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The Size of the House ' There should be general rejoicing in the vote yy which the House of Representatives at Wash ington yesterday rejected the' proposal" to in crease the membership of that body by forty-eight. Chere were several excellent reasons advanced toy exponents of the proposal, and no argument of apparent validity submitted in its support. " The issue is onfe which has been developing for some years. It appears most fortunate that the House lias now settled it for a period of ten years at Jeast by registering the determination that within that period there shall be no enlargement of the gxxly's membership. L- The soundness of the proposal to make room for forty-eight additional members had not been accepted generally even when it appeared that the cost of the increase would approximate one jnillion dollars; the opposition gained appreci able support when it was pointed out that the cost would in facbe nearer five millions. . Repre sentative Brinson, of North Carolina, one of the leading advocates of the winning minority' report. Voiced .what we may believe to be the senti ment of the country generally in the following statement: - In normal times I should consider this increase unwise. , At this time J think it would prove us singularly unresponsive to the s61emn demands of this 'hour in the; world's history. ' A measuire designed 'to reduce the membership faf the House would, we believe, merit favorable attention. Long before the present total. of 435 members was reached, there were many thought ful persons who regarded the lower branch or Congress as of unweildy numerical strength. Any i theory upon which it may have been assumed that the size of the House would be extended in definitely to keep pace 'with our growth of popu-, lation is manifestly unsound. Our nation is not bo diverse in its composition that adequate legis lative representation In Congress may be achieved pnly by the never-ending addition of a new mem ber for every two hundred thousand or so of new population. The House already is of an unweildy sUe, anpr many of the members are hardly more than mes aenger boys for their constituents. "The whole number is so great that one half is continually falling over the other half in Its efforts) to get' aomething done. . The present members are to be congratulated upon their wisdom. In rejecting the increase bill. They might v haife earned even farmer praise by a stroke for efficiency and ccbnn pmy in the form of a fifty, per cent reduction bill. ' -O- ; Gambling Last Tuesday's Star carried two interesting f terns. ' ' On the back page, Judge Cranmer was quoted as making, in the course of his. charge to the, .Grand Jury, the following striking statement; The second thing to which I Invite your attention Is gambling. I don't know to what . extent this vice exists in your community, but, if it exists, it should be stamped out, and, you gentlemen, should do your part in seeing that it Is stamped out. The. good ' mothers' , and fathers of the community have' a right to demand that of you, and, if you gentlemen '' know or can ascertain by legal or proper method, of gambling in your community, it does not mean to rjunish the iitri .m. m mv MVgi j AVA . throwing dice and let the white man go free. I am saying-to you, gentlemen of the Jury, that if anVOTlfl i TV vnn 1" nrvrnmunl.. i . lng the law against gambling, it is your dutyi to Investigate and make the proper report, summoning such witnesses before you as your - foreman may deem proper. These . are good, strong words. They reveal a -genuine ense of social values, a yery appropriate teal for the enforcement of law. Their significance sinks 'In upon the reader, when heturns to an inner page and finds this account of a proceeding In the Recorder's Court: V -;: ' HVE',,W,?lkr' J' E' Reefl Bennie Chadwick, , ? ZeUerB, and Qeorge Bray,, all , white pleaded guilty to erambllner . rhnrcoa fined 25 each and sentenced ;'tO; 21 hour. 'in me cuunty.jaiw 9 ' , ' , rj J udge Harriss also ordered Uhat '. a $20 bill alleged to have bden removed from th 'nnt after the officers entered the room, be turned urer tor u. court; and $25,85 was divided C , by the recorder between the bfflcers maWnu the arrest and the associated charities, v - '. .ThI,.'. ,we ittbrnit, ir not the way,;in wich) jb' ; miaiap out me evil or, gambling. To fine, in such cases, is to license, ' Even the twenty-four hours. ve are told; became fewer with the approach rof v night-fall., The Recorder's decision Is not" saved" yr wvu.vip uifcriDungDoiine spoils I V-1-'- -Disarmament. ... ; -y-VV, V : The best way in which to disarm 16 to , disarm. TJie merit of the Borah resolution, looking to a reduction in the navies of the United iStates, Eng. land and Japan, is in its directness and sipplicity The 'great armaments of' the .world- aTethesefloat-' jng machines of ' destrucfio. If they can be reduced, the first big step toward disarmament will have beenttaken. ; .,If 'theyvcan be r reduced' yy an . agreement entered into without delay, an pfenormpus sum will have been saved for -more lasting uses, 'and the energies ot mankind re leased for the happiness and strengthening of the. woTia ; . ,. . 'I, " ' Therlce of the Harding pian of a conference, to be called After the change of administrations has taken place, jto take up the restriction of .arma ments,, is, that It makes for delay, when every moment Is precious; that it is coupled with the. proposed consideration -of the establishment of an international court, an utterly extraneous matter; and that it contemplates the Inclusion 'of. the 're duction ot; armies, a point upon which France will; for some years be adamant, Everybody, wants disarmament and yet; nothing is being done toward the devoutly-to-be-wished consummation. The issue rises above parfy poli- rtics. JJcmocrats who stand in the way .of. the .Borah plan, and Republicans who juggle dllatorilyi any "and all plans and . talk . vaguely about, a grandiose gathering in Washington of "ihe repre-' ' sentatives. of the Powers, will have' much" to an-' swer for if, they fail Jto agree with dispatch upon some quick solvent of the crushing problem of the international competition in arms. - " . v , . . . ; ; Problems of Peace iri Mexico VV, 5 Mexico Js a three-cfop-a-year land; and -has ' an' area equal to one-third of Europe. ;Yet: today,; at the beginning of a peri6d which -promises stabil ized government, 9,000)00 of ; Mexico's 15,000,000 people are nearlyf always hungry. : Their crop of cereals' fbr 1918 was 110,000,000 bushels:: As "a ' writer in the Forum says: "At "six bushels, per head of population, that leaves' only 20,000,000 bushels - for' re-seeding, feeding ' horses, , cattle, chickens. " It hardly needs telling5 that such' a surplus means one of two things either the peo ple must go short of food and seed, or the meat supply must fail from lack of feed." Both things are happening today, for in many places 90 per cent of the land lies idle from lack of seed- and : the. people starve. In other places, milk and beef cattle are: disappearing, and horse flesh is' eaten." Whatever , the causes leading to the impoverish ment of the land, the fact remains tbat Mexico's -need of the economic basis-for stability of gov ernment is as intense as that of any of the war devasted lands of Europe. It is even- worse in some respects, -for the Mexican has no tradition of the soil comparable to that of France. Mexico must have,, .not, only agricultural banks to lend 'capital to small land holders but -agricultural .and technical schools to teach the' peon how5 to work the land to the best, advantage Hundreds of thousands of acres are growing up in cactus, and in fertile places turtle eggs and wild game, are the only crop. To restore this land to its former stage of cultivation, to open up the great tracts -as yet unemployed, will require husbandry , of a high orders . " ' . ' Parallel Mith this agricultural " development must come the building up of an adequate trans portation system. Without roads and railroads, great crops can not be transported. For-i this reason the following' statement , by a student of Mexicap affairs is significant: ;, : , At present one main line to "the Gulf has' . had hernumber of locomotives reduced from f thirty In .4918 -to. nine in 1919,- and-about seven In December, 1919. These ruined loco- ' ' -motives -"have been replaced by transferring' from other . lines other 'engines; but that depletes other lines; and Mexican lines are in the position at ., preserft of stripping, dead , engines for parts' to repair, engines that can be still run; but there is an end toT that sys- - iem oi repai . . v A . That end has come. Mexico needs money to fiuaUce.her roads, buy rails and' engines,. supply ' Capita! to farmers, and in general put her national affair ona sound footing. .' Obviously it Is the United States which must finance the equipment' of pur 'neighbor, to the south. If we do this, ; we ' shall have a neighbor prosperous, with food for 50,000,000 people; not a land of. banditry, but tb;e home ,,pr people i who regard thejlghts .of" others fbe&ause .they have an established place under a aepeapfovernment.;.at;maijid most prob ably ;wjli take years to' put eiJcpr In the ranks " of the self-supporting, but it Is a task toward .which we should bend our energies . . ' ' ' - ' - 1 " J - v. i '" -v ' j ' ' ' ....... . rmm'mmmTm.. , . lire To Benefit the Home " ' " -Irs. Harriet Taylor Upton; - frequently-in the press of late as the probable head of the proposed new department of public welfare, ' in a recent interview, expressed her delight s that vwdmen Vas voters were living up to? expectations. "': "Women are makingi no. rush for offices. The women who worked hardest In the campaign never ' think of such thing, i have yet to flnd 'oneTwho seeks reward for her efforts. On the other hand, what weauffraglsts said would occur after women obtained the vote has come about. The very first thing the women, have concentrated upon is this bill," the Sheppard-Towner 1 maternity bilirto' pro-: tect the home. We said that it was the mother thought that we - would try " to put into legis tlon, and here! we are." - In municipal affairs, as well as in national, the same tendency is evident, says Mrs. Upton. This is particularly impdrtant, as the local government,! which touches the life' of the people at every point," is by the same token more easily changed and im proved. Even to Xhose to whom the, concept' of a great national government is difficult of attain ment, local government is real, and .tangible. . If their municipal affairs' are well managed, they will have a stronger loyalty to the higher organi zation: if they suffer fron) the mismanagement of locVl ' affairs, the growth ot ' a -larger allegiance j wjil'ibe dwarfed, j: ;, their homes are helped or hlttdeired in proportion jto the efficiency and justice of local government,, their i interest in the government will : be deeper. Schooji, sanitation, recreation, housing, condi ( tlbng, public , service . icorporatlons, tall ;fae extent sions of the work of the home? ahd Tosterbr nul lify the" efforts made, iri the home, and, therefore,' j should be as? much in the mind . of ther home-maker. ;as are the" cost of 'school 'cjiothesOTj. the' "proper-'meuu' f Or -lunch. , - rCti One of the well known colieges in the State haa placed a: ban on. student-owned automobiles. The road to learning, is not oyal ;or .built for joy riders: - - v . ' " t - The House has - decided that forty-eight addi ' tional members would be an expensive luxury tt four million dollars. ' The decision seems wise. There is no reason to; suppose that ' the ' new forty-eight would show a higher average value than the present 435; - ' ' : - ' , ;Dispearies By Frederic JTHasldn pQUESTION "AND; : ' ANSWERS ' f ' Mr. Harding is going to spend a couple of weeks on a Florida house-boat. . Here's wishing him a merry time, but we trust that this is not his idea of Araining for the ship of state. ; , We are not aware of any general desire in this country to charge the Tokio government directly . with the murder of Lieutenant Langdon. The mild " suggestion that the Tpkio government might keep .a" little .closer I watch. n its. sentries in the future would hardly bave been expected, to cause so much r irritation among Jap officials." . .- " NEW YORK; CltXt J"an. ' 18. What j. Q. - How many states did m Dcm does, the diSDensary do for "the health ocrats carry In th last uresidential of the city, "ftftd : what' more ' could it election? T. M. D. ::i :tx;, Lettera The Editor PUBLIC WELFARE IN NORTH CAROLINA Editor of The Stak: . ( Recent discussions, of the work of the County Superintendents of Public Welfare in North Caro lina have brought', to the attention' of the people jjfthe State; a characteristic criticism "of all work that is new ahd. nntrie4.1- It 'haa-.iiat been many years since . the-, work, of the '.County Superin tendent of Schools 4n ome . Southern States - was 'undertaken as; a part-time-work,' and' in .ways thoroughly non-professional. Even las.t year in one of the Southern States where there were one hundred and -fifty-two County Superintendents of. Schools, less than fifty -were reported to be de voting full, time to the, work,-- or considering the work a a professional, .occupation. It goes vwith- out saying that Syort done in such counties could not be suqh ttito ;romote the schools or ;to ;deveiop;Vthefwieifa.v0fihe children In the commoBwealthv t-skx&i&Z'- . The bisijr of i.mDi6ory rattendance in all states, and, at thia time , in manytof the Soutnern 'States, tells the same story of part -work done, of half-hearted conviction ' and ot a lack of enthus iasm in enforcing the compulsory education laws. All of this is natural; fend - has always . been true ; in the development of new programs. In this State where the':"Siiperintehdents rot Public Wel fare hive ,'been responsible for an '-increased at tendance of at least one hundred thousand chil dren, much of the opposition to Public Welfare work has been based upon this fact. , r Much of; the opposition has, of course, arisen because of a lack of .understanding of the work, results from which can no more be accomplished in one orl two years than could - the result of public education be seen to transformiour . citizen ship In a decade. -Much of the opposition is due to the fact that the work is news and from its vesy nature ' cannot show quick "tangible results' for most of its operation. -Much of the opposition is due to the1 fact that there were not a sufficient number of -prepared men and women to undertake this -work,; and, therefore, i many mistakes must necessarily; be made, even as has beenlhe case In the development of the work of the County Superintendent of Schools. Some of the criti cisms have arisen because of the difficulties in volved in the dual 5 control and election" of fhe .County; Superintendents by the County Commis-t-sioners and Board of Education; -one of which is appointed from the Stated administrative officers, and the other elected by the peopled All of the difficulties involved and the criticisms offered are; but natural and logical developments which come from the working out' of new -pro grams in a democracy. ' , " T" '"- But perhaps the greater part of the criticisms Is due to the lack of a thorough understanding of the meaning of Public Welfare. - A closing sentence of the platform of the National Education As-. Eociation,' fust Issued, affirms that its great pur pose is ;to ; promote and safeguard the welfare of . children. ;The department of Public Welfare in North Carolina might very well subscribe to this whole program and become the actual agency for 1 bringing it about. A few days ago there appeared two different news stories from the same county: one was that the county was organizing, in every community 'In its midst, calling ponJ.the State Department' of Agricuitfaet'eff e'eting organizations and' obtaining funds to . protect itself from the ravages of .the boll weevil. This is good;: It is most commendable. But from the saYne county came the stdry with, vigor and emphasis that a bill would be introduced to eliminate the County , Superintendent of Public 'Welfare; whose func tion Isr to protect the tounty from ; the , ravages of Ignorance, vice, dependency delinquency, and all the host; of social evils which eat away-the heart and economic basis of a people (Robeson County). :Surely the patriotic citizens of this county would be unthinking if they carried out the .paradoxical action suggested. Likewise over all of the field gathering together for co-operation and working- together - for ' progress in the province of economics, surely we shall not forget those greater tasks for- the conservation of human welfare.-- ' " ' N . For the whole program of public welfare is but .the enactment In practical work of all our past' aspirations, toward tfemocracy. "For the public :gtod" ha)i long been the motto 'of our democracy. ; Our. state :j?apers'v and our histories are full of the ideals; of equal opportunity for the develop ment of little -children and citizenship. The pro- , grams ; of public welfare, whether outlined by President-elect r Harding, ; the I National Education Association or Commissioner of Public Welfare in North Carolina, i are but ;the enactments of the romance of ; our democracy. ; Surely those who think; will not wjsh to gos backward In; the 'pro cesses which make' for an enacted democracy. 1 ; r r '- How abo Wf Odum, r University, January 18th. , , ' . t , Contemporary Views y THE SEX LINE": IN CITIZENSHIP- -. New?Tfor76 Tribune: If the naturalization laws are amended as proposed, aljea women will no longer become citizens automatically , by marrying Americans , or by the naturalization of husbands; on the Mother' hand,' an American iwdnian' will not lose her4 citizenship byT marrying, an. alien; except the-alien husband Is ineligible to become a citizen or except the ' woman resides two years : in her husband's country, or five years in some other ; country ;: - C-rL :: . The fit-st exception is emihently , proper;, but why," "the others? ; A man may,liveabroad any leugth ot: time and remain a citizenv unless ne ; becomes naturalized in some other; country r However, the" iproposedj changes are a long. stride in the'direc--j IIUIX Vku yVUUlau o vui uuua tuv vr s, . -5 v '' No wonder American women are mable tos un derstand 5 why marriage to an alien vho tor his i-own good reasons does ' not wish to become a .citizen-bf . this country should automatically, de prive them of "American rights -or why the 'con- ferring of those rights on a woman of alien birth , bir marriage toa citizen should be ; automatic 4 Citizenship and naturalization for women on the same terms. as ior meu.w wo yruper course, do t-'v":Vi 'vvv ;;,t: ;?i?r?:i,-y'i "i In the recent: elections the Dem These . are the questions .which . the ocrats carried 10 states Alabama. Ar public health conVnltee of the New j kansas, Florida Georgia, - Kentucky, York Academy, of Medicine has recent- f Mississippi, North- Carolina, South ly; sought to answer fcy; an; extensive Carolina, Texas and Virginia, investigation jaf NeW Jprk dispensaries Q. What is -the ."Cypres doctrinet and the. people who patronise them, i w. S " T. ' . i . i - - The jcrowtri of the dispensary. taring .- J "The' Doctrine of v Cypres" In the past 30 . years has been -phenomenal Ertgllsh and American law Is a rule of interpretation whereby a testamentary gift which: cannot take effect in the precise manner Intended by the testa tator is " given " In effect as - nearly as possible like that ' which was intended. The - doctrine : has been applied in two classes . of cases; in the creation i of fee-tail estates and in charitable gifts'. - Q. ' How much is a widow- exempt from'inoome tax? M. H. - ' . v A. -The exemption: of a widow- is $1,000, the .same asfor any other sinr gle " person, unless she , is maintaining a home vf or dependent 'children or rel atives. She is then entitled - to $2,000 exemption as .the head of a family, with an additional $200 exemption for each dependent minor child. Q. What is and where is the Bar gello? O. R R. A. The Bargello is in Florence and is a-national gallery of art. " r : Q. Does climate have anything to do ' with the quantity and quality - of petroleum that a well will produce? J. N. M. '. ' . A. -. The bureau ot mines says that so far as J they know, the- climate does not -have 'any : effect upon the quantity or quality . of -petroleum prodoeed. Q; What are the duties' on wheat, corn, wool, and cotton provided in the new tariff bill? F. R. K. ' , A. As passed by the house the schedules are wheat, 30 cents a bushel: corn," 15 cents a bushel: unwashed wool, 15 cents a pound; washed wool. 30 cents a pound;, scoured wool, 45 cents a pound, with a compensatory duey of 45 "cents a pound in addition to existing duties upon the manufac ture Jot wool; long staple, cotton.; 7 cents a pound, with a compensatory duty of 45 cents a pound in addition to existing" rates upon the manufac tures thereof. These schedules may toe changed.- of course, in the senate.; - Q. What Is a hush league? J. J. K. A. This In" baseball parlance indi cates a minor league of prof essional or semi-professional baseball teams,. .. " Q. How many Jews are there In the world? R. T. S. A. It Is estimated that the Jewish population is more than 15,000.000. Q." When were the Sons - of - the American Revolution organised? B. B. A. The National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution was or ganized April 30, 1889. -and incorpo rated by act of congress, June 9 -1901. Q. Which state has the greatest mileage in surfaced roads? In all roads surf aced and. unsurfaced?- S.- O. A. A. Ohio leads in mileage of ..sur faced roads having 51,800 miles. In-( diana comes second with 81,000 miles. Texas has the greatest mileage of all roads combined, the total being 128,900 miles.' Kansas ranks second with 111, 052 miles.. - l - . Q Which state ranks ffrst in crop value?. A, C 1 " A. According to value of crops pro duced Texas ranked first m 1919, the valuation "beinsf $1,078,163,000. ' Iowa came second with a total $861,338,000. Daily Health By William Brad I. MUST CATARACT it L8 Tint j camp. "l or i unl was In 1904,x ther were only i 160 di pensarLes. ln the entire United. States, whereas today there " are ; at " 1 east 3, 000. From a few dingy rooms, presided over by -a ; couple of ?dootors ' Whose chief duty was- thei; vaccination -j ot people , against smallpox, . therf ,djspen sary has developed into a modern, well-' equipped,- small hospital where ; the poorrreeeive almost-free of charge-the Bame treatment for which the wealthy .pay -large aums.V!',;--.'"V. v;;': it In New York there are how. 153 dis pensarieBv 'ln this number are" in cluded ' 21 tuberculosis, eight ' dental," 10 eye. and three rabies clinics of-. the depajptment of "health,1 and six school clinics maintained by . the Children's Aid society. Of the 105 remaining 65 are out-patient departments of hos-pltalsr34-. are detached dispensaries, and six are' connected with colleges. In addition, the health department main-, tains . 12 venereal disease - clinics . (all but two advisory' only.) three occupa tional clinics ; and . .60 - baby , health stations. Several private agencies also maintain an additional number of milk stations. . .:. ' " . . . .The average number . of persons treated . annually in : New, Tork. dls- pensarieshas been one and a quarter million for the. last five yearsl Over 2,000 New York .physiciansa're-. giving their services to this cause, in the ma jority of cases absolutely without com pensation. . . Thus. New YorkT pletttlfully'. sup- plied 5.-wlth dispensarleSjA.butj. the pub lic health committee believes"that their quality could be improved upon. ... FBmts;.-f Dlspeasarles "Of late thedfepensaries have taken on functions .alonsT the lines of preven tive medicine- andpublic health,' tout thisldevelppmenVis stUl in its Infancy." is thecommittee's first criticism, The great ropportunities of the dispensaries in the-fields of -both curative and pre ventive medicine, have-not as yet been fully . grasped by the-, institutions, nor have their aocial-f-esponslbilities toeen clearly realised." , In other' Words, 'te committee finds the dispensaries .quite-jfefQcint in the treatment of'- specific ills., such as an abscessed" atgroken leg, j but they do J not4v'coimple';i physical examinatioB.''':'efniih,ethe gen eral healthv of .aipatieati the'y do not go in .forjeueatfonaj-' work, fsuchas the teachingiof god .heaHn' naiitst and they do not. have .the time for; the sort of follow-up work .'hat would make then.- dfae.'of .' the.--greate8t so cjai influenceariniMhei'jCDiiuDaAity., Only a few of the t. djei'en'sarltes;as'' yet'nave well-organ4ied . poGikl se r yle' depart ments. - 'iy'yufi Two things h4t'alo bd immediate amelioration in Vfclfn4e.r6cedure'. it say's, are the reduction-dt waiting Ximf before admission and thevmethod' of assignment jof -' patients to clinics: Patients are made to wait unduly Jeng periods , of time, .which is a hardship for most of them if they are employed, or, as Jn' the ease: of ' mothers,': if .they .have, domestic duties. Tlje committee relieves that -this- could "bet obviated to .a, large extent toy a system of ap- ' pointments. as iS Customary in prtvate practice. Such a systemis now prov ing very successful at the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, v ' ? f 4 ,f ; Then, in -most dispensaries, the symp toms of the patients are recorded by, a lay registrar -usually, the !cl1nlc sec retary -who makes a rough diagnosis L and" assigns the patient to the parti-. culai.departmen of f. the clinic -vhicJi will take care' of, him. But often, after Tiours. of Waitingj-when!'he arrlveTS at this department, -the, diagnosis turns out to" be incorrect', and he : has" to toe transferred to an entirely different, dei partment sometimes tto an ' entiref different clinic. I The committee believes that this evil could easily be' corrected if each clinic, had ; a diagnostic division, where patients with: chronic 'diseases or with not easily 'recbgnl2a"bl6 'mal&diesr. could- receive an examination Dy. a. group or physidaasrepresehtip thesvarioos de partments of ' the' dispensary Because you have, kidney trouble, Jt is not to be supposed. that you have nothing else the matter , with you. A general examination may disclose- other ills that need attention. '--., The Waiting L.hiY ' At , an v af ternoon clinic recently visited-by the reporter .-yer 50 people of the hardworklng.type' were waiting for their registrations and first ; treat- ments. Some ofijthent were obviously suffering, toutrtheyv-continued to sit patiently op aowof Jhard, wooden seats,: as the afternoon, wore oft and only a third of therr' number had reach1 ed the f root office. - .In- ;the , front of fice, where one jatient was admitted at a time,-, all, war - confusion. : DpctorsJ rushed in and o'dt,! hunting lost records; the - telephone Interrupted every-, other -secondhand -the young lady who was attempting to takd'down the patient's history worei Af dased expression, ,j . f FDik you wonder that I sometimes -get the .; people irnixed up?" she v asked wearily, as the ' clock pointed to five 'minates after , the" clinic's osing time, .and the r procession of patients still kept on. .... ' ' ; . 4 "But think., pf, ,,.them," , she . added sympathetically, "some of them sitting there au afternoon waiting, for- their turn and liow having, to go home' with out getting any attention at all." - The committee has a remedy for this; evil,'1 also, however. - It believes : that this waiting period of the patients could easily be- used for educational pdrposes. - Mtfving pictures dealing' with certain health aspects, It says, could be 'shown, .large -posters concern ing health- matters could be placed on the walls -of, the dispensary, whete they couM- be." read .from . a distance, and; other methods of health education erni ' ployed, dietetic, demonstrations It be lieves,'! would also be of great value ip. ! connection.: When not in use dur- ine cilttltf hours, the Mispensary: might also be used .or..ietures, classes in dietetics, corrective I; gymnas tics'- aiiji K the : teaching of hygiene. Iniothe words, fit suggests, the dispensary should strive to become the 'healtja eduoational center of the., neighbor hood. - tA. "?ir ' t ' 'h-in"matter. voft;;fees,.' the ' clinics vary -widely, No -effort has bee mad ; tota.ridardlze;-6harges: ? Usually, the 'harg'ejlsvver3low,i,-although' ia some -dispensaries 'the . registration fee 4 Is as high ."as .ione'-dollari Municipal?, hos ' pitals charge i no' fees whatsoever 1ft their rotpatientfcVdepartments, but payments ' are accepted in such hos .pitals- for' the' maintenance of patients ' in " the wards. , The committee belleveji that, a standard charge for treatment as well as for medicine, dressings and .electricity, among all the dispeosarle, s would be expedient. r For Benefit -f Poor O ntr. $ i ar for the poor. In fact the New York In former vcan best to operate fo p.trst . no. I " rDB. Or l . l until the entire crystal ,"Ter 4 eye had become opaoul . Uns t tionf no- t y1u Mill .v 'M - Hmie Diina. lue ' No doubt -thin . physicUn. will be retaiae?fe ' tj ji"wii,mi longer deem lt uroorf y uyBDie. as a general mir"! -""P ot a cat;,' 10 M . urcBier ikui and knri u v.vi, uc m trios , m by early operation without I u8taM me caiaracx to ripen. u,n8 " .th .eyes. are catarao.. vision is steaaiiy decreasing Vv at eurgeon nowaaays remove vM,t t! ract which seems most r '4 soon as the sight of the h?, H has deterioratPH t v . e Deer ,, reading' is no longer po8iK"iH become "unsafe for the nati... about the streets alone. xe cal methods render the removal . ' unripe, cataract possible and m i11. coarse 't Is impossible for a to return. "tint take the risk of, difficulty is V( ' ROBBERS GET ONLY tO CEXTS : iSoeelal to Tke Star) unsuccessful attempt last night was j Uelievea made at robbery of the safe In the I P.v& N. Railway tfompany's safe at the 1 . . . . . .1 .Vka. i..tttnv Irieomoni uianuit, iue vuuvi bv..0 away with only 70 ents taken from the cash drawer. -.No arrests have been made. ' The question arises sooner 0 t In every case of cataract: tctJ .tf eration? .. - Thereneed be no mug .luai.nutsirai. jr is nn i ' jusiiuauie to let me victim of rt, m .i Hnn,.. Vi a i.. . VM-nl ti .c up e"e IS OOStinit.i prejudiced against "the knife- tv1 "eye 1 specialists," with alleged unwary may paint unpleasant u, tures of "the knife." but it wontn ii unuuuii lumfc iu muicate which o the . delicate instruments used in tk operation . Dears any resemblance t "knife." The answer to the quettki is tnis: . uney re your eyes: would rather lose them than risk them it venture which will probably rtoJ your sight? - QUESTIONS AXD WSWERU -, Baby's Nails We nave a nve-weens-oid baby J has quite long nnger nails. I thof! of cutting them, nut two old ladles our .neighborhood urge me not They say I should bite them insttd Wbat would you do?. (Mrs. 0. T. CI ANSWER I think I would bite d old ladies. Best Time to Remove Tonntli Which is the best time to have;! tonsils removed? (G. W. C.) ANSWER There is no better tiid than - now. v : , i Is Caneer COntacloiuf Would It be safe to give to thepoJ several - pieces of men's wearlnj parel which were worn by a manri lately died of cancer of the atomic The clothes were not worn during t! Iiut few weeks of his illness. Is the: any . way such clothing could be mi: safe to wear? (H. c a. -.. ANSWER There is no reason told asrine that cancer is contaglot Therefore the clothing would be safe as though it had been worn by well - man. Clothing may be steu sterilized and so rendered safe to wJ even when it is known to have W infected. NO CLUE IS YET FOUND IN THE WIGGINS CAS Moonshiners Kni Something of Killing law provides that no person who is able tolViay a- private ; physician can . be treated In-.adispensaryand the' dis pensary registrars are Instructed care fully to question all applicants on this point, T "Investigation has shown, that only a (-very- email percentage of people apply for . dispensary., aid when ? they can afford to onsult a physician, hut recently the 'percentage, has shown a perceptible rise. The . knowledge that the same specialists .: who Charge 10 and 20 dollars per visit to their private offices, are often found strewing their pearls of wisdom about certain clinics, has led many persons to pretend exces sive pdverty during the past two years. A few clinics In New York, including notably the Neurological Institute, aro open to, the tubl!o upon a sliding scale of charges, fixed - in .accordance - with each person's income '' but : the pay clinic is a' comparatively - .recent development-here. Usually it?ls opposed on - the grounds 'that -it Interferes with the business of private i practitioners, which, the committee finds regrettable. Inasmuch as there is an urgent need for dispensary treatment among the mlddUrl that have been paid this season. classes. -.Because Tie is not. rich enougn, the man of 'moderate Jtfcome cannot af ford ' privat consultations with high priced specialists, and because he is not poor enough, he is denied their aid in the clinics1. - -v - '""-'- Pore with ' all their faults, as the public health committee sees" them, the dispensaries of the better type pro vide .the poor of our. big cities with practically the same medical aid that the - rich . receive f rony prominent specialists.- If they can do so much under their present physical and, financial- restrictions, how. much more, could they ,do with more money and equip ment? .'And should they not be open to all who cannot" afford the services of specialists? v i . thisclty; (Special to Th Star) GOLJDSBORO, Jan. 19 No clue been .found up to this time in murder of Makaiah C. TVigKini highly r- ejected farmer, who was it down, in 'raid blood within signt w home, six .miles west of hereon night of January 5. Officers of conntr are dolne every thine that be .done to bring the guJUy parties a a: V. As the body was not found until next morning, TT was too Jate to blood .hounds on the tracks of guilty'persons. , The grand jury whj Mimimi . hpr nt Monday. 1m Lvons. of Whiteville. presiding, will kevery method in their power to find the e-uilty ones. It has been run that Mr. Wiggins was murdered nansA he had reported some one in nAicrhhorhood for makinK moonlit: rhilcv. but the neiahbors will talk about this matter, and wbJlethi is do doubt that this had sometnmi do with the killlntr. there will hate be . soma "third deerree" used to mi some of the people tell what theykn ft Kti f t Ha 9.av The tobacco market was well 1I1H orith h ciirttM weed today .ana ' prices paid. In fact the best m mm (iam vsterdav ann i"-1 were ton has also advanced in price, and farmers are hurrying their cropi the market FAYETTBVlLJLE OBSERVES T Spedal to The fir,k . WAViSTTiffini.T.li' Ton 19. wltn proprlate and imposing: exercises .Taoirann wan observed nere. i" dition tto the exercises, which Stuart chapter of the United dm . tets of the Confederacy, an .1.- niA.r nurlnc the"1 and other public lnstitution.4robsen holiday hours. . , h. ' -The address was delivered W feayard Clarkv prominent attorney Notice Vi 1-. i 2 JZTO rs 2 . . . , tf if jThenuali of The Wil; fi' iningtbir ings and uit Company, of Wilmingtoiv i&iWomM thVompany on Thurs 'x diy;. January 20, 1921i;at 11; cyclo desired that - r ' - vail stockholders be present at the meetinsr TheVi . .. -; if- Imitiof 5 I: ' on Savings & Trust Co. W. HULL ilOORE, Cashier r .'
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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