. The children were rosy-cheeked,
soand little cherubs, who. with very few
exceptions, grew np healthy men and wom
en. Only In rare Instances was the father's
or mother's disease visited on them.
Prof. Von Leyden.
On general principles I agree, like the ma
jority of my colleagues, with the views ex
pressed by Profesjwr Gerhardt. but I would
add a tew observations of my own.
I recognise that almost the heaviest re
sponsibility that a physician may assume
ls his answer to the question whether this
or that patient suffering from consumption.
trained German salesman who represents
tbe country abroad, ls a great factor In the
success of German firms In general. On
this account I believe that the language
feature had better be emphasised strongly
In these new colleges. I think that a cer
tain amount of practical training should go
with the course."
F. Louis Soldan. Superintendent of In
struction. Board of Educatlon.stated that ha
approved of the Introduction of such schools
and believed that commercial education had
a future before It.
T think that commercial courses will be
an addition to educational courses In gener
al." said Mr. Soldan. "I do not believe that
they will supersede or take the place of
other courses, but I mean that they will
become more generally recognized In future
than they are at present.
"In connection with these courses, to
make them a success, must go a good edu
cation on general topics. The trade of to
day is rapidly passing from a matter of
local Importance to one of International Im
portance and a broader knowledge will soon
be required than the mere routine which
suffices when trade ls along stereotvped
line.
"It ls likely that ech country will be
recognized aa furnishing some staple when
International commerce ls more genera.
DIRECT;
"The theory Is all right," he says. "The
machine which was built along those lines
did absolutely all that it was said they
would do that ls. It would do It if enough
of them were employed. Its sole weakness
was in Its small power. I studied it close
ly, as did other electricians, and I decided
that a radical departure from the theremc
plle theory must be made before electricity
could be successfully and amply gener
ated by means of the direct application of
heat.
"I doubt if any scientific electrician In
the country has not made Investigations
along the line of direct generation, and I
certainly am no exception to the rule. I
have studied the matter very carefully, and
have tried to discover the relationship ex
isting between the two forces; heat und
electricity. That this relationship Is very
close 1? a matter that does not admit of
much doubt. Hut Just what Is It? That is
the great question. It is easy enough to
transform electricity Into heat, and that
proves that there ls a close kinship. But
when it comes to transforming heat into
electricity the difficulty Is reached. My
own opinion is that the difference between
the forces lies in what I believe to be the
fact that tbe molecules of one are polar
ized, and those of the other a-e In pairs.
To explain this theory fully wculd require
a lengthy discourse, full of technical terms,
and would hardly be of Interest to new pa
per readers. But that 1 a fact, and that In
the fact lies the difficulty that must be
overcome I have not the slightest doubt.
"What is Mr. Edison's plan? I am very
much Interested in it. naturally, and am as
f he earned a panel on the tnomument of
fame when he evolved It."
"It is all mint this year mint, high balls
and rickeys," It was said at the Southern.
"Rlckeys, perhaps, hojd the place of first
prominence, but the Increased popularity of
mint drinks Indicates that there will bo a
close rub for the head of the column next
year. Of course, mint drinks cannot ba
very extensively used In winter, on account
of the absence of mint. But the mint sea
son ls much longer now than It used to be.
The rickey season lasts as long as It ls pos
sible to get limes. Sometimes we have
them all the year 'round, and then there ls
no let-up In the consumption of rlckeys.
This 'Mamie Taylor ls the greatest rickey
that is called for Just now. It has had a
wonderful leap Into popularity. It ls only
a few months old. but everybody who trav
els much knows all about It, It Is popu
lar all over the country."
They do not have rlckeys and horse necks
and high balls at the soda fountains, but
they have scores of other things, as was
demonstrated by conversations with the
managers of three leading Olive street soda
water fountains. F. A, MUllgan declares
the mint drinks have become most popular
the past season that ls, aside from choco
late Ice cream soda, which holds first place
with the greatest ease.
"There ls nothing like the popularity of
the chocolate flavor and the chocolate
drink," he isyst "In summer a large pro
portion of our customers call for chocolate
Ice cream soda; In winter an equally large
proportion call for hot chocolate. I have
one customer who takes chocolate lee
cream thrte times a day when he comes
should be allowed to marry or not. Still
that should not snake him a pessimist.
Let him look at the brightest possible side.
Professor Gerhardt has shown us tho dan
gers of marriage under such circumstances
from the scientific standpoint. The prob
ability that the healthy party becomes In
fected through close association with the
consumptive Is quite apparent every phy
sician learns that much In his ordinary
practice. But, at tho same time, he comes
serosa cases where the healthy part of tho
couple retains his health, while the children
are unaffected by so-called hereditary dis
ease. However, these exceptions should
not lessen the feeling of responsibility that
must live In every true physician. Our duty
toward the patient remains tho same, ex
ceptions or no exceptions.
Don't Insist Too Much.
At the same time It should be taken Into
consideration that when a couple ls deter
mined to marry It will marry, advice to
the contrary notwithstanding. Therefore.
If the physician trusts too much, he suc
ceeds sometimes only In fashioning & wed
ding gift that may turn out a cross by and
by: The thought ot disease lurking In tho
beloved husband's or wife's every caress.
Out of that no good can come.
I have given this matter much thought
In late years and come to the conclusion
that it won't do to be too positive. Acting
on this presumption. I now refrain from
advising directly azalnst such marriages,
provided the disease Is not too far ad
vanced, and I am strengthened In this posi
tion by the now generally admitted fact
that children very rarely inherit consumption.
and a practical business man will then re
quire a knowledge of the bst place wherein
to secure those staples and of the methods
of trade In vogue In such countries.
"In an educational way there is a great
future to the business Instruction along the
lines proposed, and tbe establishment of
these schools may be looked for. A course
will be taken In one of those schools Just as
a course is now taken In other professions,
and as I have said before, they will be an
addition to college curriculum."
The opinion of Ellas Michael, secretary
of the ltlce-Stix Dry Goods Company, may
be taken as representing that of many
business men In tho larger lines ot trade
where the training of their employes Is
vital to the Interests of the firm. Mr.
Michael belloves that tha schools are an
excellent Innovation as a preparation tor
a business career, but that the technical de
tails of a business can only be learned
through experience In the business itself.
"The value of commercial schools," said
Mr. Michael. "Is being proved by tha num
ber of such Institutions which are every
where being established. As a training for,
and as a preparation to business they will
prove of great service, but it can hardly be
said that they will suprede the practi
cal training to bo obtained In tLe business
Itself.
-This Is the New Dream of the
Mr. Edison Says That He Is Yet
anxious as anybody In the world to see a
description of It. There Is fame and fortune
awaiting the man who will discover the
great secret of how to convert heat directly
Into electricity, and the pioneer who blazes
the way to such a thing will give his name
to the greatest revolution in electricity since
the day when Benjamin Franklin sent his
kite into the heavens and brought down
tho mvstlc fluid. All of us ore driving to
make the discovery. For myself. I must ad
mit that my hope of making it Is most re
mote. I believe that If anybody of the
present generation learns the scret It will
be Thomas A. EdlJon. He Is a man who
j knows the electrical field from beginning to
Its present uttermost boundary: he has fa
cilities that no other man on earth has
for the prosecution of his researches; he
has talent and skill, and money, and time.
If the secret U to be discovered, I believe
he Is the msn who will discover It. But If
Ills experiments have extended over only
three 3 ears, and he lias really found the
secret, he Is Indeed n luckier man than even
he has ever been before. Such a wonderful
thing would be work enough for a life tlm.
"It Is a rash thing for anjbody to declare
that Mich and such a thing cannot be done
in such and such a way. Many of tha most
Important discoveries have been made In
defiance of known rules. So I shall not say
that Mr. Edison cannot work out a success
ful scheme for tho generation of electricity
directly from heat, and by means of utiliz
ing the well-known metallic habit of ex
panding and contracting In obedience to the
forces of heat. But I will say that I be
lieve do not know, of course, but I believe
Is Not Remarkable for
downtown in the morning, when he goes
out to lunch and then at 6 o'clock sharp In
the afternoon, when be starts home. Choc
olate makes people fat, you know. This
customer told ma one day that ho would as
soon think of going without a meal as
without his chocolate Ice cream soda, sum
mer and winter. Of course, there are other
drinks that are Popular. There are tho
crushed fruits, which are In demand all the
year round; there are the phosphates and
the egg drinks and the tonic and stomachic
drinks. All have their regular adherents.
A man behind a soda fountain counter can
get a pretty good line on the habits and
character of hla customers by simply
watching the orders. For Instance, when
a man comes In early and orders a bromo
seltzer, there ls not much necessity for ask
ing him If be ever goes out at night. There
Isn't so much room for speculation as to
the ladles, for nearly all order Ice cream
soda. It Is wonderful how they like Ice
cream soda. As a rule It ls not the busi
ness women who are the best customers at
the soda water fountains: It ls tbe shop
pers. Several of tbem aro among our
steadiest customers; they come here every
time they come downtown, and that ls pret
ty often."
"Take the j ear all around." says H. A.
Day. "and It li pretty safe to say the men
who come to tho counter will, nin times
out of ten, order a plain drink phosphate,
mineral water, or something of the kind
and the women. In tha same proportion,
will order fancy drinks most likely an Ice
cream soda. I always take a delight In
selling an Ice CTeam soda; it is sura to
lead to another purchase, for It will net
M M"
I recollect the cases of two renowned
physicians "who died of consumption; I
know their children to-day. They are as
sound as can be.
Don't Be Persuaded
by Dogmas.
Avoid being swayed too much by dog
matic principles In practice they are not
always safo guides. The conscientious phy
sician must sometimes rely Instead on his
experience and on his medical tact Re
member a. sick person, too. has a right to
be heard. We durst not injure him In tho
endeavor to protect the healthy. On the
other hand, parents ehould be discreetly
warned if their boys or girls keep company
with consumptive persons of the opposite
sex. They kiss and caress much. The con
sumptive ls a most ardent love-maker.
Hera Is a grave danger. I know of two
strapping youns men. coming from healthy
families, uho became Infected with tuber
culosis by keeping company with consump
tive sweethearts. One of them is dead, tha
other was apparently cured.
Summing Up by
Professor Gerhardt.
The question whether consumptives shall
marry having been dUcussed from all con
ceivable standpoints, little remains to be
raid. My own statements were made with
the Idea of drawing public attention to tba
perils such mirrlages invotv. for there are
perils, grave perils, and exceptions, too, as
our learned colleagues have shown. But
"Even In our own business specialism 13
the order of the day, as better results can
be obtained in that manner. As trade
broadens and develops, so many new
branches will be introduced that I think
specialism will be at a great premium. Of
course, a good general knowledge of tha
business Is required, but it Is likely that
tho lines between the various branches ot
buslnets will be so sharply drawn that
expertness In one specialty will prove of
greater value than It does at present."
One cf the officials of tbe Hamlltou
Brown Shoe Company took a slightly differ
ent view of the question, and. while recog
nizing the value of a commercial education,
ho expressed himself as favoring a prac
tical training in the housa Itself as the
best education.
"We sell all over the world," he said,
"and we find that among our most success
ful men are those who fc'ave acquired their
entire knowledge of the business In the
housa here, but know every detail from the
ground up. Languages are. of course, es
sential where sales aro to bo made in cer
tain foreign localities, hut these can be
acquired without going through a complete
commercial course.
"Training in a commercial school may be
especially valuable on account of the time
saved there, enabling a young man to gr
that he will have to make radical depart
ures from the thermopile theory to fb so."
The enormous importance of the latest
Edison invention can hardly be overesti
mated. At the present time costly furnaces,
boilers, engines and dynamos are necessary
to the manufacture of electricity, and to
gether form a huge and expensive fixed
plant. Furnaces end boilers are necessary
In making the fteam by which the engine
ls operated; by means of pulleys and rods
the engine operates tho dynames. which, by
a svstem of brushes and other things known
only to electricians, generate the electrical
current. Th" machinery Is cumbersome and
expensive In a high degree. Its weight and
cost preclude Its use except in cases where
electricity, ls to be manufactured In larga
quantities, and where the matter of ton
nage b not a handicap. The new Invention
promises to dispense with all Intermediary
forms between the heat-producing coal and
the dynamos, and the dvnamos themselves
to be supplanted by lesj costly and mora
wleldy machines.
Under the present system, for Instance, it
ls Impracticable for an ocean vessel to car
ry the machinery for the generation of suf
ficient electrical power to propel It. Ves
sels, of course, can carry machinery and
dynamos for the generation of electricity
sufficient for their own Illumination, and
for other work which requires only a mod
erate quantity of the fluid. Even railroad
engines can do this much. But small vehi
cles for the propulsion of which electricity
if it were not for the heavy machinery
required In Its manufacture would be the
Meal motive power must derive their sup
quench thirst. The egg drinks are very
popular, and another thing that ls popular
la tha line of drinks that have strong tonic
qualities. For Instance, there ls aromatic
spirits cf ammonia that has a good run
among men, and also there ls an elixir ot
calysaya. Of course, we have our bromo
customers; one was In here Just now, and
(ikln't know what he wanted. He knew he
wanted something for his head, though, and
ho got If. But there Is a new drink. Into
the construction of which there enters a
combination of mint. Iron, pepsin, an ex
tract from a strongly medicinal South
American bark, that ls having a great run,
and especially among 'the next morning
customers. Ladles don't seem to care much
for it, but the men seem to think It goes
directly to the spot, time drinks are quite
popular, and will continue to be so. Crape
Juice combinations are also favorites. 'When
tha weather gets cold, hot coffee, tea,
cocoa, chocolate, consommes), bouillons, etc..
will be In demand. But all the year round
there Is & steady call for Ice cream sods,"
"Mint, lime, grape juice and phosphates
are tha things this year," declares It- W.
Schoi'a. "There are only two seasons for
tho soda water man the hot and the cold.
In tha spring the customers stick to their
hot drinks until it ls time for the frappes
auC ice creams of summer, and In fall they
stick to their cold drinks until It ls time to
switch to the hot drinks. The demand for
tonic drinks ls growing, I bavs served
customers who come here at stated Inter
vals and take a certain kind of drink. Just
as regularly as they would take a dose of
medicine on a physician's prescription.
There are any number of new drinks, but
most of them are new combinations of cid
JF M
these exceptions should not count when It
comes to advising clients, and. like Yirchow,
wo should tell them that the person marry
ing a consumptive takes his or her Ufa in
hand.
Prohibition.
Some of you don't agree with me. but I
tell yuu there are a good many people who
firmly, believe that marriages of that sort
tbuuld be prohibited by law, which ls. un
doubtedly, going too far. It's a sign ot
weakness to cull in the police in such cases.
Doctor Ysendyk. on the other hand, shows
that consumptives are better provided for
when they have a household of their own:
that they income stronger, quieter, under
tha soothing Influence of a beloved wife's
or husband's care. Unrequited love, he adds.
Increases the consumptive's sufferings, and
one should be cartful not to hurt a pa
tent's feelings, for his feelings ptay a largo
part In his well-being.
To this I mike answer that we mustn't
accept tha romancer's statistics with ifcjpect
to persons who dlo of a broken raurt. I
tell jou, very few people die of a broken
heart, while tuberculosis ls u most danger
ous disease. If there Is a question between
dying of u. broken huart and dvlng by
tuberculosis. I shall alw&vs decide against
tho latter, and It is my unalterable opinion
that no cured consumptive should be al
lowed to marry unless he has been In good
health for an entire year and unless all
symptoms of Ms disease have vanished.
I assure jou this ls not an Inhuman de
mand. On the contrary. It Is tha least
science can ask. and hardly dues Justice to
the case at that.
Copjrlght. 1X. br lltnry W. Fisch.r.
right ahead with his work without having
to stop and learn small details of general
business while In tha house Itself. Instruc
tion In these general details which are met
with In every business will be a very prac
tical thing, but a business can be liest
understood by going through alt nf its own
Httlo details from the Very beginning."
Chancellor Wlnfleld S. Chaplin of "Wash
ington University Is of the opinion that
It ls too early to predict the future of tho
commercial school as an adjunct to col
leges, and that tha present demand for
such Institutions may be merely a sign
ot a temporary necessity.
"There ls a demand for schools of tho
sort Just at present." said Mr. Chaplin,
"but It is rather early to say exactly what
their place In the educational world will
be In the future. Two or three of the
State universities have added commercial
studies to their courses, and the result will
go far to show the utility of such inno
vations. "My personal opinion Is that the commer
cial course will never become a recognized
branch of college Instruction like the arts
and tngineering eoursex. for example. Tho
change in trade at present may account
for the demand for these institutions, and
while I think that they or most excellent
and practical, I do not believe that such
courses will supersede the present recog
nized branches of a college education."
Scientific World-
"Experimenting."
ply from a central plant by means of Ions
feed vires. or else supply their motors by
means of storage batteries that have to bo
recharged at more or less accessible central
stations.
From what has been learned of Mr. Edi
son's latest Invention, bis machine Is to
light as to be portable by even a small
vehicle. It ls claimed that It can bo put upj
and used in any household, as all that U
necessary for Its operation Is the roachln
Itself and a small oil stove or sas Jet.
Storage batteries can be charge 1 directly
from it. and every residence, store, office o
shop can afford Its own electric light plant.
Six v ears ago Edison. In an authorized (
Interview, said: t
"The discovery of a way of coTryertinc '
coal oil directly Into electricity will be tho"
turning point of all our methods of trans.J
portation. Steam will be entirely super
seded by tbe currant. There will be no
boilers, nor any of the necessary materials
that go with steam engines.
"We are rapidly approaching the time o
the steam engine's end. Tha large Atlantic
liners are ttlowly reducing their time on
their trips, but that must soon stop. Then
wa shall have to wait until coal ls turned
directly Into electricity. I believe i will
come, and then we will cross the Atlantis In '
four days or less We can get 50 per cent
of the efficiency of a dynamo, against 6 or
19 per cent of an engine."
If all that is said of the new Invention be
true. Edison's dream ls a reality, needing
only the flnUhlng touches to become a com
mercial fact, and the world ls at the dawn
of a new era In motive power.
Novelty.
phosphates and Savors. One cf the new
and popular flavors is coffee Ice cream.
scda."
DICKENS'S NERVES.
From the Touth' Companion.
Charles Dickers had what the old woman
scornfully said she "thanked God sh
hadn't!" "nerves." They helped to mak
him tha people's novelist. Says his d&ughU
er:
"After the morning's close work he was
sometimes quite preoccupied when he came
in to luncheon. Often when we were only,
our home party at Oad's Hill he would
come In, take something to eat In a me.
cbanlcal way, and return to his study to
finish the work h had left, scarcely having
spoken a word.
"Our talking at these times did not seerr
to disturb him. although any sudden sound,
t the dropping of a poon or tbe clicking
of a glass, would send a spasm of pout
across his face."
In IStS he was to shaken up by a rail
road accident that alwajs afterward he suf
fered an Intense dread whenever ho found
himself In any kind of conveyance.
"On one occasion." says bis daughter,
"when we were on our way from London to
our little country station. Uigham, whrre
the carriage was to meet us, mr father
suddenly clutched the arms of tha railway
carriage seat, while his face grew ashy;
pals and great drops of perspiration stood
upon his forehead; and although he trli4
bard to master the dread. It was so stromg
that be bad to leave the train at the next)
station.
"The accident bad left Its impression up
on tbe memory, and it was destined never
to be effaced. The hours spent upon rail
roads were thereafter hours of pain to
him. I realized this often when traveling
with him, and no amount of assurance
could dispel the feeling."
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