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The Housewife "Seeks Escape From Monotony Than From Drudgery By MRS. JOHN D. SHERMAN, in Women's Home Companion. W HAT ™ n ci„„« M !h „,i « (rom tlnw w»n,l„-'IZJZr-" s "' vej 01 ,he - The sociologist Hid economist who buses findings on statu te. end ob-rv.,™ of t he hom , trom , he ouuiJe HkTZ' r ,rty in ge,,en "- '»• ■•"»*»> » a* and the labor of the woman in the home. • % .. I ? U K t,ment . al 'f tß WUI M - V that the men do n >t supply funds to equip the kitchen, which is the woman's workshop. But we club women who study conditions from the inside of the home probably understand the situation better than either the learned economist or the unthinking sentimentalist. Women no longer under value their services in the home. Many of them engaged in gainful oc cupations before marriage and know the value of their time to the minute. They have chosen marriage, home-making and the daily round of domestic duties deliberately. > They run their homes on the budget plan and have personal allowances to spend as they like. Ihen why does the auotomobile take precedence over the stationary tub. the telephone over the vacuum cleaner and the radio over the power run sewing machine? BetStjwa the housewife for generations has sought escape from the monotony rather than the drudgery of her lot. She can and does endure toil, actual physical labor, patiently and cheerfully; but she breaks physi cally and nervously under monotony. The automobile, the telephone and the talking machine or radio offer the modern home-maker the escape from that monotnny which drove many of her predecessors Insane. The telephone is the housewife's first protection against loneliness. The automobile carries her far beyond the seen? of her dull round of household duties. The voices of human beings, the !ilt of music coming to her through the air stimulate her mind and soothe her spirit while she works. She does not mind washing stacks of supper dishes under the glow of an electric globe, but the task doubles or trebles if she must do it by the smoky, dim light from a kerosene lamp. She does not mind sweep ing if at the end of the task she can chat via the telephone with a neighbor Ijve miles away and .she will beat rugs for an hour—if the evening brings the relaxation 6f an automobile drive. We intend to inaugurate a drive for more'labor-saving devices in the home. It can be done. It will be done. And when it has been done the American home-maker will have more time for companionship with her husband and children, more time for self-improvement, more time for the relaxation which will prolong her life and increase her efficiency. f \ ■ "Eugenics and Euthenics Must Become Dominant Matters of Concern" J By DR. J. H. KELLOGG, Noted Dietitian. We must provide compensation for the departure from normal con ditions of /life which civilization necessarilv involves. We need not re -1 , ii. t', .J J : , turn to savagery- to be healthy, but we must see that the air we breathe is as clean as that which the savage breathes, that the food we eat is as wholesome and pure as the water we drink. We must encourage out-of door living and sleeping. We must provide in every city out-of-door gymnasia With swimming pools for boys and girls" We must inculcate the principles of biologic liviug, and respect for the. body, and apprecia tion of the value of physical fitness. We must give our pale skins more contact with the sun and air; we must keep the inside of our bodies as clean as the outside. We must cultivate clean blood. Society must es tablish laws and sanctions which will check the operation of heredity in the' multiplication of the unfit. Eugenics and euthenics must become dominant matters of study and concern. Thus, and thus only, may we hope to the mad rush of the race down the hill of decadence and slowly climb back and up toward the proud eminence where the race of man as the handiwork of God and the masterpiece of creation, by the aid of his unapproached intelligence and through implicit obedience to biologic laws, may defy the ravages of time and the perturbations of physical forces, and endure forever, indestructible and triumphant among the millions of animal forms now living and their predecessors buried in the crust of the earth. * Democracy Has Been Afraid of Itself and of Its Own Chosen Officials By FRANK O. LOWDEN, Former Governor of Illinois. It is said that there are ten departments of government at Washing ton. That ie so only in name. In fact, there are many times ten independ ent 4nd practically unrelated agencies of government there. So depart ment under these circumstances can avoid becoming rigid and lawbound, and "red tape" necessarily becomes the rule. If, instead, the department , head were authorized to prescribe the duties of subordinates, the "red tape" would largely disappear. The responsible head would have power commensurate with his responsibilty. Instead of an inert mass you would have a living organism with an actual head. Democracy has been afraid of ileelf and-of its own chosen officials, apd has hedged them about with so eiany restrictions that genuine efficiency has been well-nigh impossible. We have framed our laws as though they were to execute themselves, pro viding, in detail for every contingency, leaving no means by which the head could meet unforeseen contingencies. We have gone on the theorj that we conld tie men's hands for evil, but at the same time leave them free for good. Radio to Grow to Be One of Towering Industries of Our Country By MAJ. GEN. J. G. HARBORD, Radio Corporation of America. It is not givan to mortal man to read the future of an art with such undreamed possibilities. iW radio will grow to be one of the towering industries of our country may be safely ventured as prophecy. Id inter national communications I can visualize a world even more completely linked together, to the betterment of relations and the promotion of last ing peace. Every part of the world is destined to benefit by improved communications. Entire written messages, perhaps newspapers, will be flashed as complete pictiyres or documents. Efficient communication with commercial aircraft will be ready prob ably before the aircraft are provided. Marine service to and from and be tween ships will even more completely minimize the perils of the ftep. Television is not far distant. Static will be chained a captive at the whe«l» of radio progress. International broadcasting will become a com monplace. Entertainment and instruction will penetrate to the remotest places of the world. The thought currents of all humanity will mmgls will ebb and How arroi the dividing oceans. IP" 11 > lan-wimn . in wo «. .I @ |wL I—Town pf Linn Creek, Mo., which will be moved to a nearby hill to piake room for the Osage electric power reservoir. 2 Postmaster General New inspecting new armored mail truck adopted by Poet Office department. 3 —Bishpp W. T. Manning of New York laying the foundation stone for the nave of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Features of Tax Reduction Bill as Completed by the House Committee. By EDWARD W. PICKARD THE house ways and means commit tee last week completed Its draft of the tax reduction measure which will be put forward by the administration in the next session of congress, and as !t will have the supporr of the con servative Democrats Its passage Is vir tually assured. Aggregate reductions . of income and other taxes are esti mated at $308,372,709. There will be no decrease In surtaxes on Incomes between SIO,OOO and $45,000 because It was found such decrease would re sult In too great , loss of revenue but those incomes get the benefit of in creased exemptions and decreases In the norma] rates. Accepting the ad vlce of the treasury experts, the com mittee rescinded Its previous action extending the S4OO exemption for each child below eighteen years of age so as to Include those up to twenty-one years when still in school. Adminis trative difficulties made this extension undesirable. In the measure adopted the surtax schedule stnrts at one per cent upon net Incomes in excess of $10,(100 and not in excess of $14,000, as provided In the present law. One per cent Is added, as In the present law. for each additional $2,000 up to $30,000. A ten per cent rate is reached, as at present, on the amount of net' Income In ex cess of $30,000 and not In excess of $34,000. Eleven per cent applies be tween $34,000 and $36,000, 12 per cent between $36,000 and $38,000, and 13 per cent between $38,000 and $42,000. The existing act has a rate of 14 per cent between $42,000 and $44,000. but the new schedule extends the 14 per cent rate up to $46,000. Under the new schedule there Is a sui tax of 15 per cent between $46,000 and $50,000, 16 per cent between $50,- 000 and $60,000, 17 per cent between $60,000 and $70,000, 18 per cent be tween $70,000 and SBO,OOO, 19 per cent between SBO,OOO and SIOO,OOO, and 20 per cent on that portion of net In come In excess of SIOO,OOO. The 40 per cent maximum of the present law applies above $500,000, while the 20 per cent rate of the present law is reached at $56,000. With every disposition to be liberal, the committee still found it wise to reject a number of projiosals that would be likely to cut down too far the government's revenue. Among these was an amendment under which small corporations and partnerships might have the option of filing returns as corporations or partnerships, thus electing whether to be taxed at a flat 12% per cent or to be subject to sur taxes. Another was the elimination of the present 12% per cent limitation on taxes and deductions for capital gains and losses. A 10 per cent *tax on pistols and revolvers was retained. The estimated loss of $308,372,109 In revenue Is distributed as follows: Income taxes.•. $193,574,546 Gift tax 1,000,000 Cigars and tobacco... 12.000.000 Alcohol 4.000,000 Excise taxes 84367,163 Occupational taxes... 11.431,000 Stamp taxes 2,000,000 In considering proposals for the re organization of the board of tax ap peals the committee tentatively ap proved a permanent board of 16 mem bers with either long terms or life tenures, subject to retnovsl for malfea sance In office: an Increase In salary from $7,000 to $9,000, a prohibition against practice ibefore the board at any time by members who are removed and a ban against practice witbln four years t»y members resigning. COL. WILLIAM MITCHELL started oat to make good on his promise to sustain his many charges against the air service, and his witnesses, one after' another, confirmed hla accusa tions ef maladministration by the army and navy officials. The law offi cer of the trial board. CoL Blanton Wlnshlp. gave him a free rein. IfaJ. Carl 8 oat i. chief of the tactical unit THE ALAMANCE GLEANER, GRAHAM N. C. of the training division of the air ser vice, gave various Instances of alleged mismanagement by the War depart ment and declared he believed the de velopment of aviation was being re tarded by the department's attitude. Asked his opinion of the knowledge of the general staff In avlutlon. he re plied : ( "It Is the knowledge of- men who have not been trained In aviation. With the exception of MaJ. M. F. Har mon and Maj. G. C. Brandt, uo officers of the general staff have had the air service training that comes of having Capt. Robert Oldys, #'ho has super vision of defense projects In the over seas possessions, said his recommen dations in many Instances had not been followed and he was not given sufficient equipment or personnel to carry out the plans that were ap proved. To support Mitchell's accusation that high ranking officers had made false and misleading statements to boards of investigation. General Fries, head of the chemical warfare service, was called. His testimony was contradic tory to the statement made by General Drum, assistant chief of staff, that It would take 3,439,000 pounds of mus tard gas to render the District of Co lumbia unoccuplable and that 2.000 planes would be needed to curry the gas. General Fries' said the Job could be done with 960 planes each carrying a 1.000-pound gas bomb. On Thursday five officers of long ex perience In the air service told the court of deaths, delays and damages which they attributed to the short comings of the department, of neg lected training and recommendations ignored; and on following days the testimony along this line was piled up by the defense. Mrs. l.ansdowne's charges that naval officials attempted to dictate her testi mony before the naval court Inquiry on the destruction of the Shenandoah were repeated by her at the Mitchell trial, and are to be thoroughly Investi gated by the Navy department. Mrs. l*ansdowne asserts that Capt. Paul Fo ley, Judge advocate of the naval court, called at her home and questioned her, and that later she was given a letter purporting to come from Foley, con taining a statement for her to use In testifying before the court. FORCED to a showdown by the de mands of the council of ambassa dors on the subject of disarmament, the German government has yielded on all points, and as a result It is ex pected that the evacuation of the Co logne area will begin on I>ecember 1. Little or nothing of Germany's mili tary glory will remain. Here are the main changes to be made by Berlin: General von Seeckt, commander of the relchswehr. Is to be replaced by a civilian holding a political office, and the corps commanders will be respon sible to him. The general staff will be liquidated. The security police will be recruited on a basis of life-long ser vice and sll military titles In It will be abolished. The big guns yet re maining In the fortress of Koenlgsberg will be destroyed. The German gov ernment undertakes to prevent mili tary training of the German youth. These concessions by the govern ment, It Is predicted, will make Impos sible the ratification of the l»carno pacts before December 1. Consequent ly It Is likely the treaties will be signed by Chancellor Luther and For eign Minister Stresemann under spe rial authorization of President von Hlndenburg. based on sn article of the constitution. KING TUTANKHAMEN. who had lain undisturbed In his tomb at Luxor. Egypt, since 1348 B. C„ was lifted from his coffin Tbursdsy by Howard Carter and propped up against a wall. There the scientists of the expedition submitted the mummy to an X-ray examination, and they dope to determine thus whether the pbaraoh died of tuberculosis, as some Egyptologists think, or was mur dered. as Mr. Carter suspect*. Tu»'« Internal organs, which were found In Jars, will be analysed for possible traces of poison. Mr. Carter has a theory that tbe king was slain by Gen eral Horemheb. who usurped the throne The mummy wss incased In three golden Inner coffins which are ssld to be Wonderfully decorated. tar's operations are surrounded with extraordinary secrecy. NEWS from China was exciting last week —If you can get excited over news from liina. For several weeks the forces In opposition to Marshal Chang Tso-tin. the Manchurian, had been gathering strength, and finally they drove him and his troops north ward add/ threatened to cut off bis re treat. Geo. Feng Yu-bslang asauaied full control at Peking, where the gov ernment officials were virtual pris oners. and on Thursday word came via Hawaii Indicating that martial law had been proclaimed and that Presi dent Tuun Chl-Jui had resigned. Mem bers of the cabinet and other officials who supported Chang already had thrown up their Jobs and lied. Gen. Sun Chuan-Fang. governor of Chek lang. It Is said, is planalng to attack Manchuria with troops that are being embarked at Shanghai and Halcbow. MUSSOLINI emerges stronger than ever from the rumpus caused by the recent plot to assassinate him. The plan, according to olßclal Investi gators, was first to kill the premier and then to overthrow the government by an armed revolt. The chief con spirators, presumably, are under ar rest and will be punished, but the dic tator wisely restrained his Fascist hosts from exacting promiscuous ven geance. Socialist organizations* are being suppressed. Another ruler. King Ferdinand of Rumania.'escaped assassination which was plotted by Communists. * D EFUNDING of Italy's debt to the United States was concluded on generous terms to the debtor. It la unnecessary to give the details of the settlement. In the words of the Amer ican debt commission: "Under this ar rangement the total annual payments begin at $5,000,000 and reach *80,000,- 000 In the last year. For an original dejit of $1,648,000,000 the United States will receive during the period of the agreement (62 years) a total of $2,407,000,000. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE HOOVER, actinic on thf jdvlce of the fourth national radio conference In Washington, announces that imi ad ditional licenses for operation of broadcasting stations will be Issueu until the present congested condition of the air Is cleared up. The confer ence favored limiting the number of stations and restricting broadcast ing on a basis of service to listener*. It voted that direct advertising should be eliminated. Moat Important of the actions of the conference was tli« adoption of ■ legislative program which will be presented to congress The principles of this program are: . The admlnlatratlon of radio shall b* vested In the secretary of commerce. Kree speech shall be upheld While broadcasting stations shall not be regarded as public utilities, per mits to go on the air shall be Usued only to those who «U1 render a benefit to the public. The President shall have power to commandeer stations In period of war. No monopoly In radio communica tion shall be permitted Appeal from decisions of the secre tary of commerce may be made to ap- propriate courts. The secretary shall have power ta classify all stations, fix and assign call letters, wave length, power, loca tion. time of operation, character of emission and duration of license. Permits for the construction of broadcasting stations must be secured before construction. * Stations must respect distress sig nals. The secretary shall have power of revocation of licensee for failure to comply with the law, regulations of the department or terms of the li cense. Existing stations will be glten a reasonable length of time to eo.nply with tbe terms of the aew legislation when enacted. It (-broadcasting shall he prohibited without the consent of the originating station. Licenses will be granted for a period of Ave years, renewable for like pe rioda Call letters re.teesent a property right durlug the life of a license and tbe secretary shall not change wave length power, time of operation, nor character of emission without the con. sent of the licensee; unless public n» ceaslty demands such changes. HOW TO KEEP WELL DR. FREDERICK R GREEN Editor oI "HEALTH" 1»M. «fwun .N*w»i»p*r Duo" I PLUMBING AND HEALTH lUTODKRN plumbing. Ilk* modern dentistry. Is practically an Amer ican Invention. The average borne in this country U far superior to those la other countries In heating, venti lating. lighting, the disposal of waste ami the supplying of water. Even the cheapest Hats and tenement houses here have household conveniences which few families In European coun tries enjoy. The object of plumbing systems la the house is twofold: the removal of individual and household waste sad the furnishing of pure water for house hold purposes, for drinking and bath la*. When we first began to took for the causes of disAses, much attention waa given to aewerage. Many diseases, such as typhoid, pneumonia, scarlet fever and dlpbtlwria. were attributed to air from drain*. This was a sur vival of the old belief la the existence of "miasm*,"* "effluvia," noxious va i>ors and had air. which caused dis ease. "Defective plumbing" was a 'jopular explanation of diseaa* epl- Jemica. We know now that the ponsiMllty >f dIWRM bfioi (towd by the air frxa drains and sewers is practically neg ligible. If drain pipes carrying away «ewage and water plpea carry In# In water are so leaky as to allow The sewage to get Into the water pip*, typhoid fever may result, as generally happens when drinking water la poi nted by sewage. But most diseases caused by germs are passed from one person directly to another. They are not carried t>y air. neither are they caused by bad air. Constant breathing of air tadened with sewer gas might possibly caaae lowered resistance to disease, although even this Is by no means certain. Plumbing methods and materials hare made great sdvapcee In the last 28 years. We all remember the aid line-lined boxed-in bathtubs, wash bowls and kitchen sinks, In wblch leaking pipes kept the doors and walls water-soaked, causing bad smriW, cockroaches and water bugs. Present day open plumbing. In wblcb all pipe* are Uncovered, porcelain »r enameled bathtubs and sinks and better meth ods of soldertng and Joining pipes, • have made the bathroom and the kitch en the m«st sanitary rooms in the whole house. But to keep the plumbing In the house in good working order requires constant care and watchfuluexa. sell and waste pl|>es should be kept free, so that a constant current of air presents odors. Traps and drain pi|>es should be frequently Bushed out with a hot solution of ammonia or washing soda to prevent them from being stopped up by accumulated grease, aad cracks and breaks should be promptly repaired. Defective plumbing does not cause disease, but It may cause s crest desl of discomfort. THE UNIVERSAL FOOD D HEAD has been the moat Important. food of tbe human race and prob ably always will continue to be. What ever.variety of fruits and vegetables the Lather Burbanks of the future may develop or however the improve ment of transportation May wake u poaalMe to ahlp foods all over tbe world, bread wilt always be. literally as well aa poetically, the staff of IMb. While man was a wander In* aniuial be lived on the meat of amltnala aad on wild fruits and vegetable* Bat as soon as he established a home ano fettled in one spot, be begaa planting i'rain Even tbe wandering Indians plsnted a Held of corn la tbe spring and halted untU tbe corn bad grvwa And ripened. The World war showed that uo matter how great a nation* wealth In gold or allver. steel or cot ton. It was strong only la proportion to Its bread supply. The amount of bread needed by tbe different nations varied widely, depend lag on the hablta of their people, la Italy, where bread or Ita equivalents la tbe form of macaroni and spaghetti forms a large part of the rood sapply of tbe people 90 per cent of the re quired food supply was la tbe form of bread. Franc* needed 00 per real of ber food In tbe form of bread. One half or SO per cent of England's food was bread. 80 under all tbe need for Iron, powder and other war supplies was tbe stern necessity of getting enough wheat to Europe, In spite ef tbe German U boats, to give the people ef the allied natleus enough bread to keep tbem alive. This country has never been a bread eating nation as have tbe older coun tries of Eurofie. The quantity and variety of food In the United States la audi that only about 35 per cent ef oar food la bread. This, according to [)r. Uraham Lusk, one of tbe leading food sothorltles, la becsuse the com paratively low price of food and tbe high wages paid In this country make It possible for most of our people te buy the most expensive foods. I'or bread Up"a cheap food, when measured by Its hsat-productng and nourishing value. As Dr. Alonio Tay lor of the University of Pennsylvania •ay* "Bread la onr cheapest food, lav It gives os oue-thlrd more nourishment toe one-tenth «—« " MRS. WILHELMY SAVED BY FRIEND Doctor Ailiiml Operation Friend Sold Try Ljrdia EL. Pinkham'. Vegetable Compound First St Pari. Minnesotau—"l wiiallie. down from wswlk and wwiy, had a* ss kx*ed KkeTwpaa. I have six children (At* bam sad *aa girl) and did not jet ■y altar •wyfcy. tor saidl had to c» to the Hospital bat thia I could aot do *a account of my family. So I want to a friaad of mat* and told h*r what tha doctor had told Ma and she arid. 'Now do aa I toll yoa. Try LytfcaE. Ptak bam's Vegetable Camri aa I bam done. It helped ma.' So I started tak fctg the Yaaatable Compound and I no ticed after tha fcit few kttthi thak X felt considerably battar. After taking 9 or 10 bottlaal fa* over my famtmg spa Da. Everybody who atoa aw warn notteaa tha mat iaipiinnaßt la wm health. lam gaining m weight «d atiau^thaadanftibufaa, Eatva^ tor."-Mia. UAXT WILHMun. WB Dak* Street. St. Pari Mamaaota. rt?&r Constipation takers jteaUjCHKBCS daor k» rounatf. Hit Nmm» Kmmm* The center of onion production to the Totted States is moving slowly westward. Kara K. Sidebottom fhlaka this probably accounts for the straaga conduct of his dog who will stand tor aa hoar at a time with his nose to the east, saltllas the air.—Capparti Weekly. BEAUTIFY IT WITH "DIAMOND DYES" Juat Dip to Taat ar Bad ha Dye /fT\ Each M-ceat |st> XjK-A ago contains dime* y+T* tions.so stopfer UV shades or silks, ribbonaTSkJrt* HrfflmTll ■ ***>#*>****»«+ *■l! (ill) stocking i' draperies, eoverlaca, | 1 hanging* »»«?• thing 1 Buy Dtanwad Dysa no other klid— and tell your druggist whether the ah terlal yon wish to color tn wool ar sUfc* , or whether It Is Unen. cotton or atasi gOOdS. HmU for Wmmmm The IfcMalnion government ban granted a site in Ottawa for a na tional somen's memorial hail. whJUth will be used to house the general of- Sees of virtually all of the promiasat natloaal orgaaiaatlons of womea to Canada A HTTM MM >wma s«»S— (ood «H afcaUaitea. Wr«fci • imOtmm V«e■«**!« rttts «»•• «E IH« UIW. TH*Y MI |MLT MS wm>. 11l hul St. Ji«» lot A 4». /a Soma Sacitfy The foolish sayings of the rich mb pass for laws tn sects*?. —Don Qatxota. Ton can't always tell how mnch n girl wants yon to kiss he* by tha stronaous objection she pots Sft. MOTHER! Clean Child's Bowels with "California Fig Syrup" Harry Mother! »vea t fretfnl. hQ> loos, constipated fhlltlww the pleas ant taste of "CallQprnln fig Sywtp" and it never falls to cleanse the bowafotj and sweeten the stomach. A teaspoon fttl today may prevent a sick child ta» morrow. Asi your druggist for genuine "Cali fornia Pig Syrup" which has directions for babies and children of nil ages printed on bottle. Uotbtrl Ton MM ray "California" or yoa my M ** bnltatl-w t)« syrup.
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