Democratic watchman. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1855-1940, July 19, 1929, Image 6
Demmi adn Bellefonte, Pa., July 19, 1929. Yo ar He alth, The First Concern. —Losing one’s temper is danger- aus, because the heart gallops and She blood is forced at such speed and pressure to the brain that a vessel may burst. Temper has killed many im that way. Reaction, too, may ‘Bring. a. collapse. _—Food and health specialists have Béen following with interest some experiments made in feeding cows at Rock River Farms, Byrn, Illinois, with powdered seaweed. The object of these. feeding experiments was to determine: if the cows could thus be made: to produce milk containing jodine which: exists in the water of the ocean: and in seaweeds. The chensical analyses of the milk were meade by Prof. G. W. Cavanaugh of Corneil Universty. The results were esieauraging, a. sufficient amount of iodine being found in the milk to warrant the hope that this might be a means of preventing and possibly curing common. goiter. The seaweed added to the cows’ diet does not af- fect the flavor or quality of the milk. —What is the chief cause of dis- ability in this: country? What mainly eauses- absence from work, school, Busifiess ?’ What gives the physicians thé greater part of their work the year around? It is the cri. That's tahtamount to saying one or another of the common respiratory infec- tions; which include the following: Coryza, the grip, tonsilitis, acute sore ‘throat, septic sore throat, laryn- gitis, bronchitis, influenza, pneu- monia, tuberculosis, measles, German measles, mumps, scarlet fever, whooping cough, chicken pox, small- Pox, epidemic meningitis, infantile paralysis, diphtheria (in Asia, pneu- monic plague). Some of these diseases may be gommunicated in other ways but all of them are communicated by spray ar droplet infection in most cases. If every one having cri, coming down with it, or “just threatened” by it, who will not or cannot remain isolated, would wear a suitable screen, mask or veil over nose and mouth while in contact with other persons, all of these illnesses would Become rare, most of the doctors in Practice would have to retire or find other means of livelihood, and many millions of dollars would be saved annually. —Intelligent folk generally have some vague notion about the danger of spray or droplet infection in an uncovered sneeze or cough, but not many know that spray or droplet in- fection among polite people is ordi- marily conversational. The only difference between an un- govered cough or sneeze and uncov- ered conversation is that the range of the spray is not so great in con- versation, being less than five feet, whereas in coughing or sneezing the range is 10 or 12 feet. The person with cri who declines to wear a muz- zle or mask yet persists in getting within range of other persons is just as guilty, if not as offensive, as is the boor who sneezes or coughs upon other persons, Undoubtedly the great Bulk of all respiratory infection is gonversational. A person with cri who can and does remain more than five feet from other persons is isolated, to all prac- tical purposes, provided he does not eough or sneeze or spit at them. This applies as well in diptheria. scarlet fever or measles as it does in tuber- culosis, pneumonia or coryza. to the Best of our present knowledve. —1Tt is rather a good sign as the warm weather comes along to see folks turning naturally to salads and fruits and cutting out, or at least cutting down, on oatmeal, butter, fats, pork, puddings. and so forth Because after all this eating busi- ness is really a heating business, a9 fullv 80 per cent of what you eat is used to keep up the animal heat in your body. In the cool weather, if you are ouf doors to any extent, you wear heavier clothing than in the summer because vou wish to retain the heat in your body, whereas in the warm weather you are anxious to let the ‘héat get away from the bodv. You can readily see that if all the heat comes from the food and the surrounding air is warm. naturally this surrounding air will not absorb the heat from your bodv. as will cold air. The sensible thing to”do then is to cut down on vour fuel or food intake and thus your bodv will create less heat. In a gen eral way the suggestion would be that vou cut down on the entire food intake 10 to 15 per cent. However, there is one point. as mentioned before, where manv make a mistake. Thev get outdoors more in the summer than in cold weather, plav golf, tennis, baseball or other games, or indulee in lone walks. Now salads. fruits and vegetables will sup- ply the energy for these efforts but thev are not such foods from a repair or building standpoint. Your body cells are best built bv proteid foods and eggs. This means then that if vou exercise, that meat and eces are needed just as much as during the cool weather, because thev build uo the cells worn out by exercise or work. un —Subscribe for the Watchman. such as meat. | This column is to be an open forum. Everybody is invited to make use of it to express whatever opinion they may have on any subject. Nothing libelous will be published, though we will give the public the widest latitude in invective when the subject is this paper or its editor. Con- tributions will be signed or initialed, as the contributor may desire.—~ED. Mr. Hughes Ampliflies His Sugges- tion for a Greater Police Force. Mr. George R. Meek, Bellefonte, Penna. Please publish this letter in full. I think its contents will interest your readers. 1 appreciate the compliment you paid me in commenting as you did in your paper of Friday, June 28th, upon the remarks I made in a recent speech at the Centre Hills Country club referring to the necessity for the creation of a great police force to properly combat the growing evil of kidnapping, robbery and murder. I think that you misinterpreted the meaning of my expression to the ef- fect that “the money saved in war preparations together with the im- mense surplus on hand every year could provide such a force and many men of the army and navy could be used in such a service.” I based that statement on the reasonable assump- tion that many men now serving in the army and navy will soon be re- leased because of the peace compacts and the apparent general desire on the part of the leading na- tions to lessen the expense required to provide and maintain large ar- mies and navies. Men thus released because of their military training anG experience would make up an ideal police force that would soon put a great check on the evils referred to. Tt was not in my mind that men while serving in the army and navy ~ould be used for the service refer- ed to, but after they had been re- leased from such service. The necessity for the most efficient kind of a police force to deal with the terrible and rapidly increasing crimes of kidnapping, robbery and murder in our country must appeél to every thinking person. and I am quite satisfied in my mind that if a Representatives at Washington had passed through the agonizing exper- ence that attend the deaths of dear- est friends or relatives through be- ing kidnapped and then mutilated and murdered or through being “taken out for a ride” and then murdered, or being shot down in the banking houses and busy stores, or on their way to the banks to deposit their money, or enroute to the great indus- trial plants with the weekly payrolls, long ago a law would have been pass- ed, as I believe providing the most strenuous action possible to put a stop to these terrible crimes; and the | technical phase of ‘States Rights’ which you have stressed in your «Ink Sling” would have been taken care of in some way, for it is my sin- cere conviction that the citizens of the various States, men and women, boys and girls, would welcome the law that would guarantee to them their constitutional rights of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,’ rights which the bandits, kidnappers, robbers and murderers are denying to thousands anually. I plead for consistency in the matter. When the crisis arises, our Govern- of men at the cost of billions of dol- ment responds and furnishes millions to participate in wars which in- volve the sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of precious lives. That is all right, that is our Christian and patriotic duty, but let us be consist- ent as a proud Christian govern- ment. Another crisis of tremendous signif- ! icance is at hand. Death, cruel death i day by day threatens those nearest ~d dearest to us, at the hands of «Master Criminals” and the cry from he tortured and suffering from far {and near is ringing in our ears te | provide the needed relief. What is 'to be the response of our Govern: ‘ment? How long will the delay in | taking drastic action prevail ? | No matter what the cost, let this i police force in plain clothes be estab- ! lished, large enough to meet the needs of the hour, stationed at thou- sands of strategic positions, if needs | be in every town and city and at all the leading cross roads in the coun- try, and let its efficiency remove the i menace of the ‘Master criminals” even as the “Yanks” overseas elim- inated the menace of the cruel and murderous Germans. When this will have been accomplished no really pa- riotic citizen will ever regret that the principle of the “States Rights” was waived to produce such a desir- able result. President Herbert Hoover has very wisely appointed a “Crime Commis- sion.” Let us sincerely hope that the efforts of this Commission may bring the relief for which the good citizens {of the country are earnestly praying. Very cordially yours, J. R. HUGHES Suggests a Tablet Memorialzing a Public Benefactor. Landsdowne, Pa., July 9, 1929. Mr. George Meek, Bellefonte, Pa. Dear George:— | A few days ago I had a very pleas- | ant visit to Bellefonte renewing old | friendships, and a visit to the old | Spring which impressed me rather un- | favorably in this way. I fully expect- ed to see some marker or monument |to Major Reynolds commemorating his generous gift of the water to the town. While the town had the right to the use of the water passing through a small pipe, the time came when they needed more. The Major owned the Spring and gave the town the unre- stricted use of the water. Right there an opportunity came to do the thing by a proper acknowledgement goodly number of our Senators and of the great benefit you enjoy today. It is certainly a priceless gift to your people. I have always been proud of having been born in Belle- fonte' (in the Dr. Hibler house on Allegheny St.) It seemed to me that some one had been neglecting their opportunity to do a good turn for the town. Yours very truly A. M. HOOVER Real Estate Transfers. Thomas Champ, Adm. to Orvis Fleck, et al, tract in Philipsburg; $1,000. Lillian Shadow to Minnie Ham- mel, tract in Potter Twp.; $10. Amanda Kessler to C. L. Gramley, tract in Miles Twp.; $135. Centre County Commissioners to Theodore D. Boal, tract in Patton Twp.; $110. . Centre County Commissioners, to Theodore D. Boal, tract in Patton Twp.; $1. Centre County Commissioners to Theodore D. Boal, tract in Harris Twp.; $1. Minnie Hammel, et bar, to Stewart Jordon, tract in Potter Twp.; $1. John N. Davis, et al, to William L. Hicks, tract in Taylor Twp.; $115.79. John N. Davis, et al, to William L. Hicks, tract in Taylor Twp.; $1. William L. Hicks, et ux, to John D. Cox, tract in Taylor Twp.; $1. James C. Furst, Exec. et al, to Trustees of Honeysuckle Inn, tractin Rush Twp.; $50. Adam H. Krumrine, et ux, to Clay- ton R. Orton, et ux, tract in State College; $890. Amos Strouse et ux, to Philip H. Storch, tract in Potter Twp.; $1. Sherman Lowery, et ux, to S. T. Stover, et ux, tract in Spring Twp.; $875. J. D. Neidigh, et ux, to Maurice W. Neidigh, tract in Ferguson Twp.; $1,- 500. Edward Kruger to Samuel Kruger, et ux, tract in South Philipsburg; $1. William P. Humes, et al, to Louis Hill, tract in Bellefonte; $450. Annie A. Matiyor, et bar, to Helen Hancock, tract in Rush Twp.; $1. Helen Hancock to Annie A. Mat- iyor et bar, tract in Rush Twp.; $1. Elmer E. White, et ux, to Gwen- dolyn M. Aikey, tract in Bellefonte; Sl. Gwendolyn M. Aikey, to Elmer E. White, et ux, tract in Bellefonte; $1. Harry E. Lambert, et al, to Tracy G. Lambert, tract in Milesburg; $1. ————eaeeeen— ——A good many Democrats are spending a great deal of time and wasting considerable energy in knocking” conspicuous party leaders. They would serve the party better by urging party harmony. NEW YORK CITY TOURIST MECCA. A recent interview granted Inter- national News Service by officials of the New York Hotel Owners associa- tion revealed some surprising facts in connection with this question. First came the statement that ap- proximately 315,000 out-of towners affix their names to hotel registers in the metropolis every day during the months of June, July, August and September. These figures, of course, are swel- led considerably on days and week- ends when conventions are held there. Next, came the assertion that ac- cording to reliable estimates, ap- proximately $5,000,000.00 is paid in- to the coffers of meropolitan busi- ness men daily by the influx of sum- mer vacationers. This, if it held the year round, would be at the rate of $2,125,000,000 annually. How much is paid by visitors to the railroads for transportation to New York from their home cities can only be guessed at. > The hotels, naturally, get the lion’s share of this daily flood of provincial dollars. There are about 20 first class hostelries in New York City proper and it can easily be figured that each one of them must take in more than $200,000 a day as a result of the summer trade. The huge majority of the spring and summer tourists to Manhattan come from the Middle West and South, it is said. Contrary to general belief, the cties of these sections and not the rural districts, furnish the most New York sight-seers. Chicago, Ill, and St. Louis, Mo., are at the top of the list in this re- spect. The hotel owners report that more than 5 per cent of their incom- ing guests register from the Windy City. Sligthly less than 42 per cent come from the Mound City. Atlanta, Ga., leads among the cities of the South. Incidentally, an interesting sidelight on the flow of metropolitan visitors from Atlanta is the fact that the average length of time they remain there is less than it is in the case of people from other centers. Atlantans apparently are disap- pointed at the lack of sunny genial- ity, to which they are accustomed, in New York. The average summer tourist re- mains in New York about two weeks, the hotel owners declare and during his visit makes a thorough round of the city, which is to say he visits the Woolworth tower, the Aquarium, the Fifth Avenue shops and, of course, the Broadway White Light district. Coincidental with these revelations by the Hotel Owner's association is the declaration by owners of sight- seeing busses that their business vir- tually triples itself in volume during the summer months. PRESBYERIAN LAYMEN TO MEET IN HARRISBURG. Preliminary plans for an all-day conference of men from the Presby- terian churches in the Presbyteries of Carlisle, Huntingdon, Northumber- land and Westminster, composed of twenty-eight Central Pennsylvania counties, to be held in Harrisburg on October 29th, were developed at a recent meeting of the general com- mittee, of which President Judge Wil- liam M. Hargest, of the Dauphin county courts, is chairman. Others on the committee are Doctor C. Waldo Cherry, Doctor W. L. Mudge, Doctor W. M. Cleveland, A. M. Morrison, C. E. Shirk, S. P. Eby, Harry W. Keeny, John T. Har- ris, and G. L. Cullmerry, all of Har- — risburg; Frank A. Robbins, Jr, of Steelton; Lindley H. Dennis, of Shiremanstown; Doctor M. Glenn Shafer and R. B. Deitrich, of Carlisle; Rev. William C. Watson and James B. Graham, of Williamsport; the Rev. Harry E. Ulrich, T. V. Utley and Cloyd B. Ewing, of Lancaster; Wal- ter B. Hays and E. A. Hirshman, of York and John H. Grazier, of Tyrone. The object of the conference (en- couraged by the department of men’s work of the Presbyterian Board of Education, with Charles H. McDon- ald, D. D. associate general dirctor). will be 1. To extend acquaintance; 2. To bring to men an inspiring presentation of the general program of the church; and 3. To arouse enthusiasm for shar- ing in such. A. M. Morrison and Harry W. Keeny were named as vice chairmen merry, of Harrisburg, was chosen as chairman of the publicity committee to be composed of an additional rep- resentative from each of the four Presbyteries. The representatives already selected for such committee are Daniel Slep, of Altoona; Jesse S. Bell, of Williamsport; Thos. V. Ut- ley, of Lancaster; Walter B. Hays, of York; and Allan Thompson, of Carlisle. eee eee Subscribe for the Watchman. Used Electric Ranges We have traded in, for new Gas Ranges, a number of electric ranges, many in good condi- tion. These are for sale to those in the outlying districts, not reached by gas. 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