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THIi CELINA DEMOCRAT, CELINA, OHIO
flclnlly? The ense ta not hopeless! Hy
proper architectural treiitineht a house
tuny he placed on n 50-foot lot which
is by no means devoid of beamy. True,
It Is largely up to the house itself,
siuce little can bo expected of the sur
roundings. The architect, In this case,
can hardly hope to obtain pleasing re
sults If the size of tlio bouse required
Is large. When a slructuro of moderate
size is called for, his skill will enable
him to so design It that It will appear
smaller thun It really Is.
The attractiveness of a house which
will yield well to n decorative treat
ment such as that shown in the accom
panying view cannot be questioned.
The while lower portion, iu contrast
UNCLE SAM TRAINING FLIERS FOR WAR
tte Can Lower fbod Costs
nr
Drying Veqea6les
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Satisfaction With Your Home
Heightened if ihe Place
Is Beautiful.
NEAT DWELLING DESCRIBED
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Edibles tiozv
asted by spoilage
and surplus produc
tion can be saved
through zvork of uezv
inventionboon both to
farmer and consumer
IKTY TIIOUSAXD IHL-
LAKS was oast into tlie
Atlantic the oilier day by
olliclals t' tlio New York
(Icpartnit'tit )f hrallh. To
Ih specific, something like
H.OtlO.tXK) overripe oranjies were de
stroyed liecause they were not lit for
Hale. Thus L'.'ll tons of foodstuff from
1'orto ICleo and Janmlni were lost nft
cr having been brought a long
distance nt a considerable outlay, says
the New Y'ork Sun.
Again, not long ago, ".'1H bags of
onions were thrown into San Fran
cisco bay because they had deteri
orated in the warehouses and could
not lie sold. These Instances are but
two among many thousands of similar
cases of market losses. They give an
inkling of the enormous wastage In
produce that goes on In the United
States annually, and all because green
vegetables and fresh fruits will re
main edible so long ami no longer.
The loss could be prevented if part of
the moisture in the fruits and vege
tables could be eliminated without In
juring them.
The average citizen does not realize
It, but his watered foodstuffs are levy
ing toll upon him all along the line.
It 'is that moisture content that in
vites deterioration ami decay.
Trace the story n stop back. The
nmrkctinan has to contend with the
same conditions; n goodly percentage
of his stock wilts anil deteriorates
upon bis hands because of the trouble
breeding moisture; and what he sells
must bring a higher irice in order
to fetch n general profit. The whole
saler is confronted by the same prob
lem, because he has to pay charges
for transportation, cover depreciation
in transit, and sell at prices that will
insure a balance on the right side of
his ledger. 1 '
Again, the farmer must ship only
the very best of his produce in order
that his perishable wares may stand
reasonably well their journey to the
markets. As a result, where his fruits
and vegetables ripen cverabundantly
he must count broadly as a loss that
part of his harvest which remains on
his hands, lie must got enough from
his sales to pay for this wastage and
the ultimate consumer sighs at the
prlre thus made necessary.
A possible remedy for this state of
things lies In the process recently per
fected in this country that makes It
practicable to dry fruits and vegeta
bles without Impairing their pnlata-
bleness and their natural nutritive
values. The hard pressed Germans
have already been doing something In
this direction.
The beet and the potato were the
two vegetables that the Germans
worked with on a large scale originally.
Later they took up the drying of beet
tops, potato tops, pens and grains for
the feeding of domestic cuttle. Refore
this. It was the common practice to
pack nway the beet tops In silos,
and quite two-thirds of the orp
wus used In this fashion, but n good
piirt of the ensilage was commonly
npolled by fermentation. It was to
avoid this loss that the Germans re
sorted to drying. The result was it
green, tender fodder containing a
starchy content of per cent. A ton
of fresh leaves made 200 pounds of
the dried foodstuff for cattle. The nu
tritive value was found to he as high
us the more expensive meadow liny.
It was only natural that the Germans
should elaborate their factories for
SCRAPS
Waterproof knapsacks made of horse
hair have been Invented by a Japanese
army officer.
A liritish patent covers a series of
tanks attached to a cable to permit a
vessel to spread oil on rough water.
Experiments with cooling buildings
by forcing uir through hollow walls
with electric fans are being tried in
India.
Itlce straw In Arkansas Is to be
made Into paper.
French scientists who have Investi
gated have found that rubber Is sub
ject to attacks by microbes unless kept
In perfectly dry air.
So bituminous Is the clay found In
one place in England thnt bricks made
from It yield oil, gas and ammonia
when heated In retorts.
The French minister of agriculture
lias appointed a commission to study
the question of Improved machinery
for farming purposes.
Sweden's government has made ar
rangements to control and distribute
raw materials, especially foodstuffs, be
cause of the high pH-es.
T
tills work, am! give particular atten
tion to the drying of vegetables for
household use. The Industry whii wide
spread and thriving before the out
break of the war. Indeed. It whs gen
erally recognized that the Germans
were the musters of the art.
The vegetables dried are carrots,
cabbages, kale, potatoes, spinach, tur
nips, etc. They represent the market
surplus which would otherwise rot, and
which, by being dried and packed, can
be kept without fear of spoiling for n
long time. The dried vegetables keep
simply because the better part of flielr
moisture content has been removed.
The thing sounds simple; but the ac
tual process presents dilllcullies.
The process of drying vegetables re
ferred to as having been developed
in this country Is the work of Waldron
Williams, Woodford Ilmnks and Dr.
T. G. Wlechmnnn. Mr. Williams tells
the story of the work of himself and
his associates.
"I never realized how little was
known about the art of drying until
my attention was attracted to It ns n
field of commercial effort," he said. "I
turned to my fellow alumni at Colum
bia university and hunted high. mid
low In the technical libraries, but
when it came to practical details none
of these sources of Information wus
of material aid.
"Finally we decided tolnake our own
experiments, and something like two
years ago we hit upon the working
principles of our method.
"( lur patents have not yet been Issued,
although they have been allowed, and
therefore I do not feel warranted In
going into particulars. I'.roadly, how
ever, the process consists In utilizing
air currents at relatively low tempera
ture, which serve to draw out and
carry off the moisture In the cut-up
vegetables while leaving them unim
paired in flavor and nutritive value,
l'lease observe that the vegetables are
raw and not parboiled or in any way
cooked at the time they are subjected
to the moisture extracting process.
"We are able to control the volume
of the air currents and their tempera
ture to a nicety. The time required to
dry the products depends essentially
upon the fruits and vegetables dealt
with. The period of treatment ranges
between two hours and something
short of five hours. This can be ap
preciated if one will stop to think how
the watery content of various vege
tables differs.
"For instance, fresh beets contain
K" tier cent of water, cabbages D1..r
per cent, jinlons 87.0 per cent, pota
toes 1 tier cent, and tomatoes ns
much as 04.3 per cent. The larger ttio
volume of water the longer the drying
operation must lie maintained in order
to reduce Ihe moisture content to th'e
desired minimum. I'.y our system we
kept the percentage of moisture well
inside of V.' per cent. This prevents
the development of the microorgan
isms that promote fermentation and
therefore the chemical actions nre
checked or avoided which would stnrt
deterioration and possibly lead to de
cay. "Hefore our tits were working for
the market nt Middle River, Oil.,
Hound I'.rook, N. J., and Webster, N.
V., It occurred to me that it might be
well to visit Germany for the purpose
of seeing how our products compared
with those turned out by the factories
there. I was fortified with letters of
Introduction to the foremost of those
establishments, and logically I chose
to make my first cull upon the man
aging director of the most noted of the
vegetable drying companies.
"He received me in a very hand
somely appointed office, bearing all the
hallmarks of commercial success, and
courteously asked me to explain the
object of my visit. I did this briefly.
At once llerr Dlrektor waved his
hand deprecatlngly and expressed his
sincere regret that I should have come
so far to lay before him anything that
pertained to the art of drying. 'I
could have saved you the trip, Mr.
Williams, because we know all there
Is to know about drying and Improve
Some species of lizards are seven
feet long.
One of the newer electric Irons Is
made to retain much of Its heat after
the current Is shut off, and thus save
electricity.
Flour costs more in Venezuela than
for many 'years past, but competition
among the linkers has reduced the cost
of bread.
A fan that resembles the familiar
electric is driven by a hot-air engine
in Its base, gas or denatured alcohol
being the fuel used.
A vest with lapels that turn up and
button to form a throat and chest pro
tector has been patented by an Eng
lishman. A steering wheel, adjustable to sev
eral positions, hos been Invented to re
place the handlebars of "a bicycle or
motorcycle.
An Illinois inventor's dredging ma
chine literally walks on large feet and
will travel over ground too soft for
caterpillar tractors.
The surface of the Caspian sen has
been gradually sinking for several
years, until now navigation has buen
Impeded ut several points.
ment and to show us something new
Is ipiiio Impossible,' he said,
".Naturally I was licit disposed to
linger, neither was I Inclined to dis
play my samples, but the alert llerr
Kirektor had seen that I had some,
and more out of politeness than any
thing else expressed a desire to see
them. It was plain that he was at
mice Interested, and before long he
had six or seven of his technical as
sociates summoned to the olllce, and
they too were impressed.
"The llerr IMrektor dismissed them,
and whe the room was cleared, turned
to me eagerly and said; 'Mr. Williams,
name your price. I did not believe
vegetables could ever be dried to look
like your samples.' As our patents
were then pending In the German pat
ent olllce I was not prepared to come
to terms, but I left that establishment
satisfied that we Yankees had forged n
long way ahead In u very difficult art
nnd I realized that we had the solution
of n vexing economic problem the
utilization and the preservation for
subsequent consumption of millions of
tons of vegetables and fruits that would
otherwise go to waste.
"How well we have succeeded in re
taining the natural flavor of fresh
vegetables Is evidenced by the testi
mony of a New York housekeeper, a
friend of mine. Merely to satisfy her
curiosity I sent her n packnge of our
dried spinach. The next time I saw
her she said: 'Why. Mr. Wi'llams, that
spinach was actually fresher than the
gi n stuff that I buy at my grocer's.
Naturally, because that s,'iinaii was I
dried Inside of eight horn's from the
time It was picked, while the provision
store was selling spinacb anywhere
from a week to ten days )ld.
"We treated the vegetable when It
was succulent and fresh ind full fla
vored. The store article 1 ad been de
teriorating for clays before It was
cooked. Upon this subject we rend
something .'rom n government report:
"'(inly those that hav been accus
tomed to eating green vegetables fresh
from the garden realize In what poor
condition are many of the vegetables
sold to the city buyer. Some varie
ties, as green pens, are so delicate In
flavor that even a few hours' removal
from the vines brings about a change.
Ind I, the market gardener has been
obliged to develop the Recping quali
ties of vegetables and fruits at the
expense of llnvor. If I'ghtly packed
and transported only a Short distance
the deterioration In mct vegetables
Is not noticeable, but If Closely packed
for any lengtli of tim changes due
1o the action of enzyme.! or ferments
normally present in the, living tissue
fakes place, with n consequent loss of
flavor.'
"Further, the same report calls at
tention to a very common spectacle in
nnd about our markets: The huckster
In his off hours may often be seen
trimming off the wilted Mitslde leaves
of celery, cabbage nnd lettuce, and
giving a fresh surface to th sit-in, find
sometimes rinsing or sprinkling the
lettuce with water not Infrequently
far from clean. The beets which are
left over, after losing littli- by little
their tops, are sold by meastire to who
ever will buy.'
"The department of agriculture Is
the authority for the statement that
not less than 50 per cen of the fruits
and vegetables grown ?n the United
States never rench thn consumer. Of
course, a large part ef this Is wast
ed or thrown uway o destroyed be
cause the price does l ot warrant the
farmer in shipping thfm
"Why shouldn't thest products be so
conserved that they vould keep In
definitely and be welfome upon any
table? It is possible by our drying
process to preserve these fruits and
vegetables in forms that nre bound to
be a boon to the housewife and a com
fort to the family purse. Our dried
products, for Instance, enn be sold nt
a lower price than the normal retail
market price for green stuffs, and we
should only find fresh vegetables for
midable competitors w)en there Is an
overabundance."
A Spanish bell benrlti.g the date 124"
Is still In use in Oakland, Oil.
German breweries are manufactur
ing a form of yeast to be mixed wkh
stock foods to Inereitsn their nourish
ing qualities.
The United States bureau of fisher
ies now supplies more t.han 4,000.0(10,
000 fish specimens annually to differ
ent hatcheries. '
The production of apples In the
United States equals a husliel and u
half for every man, wonun and child
In the country.
Rubber nulls for places vhere metal
ones would corrode are a novelty from
Germany.
A portable generator has heen spe
cially designed to provide electric
lights to penult farm work to ne done
It is said the largest tree known, in
thickness, Is n partly decayed chestnut
In Sicily, which Is 00 feet across. Mex
Ican cypress nnd the Oriental plam
have reached 40 feet. This puts the
California big tree and the baobab In
the background, but the big tree Is of.
greater hulk In combined height and
girth, and the baobab is ttlckest in ro
latlun to height.
Structure and Make Foundation
of Dark Texture Brick for
Most Pleasing Results.
By WILLIAM A. RADFORD.
Mr. Wllllnm A. itndfnrd will answer
(lUcHtlnnii nnd give uihice KKKH OK
COST on all subjects pe rtaining to the
Biitijitct of tin ttil I riK. (or the reade rs of thlH
paper. On account of his wlcln experience
lis Kclltor. Author and Manufacturer, ho
In, without disiht, tli highest authority
on nil these subjects. AddreHsall Inquiries
to William A. Kudford, No. lS.'T Prairie
avenues, Chicago, lit., and only enclose
two-cent stump for reply.
There Is, of course, a direct relntlon
between the house and Its surround
ings, lty this we mean that either the
surroundings must be laid out for the
house, or, us in the case where a spot
of special natural beauty Is selected
for the building site, the house must be
designed for the surroundings. The
latter case obtains In some small towns
and in country estates. The former
case, or a compromise between the
two, exists in the larger towns mid
cities.
I'erbnps it Is not the case in this
country so much as It is in some of
the Kuropean countries, but the fact Is
true, nevertheless, that for the lover of
beauty both natural and architectural,
the small town which has been situated
where nature has furnished plenty of
trees, a pleasing topography nnd clear
wntered streams such a town offers
Ihe best possible site for the building
of a home. The point Is this : It is
cheaper and usually more satisfactory
to let nature furnish the attractive sur
roundings nnd model the home Into the
background, than to build the buck
ground for the home.
Not that those who have studied In
to the subject of scenic architecture
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are not able to produce pleasing sur
roundings for the house, for they have
proved their ability to do so. liecause
it is impossible for some lovers of
beauty to go where nature has provid
ed it, the work of the landscape archi
tect Is very Important. The small
town blessed with natural beauty is,
then, not so much to be considered as
the only possible site for the building
of a beautiful home ns It Is to be con
sidered us a spot which offers advan
tages hard to obtain In imitation of na
ture, unless a large sum of money is
available for the purpose.
The question might be asked, "Why
not go to the country where nature's
work has not been marred by the In
roads of 'civilization?'" A logical ques
tion, and in some enses the affirmative
answer is unquestionably the right one.
The man who comes from the city,
however, or even the town, has been
brought up In close touch with the peo
ple around him. His habits have been
formed In the influence of society. I'ut
him and his family uwiry from the rest
of the community and the result Is
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First-Floor Plan.
lonesotneness. Therein lies the great
est advnntage of the beautiful small
town. ' Habits do not have to be
changed, friendships may be formed
and the nonnul conditions of life ex
ist. The man who owns an isolated
summer home seldom goes there with
his furaily alone he crowds the house
full of friends (or if he doesn't his wife
does). And what is the reason? Sim
ply that "I" Is not used when the real
pleasures of life are being discussed;
the correct pronoun Is "We."
What of the case In which nature
has not contributed and the means are
not available to supply the deficit artl-
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Second-Floor Plan.
with the upper dark portion. Is very
pleasing unci nfways gives the impres
sion of brightness that goes with well
kept premises. The upper part of the
walls Is finished with shingles, while
the lower wulls are faced with beveled
siding. The porch Is built Into the
house and fitted In a manner which
gives an air of privacy. A set of
screens may be used on this porch dur
ing the summer time, these to be taken
out during the winter nnd glass sash
Inserted in their place. The porch will
then act as a blanket to protect the
front of the house from winte: winds.
The small vestibule In which the
Family House.
staircase is built has a cased opening
Into the living room. The fireplace In
this room is tucked cozlly into a cor
ner and a little seat is built against the
wall nt one side of It. A eased opening
leads back to the dining room, which is
built into the corner of the house the
Ideal situation for this room. A first
lloor bedroom, which would make an
excellent den if not needed for other
purposes, is entered from the dining
room.
The kitchen with Its connecting
pantry is well arranged to meet the
demands of the critical housewife. A
work table is built beneath the puntry
window and the cupboards are handily
located on either side. The refrigera
tor may be placed in the pantry, and
an opening is provided so that it is
iced from the landing at the top of the
short flight of steps leading from the
grade entrance.
Three very large bedrooms are pro
vided on the second floor. Each hus a
generous closet fitted with shelves at
both ends. The bath Is centrally lo
cated off the hull at the head of the
stairs.
The view also shows a neat and In
expensive two-car garage built on the
rear lot line. The garage Is painted
white to conform with the lower part
of the house with which it is in line.
A house finished as this one Is, re
quires the use of dark-leuved shrub
bery near the building. The reason is
that the upper dark walls need to be
balanced by a mass of dark color near
the ground. The effect Is carried along
by building the foundation walls above
grade of some dark-colored material
such as may be found among the many
patterns of modern rough-texture face
brick.
Dante Used Few Superlatives.
A contributor to the Italian review,
Minerva, with time to spare, has made
a count of substantives and adjectives
In the works of Virgil, Dante and
Leonnrdi. In the second book of the
Aenid, which contains the Fall of
Troy, there are 1,037 nouns nnd 589
adjectives. In Dante's "Divlna Com
edin," out of the 0,215 adjectives
which It contains, only 17 are in the
superlative.
Weather Signs.
The old remark ubout a red eve
ning and n gray morning ns indicat
ing good weather (alluded to in the
Gospel of St. Matthew) still holds
godd as well as that which says that a
red sky in the morning foretells bad
weather with much rain and perhaps
wind. One of these remarks hus
taken form in: "A red sky at night
is the sailors delight; a red sky at
morning Is the sailors' warning."
Punishment.
"He asked my daughter to go over
to his house tonight and sing." "Looks
as If he'd hud another row with his
wife."
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The photograph shows men of one of Uncle Sam's training schools for avia
tors examining Instruments on deck and In the cockpit of the machine before
making a flight. This Inspection is made to Insure safety and is repeated every
time an ascension Is made. Besides receiving instruction in actual flying, tne
men being trained spend many hours In the shops learning how to repair, take
apa.rt and put together their motors and other working machinery. The
students are also taught how to construct minor parts of the machine.
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COMMUNITYIIEALTII
MATTER OF CHOICE
May Be Maintained in Any De
gree That the People Desire,
Say Experts.
Continued Education of Public Along
Sanitary Lines Necessary, De
clare Uncle Sam's
Inspectors.
A very extended and Interesting
study has been made by Uncle Sam's
public-health service on the subject of
public-health administration. As the
result of this long study, officials of the
service have come to the definite con
clusion that community health must be
understood to be an attainable condi
tion, and then thnt practically every"
community may have the degree of
henlthfulness which it desires to secure
and with which It Is satisfied.
Sanitary regulations, the experts say,
ofien Interfere temporarily with indi
vidual comfort and family manage
ment, and the statement often holds
that any Interference which tends to
protect the health of the community
is considered unwarranted interference
with vested rights.
Individual Effort Ineffective.
The old idea, It is pointed out by
officials of the service, that one's
health is his ovn business, Is based
upon false and unfounded premises,
and hus no standing In the sanitary
code of today. In the past, Individual
effort to protect oneself against Infec
tion from without has generally proved
Ineffective, they say, nnd the appear
ance of epidemics called for more con
certed action.
The earlier efforts In public health
work found expression In local com
munities before being token up by the
state. However, progress In smaller
towns and villages has In many In
stances, the experts say, remained at a
standstill. This lack of progress has
often been due, it has been found, to
a certain civic pride which has defeat
ed any attempt to change the old order
of things, or to co-operate with neigh
boring communities in promoting meas
ures for the betterment of all con
cerned. Local Boards Weak.
Although theoretically responsible
for the health of the communities they
represent, local boards of health are
today, generally speaking, . the weak
est elements In the public-health ma
chinery that Is so slowly being built
up for the physical welfare of the na
tion, according to these experts of
Uncle Sam. Aside from certain rou
tine matters, such as the enforcement
of old-fashioned quarantine, the pla
carding of some of tlio cuses of conta
gious disease that happen to have been
reported, and fumigating at the termi
nation of some of them, their activi
ties are too often expended In attempt
ing to abate common nuisances or set
tling neighborhood disputes over a
chicken pen or carting away and bury
ing dead animals functions more fit
ting for the police department.
The study of the public health serv
ice on this subject has shown that the
public has been slow, especially In ru
ral communities, In accepting the sim
ple facts of preventable diseases. Con
tinued efforts to educate the Individual
as well as the public at large, the ex
perts say, must be made, because suo
cess In public-health organization and
idministrntion depends upon the co
operation as well ns the moral and
financial support of the community.
The same general laws, it Is pointed
out, govern health and disease in the
city and the country. 1
The Two Sides.
The conflict of this world Is between
the material and the splritunl. The
European war Is an Illustration of it
That is material. All wars are ma
terial, because they depend on force,
nnd force Is material. Guns, powder,
dreadnaughts, battles are all material.
Good will, reason, faith, friendship,
aspiration are all spiritual. Now the
most practical Issue of the day Is by
which Influence is the world to be
ruled? If by materialism, we use hate,
laughter, devastation, blood and ex
I REItlDEERHEATCCMIHG
Venison From Alaska May Be
Sold in United States Soon.
Efforts of Uncle Sam to Promote In.
dustry Have Resulted In Estab
lishing Big Herds.
With all the faithful pioneering that
has been carried on In Alasku, with all
the enterprising development of the
past few years, vast stretches of the
interior still remain unknown and un
explored. The latitude of Alaska Is very near
ly that of Norway and Sweden. Fam
ilies from the Scandinavian countries
take particular delight In settling
there, and similar conditions naturnlly
suggest similar occupations. Stock in
this country can feed Itself through
out tlite winter months.
Lnrge trnets of grassy land with
their rich grazing possibilities suggest
ed stock, the long winter demanded
that the stock be hardy, Scandinavians
and other settlers knew thnt reindeer
would stand the gaff. Reindeer were
brought. In 1S02 Uncle Sam decided
to use his Influence in the establish
ment of reindeer breeding ns n defi
nitely organized Industry, nnd in that
year a herd was Imported from Si
beria. For ten years annual Importations
continued ; during that period 1,200
were brought over. Now 70,000 nnl
nmls graze the plains and valleys from
Nome to the farthest Aleutian Island.
Of these, 40.000 are owned by the
natives and native herds are acquired
through a system of apprenticeship.
The native whose work Is approved
by the superintendent In charge of his
district is given six deer at the end
of his first year.
Since Its Introduction the Industry
has spread throughout the southwest
ern portion of the territory, it Is car
ried on with profit on the islands, and
each year a large surplus Is reported.
This surplus will in time develop
Into one of the most Important sources
of the meat supply of the United
States, it Is expected.
Secretary Lane is a strong believer
In the future of the reindeer Industry.
He believes that the phenomenal
growth of the Alaskan herds will con
tinue in the future as It .has in the
past, and that with the improved
transportation facilities resulting from
the completion of the new government
railroad, reindeer venison will occupy
a conspicuous place on the American
dinner table of the future.
TO PROTECT THE CHILDREN
Uncle Sam's Experts Would Have
Country Profit by Experience of
Europe In War Time.
Thousands of children besides waf
orphans and refugees have been direct
ly affected by the war, according to re
ports from belligerent countries which
have come to Uncle Sam's children's
bureau. Juvenile delinquency has In
creased, more children have been em
ployed under adverse conditions, spe
cial, measures have been necessary to
protect the health of mothers and ba
bies, and home life has been broken up
by the increased employment of moth
ers. The bureau believes that the expe
rience of other countries should be
carefully considered in order that all
possible provision may be made to
prevent similar hurm to children in
the United States.
A preliminary survey of the foreign
conditions emphasizes the Importance
of a strict enforcement of all child la
bor and school Attendance laws and a'
generous development of Infant welfare
work by public and private Bgenole
it Is declared
travagance. If by spirituality, we
use gentility, generosity, kindness, fra-
ternlty and consideration. There Is a
great abyss between the two, and poor
human nature declines to bridge It nd
take up the spirituality side. But It
will have to come to It If this planet
Is to be the place' for Intelligent hu
mans to live on. ' In the far distant
evolution there Is a place where we
will have to give up the material ut
terly and embrace the spiritual side.
Every thinking man knows that. Co
lumbus (0.) Journul.

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