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Noted Immunologist Hopes
to Be Successful.
Philadelphia. —A serum for the pre-
vention of one of mankind's most dan-
gerous ailments — pneumonia — is the
new objective of Dr. John A. Kolmer,
noted Immunologist, who has just dis
covered what he declares to be the
world's first successful vaccine against
infantile paralysis.
The energetic scientist, who heads the
medical staff of Temple university here,
made this disclosure after describing
the unusual experiments which result
ed In @evising the anti-paralysis vac
cine,
He said:
“At present I am
cure 8 serum for
pneumonia.
“I hope to be successful with it In
the course of time.”
The famed immunologist
to disclose detalls
ments. He, Instead, preferred to dis
russ the research work he has already
done on the successful anti-paralysis
serum which he injected Into his own
veins and those of a laboratory
sistant.
attempting to pro-
the prevention of
of his new experi
as
Preventative Measure.
Doctor Kolmer stressed the fact that
the vaccine Is entirely a preventative
measure and Is in no way a cure for
poliomyllitis after Infection sets In,
The scientist explained he is now
ready to attack the problem of cura-
tive treatment of the disease, Doctor
Kolmer sald his Interest was aroused
ement
Dr. Aristid von Grosse, visiting
sistant professor at the University of
Chicago, has accomplished isolation of
the rare metal, protactinium, a feat
comparable to the purification of radi
um by the Curles, Valued at $1000.
000 an ounce, a tenth gram of the new
metal, attached to a fine tungsten
thread, was exhibited to fellow clem-
ists at the convention of the American
Chemical society In Cleveland by the
twenty-nine-year-old scientist,
in the problem of finding a satisfac.
tory vaccine by the “infantile paraly-
sis” epldemle of three years ago In
Philadelphia and environs.
Profess¢r Kolmer announced:
“In the near future I Intend to vac
cinate my own two sons with my
serum.”
Both Doctor Kolmer and his assist
ant, attractive Anna M. Rule, risked
their lives In order to demonstrate the
success of the new vaccine, The vac
cine contains the virus of the deadly
poliomyelitis, which is the medical
term for infantile paralysis.
Sald Doctor Kolmer:
“I am convinced that the vaccine Is
entirely successful.”
“Neither of us suffered any Ill ef-
fects from the Injections.
“Miss Rule volunteered to submit to
the injections of the and dis-
played the highest courage in the face
of possible death.
“The vaccine available
ward off any epidemics
acute anterior poliomyelitis that may
be lurking in the future™
serum
is
possible
now to
of
ue
Vaccine From Spine.
The successful vaccine is prepared
from the spinal cord of monkeys that
have developed the disease after the
injection of the poliomyelitis virus into
the brain under ether anesthesia, The
spinal cord of one monkey, Incidentally,
will furnish about seven ounces of vae-
cine, sufficient for the vaccination of
about 50 children.
The vaccine containing the virus lis
treated with a chemical substance de
rived from castor beans called sodium
ricinoleate, of the sodium
ricinoleate does not completely kill the
virus, but effects a change that renders
the serum safe for injections into mon.
keys and human beings,
The discoverer of antl
The presence
paralysis vae-
lives In suburban Cyowood. He
is married and has two children. He
was born in Lonaconing, Md, in 1888,
cine
Out of Unused Extras
Neb.—An X-ray
entirely from spare parts
unused in the laboratory of the
department of University
Nebraska, now Is In use in the lab
oratory.
It probably Is
kind nited
to Prof. R. G. Spencer, who designed
Lincoln, machine,
1
constructed
sles the
the only
States,
one of iis
accordis
in the U
it,
Franklin Was First
Postal Inspector
Loule Benjamin Franklin,
printer, inventor, writer and diplo-
mat, was also the first
post office Inspector, according to
W. L. Noah, post office inspector in
charge of the St. Louis area, In one
of a series of talks by post office
officials bere, Noah sald it has been
fairly well established that Frank
lin was made inspector after his
term as postmaster at Phils
St.
country's
ame Bode
A NATURAL ARBORETUM
MAS BEEN DISCOVERED IN
HAWAII IN WHICH THERE
ARE 42 DIFFERENT KINDS
OF NATIVE TREES
WITHIN 400
YARDS,
V/
g Ql
THE COMPENSATING BALANCE
WHEEL FOR WATCHES WAS IN.
VENTED, A WATCH GAINED
OR LOST TIME FOR EVERY
DEGREE CHANGE IN TEMPER-
ATURE.
ps
bY
ody
DRUNKEN SEEDS ~
SEEDS SUBJECTED TO
HAVE THEIR GROWTH
BADLY RETARDED.
PERSONAL
LIQUIDITY
By
LEONARD A. BARRETT
In these days of economic uncer.
tainty the wise man sets his house In
order, Waiting until
a crisis arrives be
fore planning for
its possible occur-
rence has many
times met with dis.
astrous resuits, The
man most likely to
succeed Is the one
who Is always pre
pared to embrace
an opportunity,
Such preparation
requires years of
education and train-
Who ever heard
man waiting
turned up before he got
himself prepared to take it? iy the
time he had completed that prepara.
tion some other person would
have spent years In successful
work at that particular task. Does It
not seem strange that so few persons
prepare for emergencies or opportuni
ing.
of a
until a job
doubt-
leas
ties? When caught unawares in a finan
cial difficulty we need sufficient re
serve strength to weather the storm.
Frederick J.
won
Perry, British tennis
the American singles
title for the second straight year at
Forest Hills, N. Y. He is seen above
of Texas failed
to take away
There is a liquidity of moral and In
resources as well as finan
cial. We emphasize the latter, but too
frequently forget the former,
Liquidity of moral values means a
reserve power ready to meet any moral
crisis. Thus fortified no person can be
caught off guard. No temptation ean
assall one greater than he ean bear,
Many persons convicted of crime have
No crime i=
It Is the result of a
temptations each one
the previous attack;
without proper restraining power,
With sufficient 6nancial liquidity a
bank ean successfully withstand any
“run” Its reserves enable it to weather
the storm, The man with sufficient
moral liquidity fs not likely to go
wrong.
There Is also a liquidity of spiritual
forces which needs serious considera.
tion these days. Life Is uncertain at
best. Not only may the rich man of
today become the poor man of tomor.
row, but the most healthy man of to
day may be "absent" from us tomor
row,
We set our house In order by pre
paring for the Inevitable in the form
of adequate life Insurance and other
means with which to meet the finan.
¢lal problem, What do we do about
the moral and spiritual?
©. Western Newspaper Union,
Church 300 Years Old
Scltuate, Mass. ~The First Congre
gational church celebrated its 300th
anniversary recently. It has a bell In
its belfry which has been used for the
past century, that weighs 1,022 pounds
and Is believed to have cost 28 cents
per pound,
instantly born,
long series of
ptronger than
Every State ai Reunion
Bedham, Mass. —<When the Fairbanks
family held thelr three hundredth and
first reunion at the old homestead here
hey represented every staté In the
on,
UITING furnit
WJ tectural style of the house or the
house to the furniture is of vast lm-
portance if you expect a pleasing con
The former way is the usual
there are instances where
have specific types of furni
ture, either by inheritance or through
and they need it sultably
housed, Then the dwelling is built or
bought to suit the furniture. When a
residence Is of no definite architectural
style, or the furniture or furnishings
either, there may be charming har
mony in decoration without stressing
any feature particularly. But when a
house is ish or
Italian, or Colonial—either Georglan or
Southern French Cape
the to
sistency,
but
one,
persons
collection,
in Spar
architecture,
$ coloninl--or a
Cod farmhouse, then suiting house and
furniture for consiktency should be
si ressed,
ar this in mind
ther the
the arc?
one Is
rong
wrong
It is well to be
delightful »
is or
style of the 1}
however
decoration ite
Ose, SWare of
something radically when they
I remember visiting one
Cod, and
1508
do not agree.
ho
was
To
living
wy #
ment
use which was
of its
on Cape
charming farmhot
entering, =»
in modern French
ane most gasp,
fteelf was very
Too Much Variety.
ther town
one
discover. on galleried
room treat.
made
the room
though
in inviting
1 remember ane house, one
in a brick row, The owner was giving
Individuality to each room by having |§
decorated In a period, at variance with
the others, There was 8 French salon
effect in front room, 8&8 Georgian
treatment of the next, and a Duteh
paneled decoration In the dining room
beyond, You looked from one room
the other and were impressed
with the Inconsistency.
Another residence comes to mind
The owner and his wife had been col
lecting early American furniture and
the
into
i
i
urnishings for several
years prior fo
The wife had even made
handsome patchwork quilts, some of
silk and some of the cotion goods of
her discarded frocks and those of her
youngsters. When the house was built
and furnished there was about It a
satisfying consistency and a comfort.
able restfulpess which such harmony
ndgees,
Hau
oy
$.asit
} i
waliding.
WHY Service
@&. Bell Bypdionte
Smart Dignity
Black wool suit with rippled black
Persian collar. The blouse part of the
dress and upper part of the coat Hn.
ing are American Beauty silk crepe.
From Bonwit-Teller,
Canada Among Wine Producers
.o-
Material Employed for
Nation’s Shoe Supply
There are approximately 300,000,
000 pairs of shoes manufactured an-
nually in the United States, Women
get over 100000000 pairs of them:
men shout 70,000,000 palrs boys and
youths, 19,000,000 pairs, and misses
and children over 35.000.000 pairs
Bo that it Is evident that the answer
to “who wears shoes” shows that
mothers and matrons get thelr full
Few per.
ever to that the
stop think
hide on the back of a cow, or a steer
possibly Argentina: and that the
nalls, eyelets, lace tips, counter and
the heel plate, were once fron ore in
Michigan:
the “spiffy” buckles and
a wine of northern while
heel cove
ings wi nad i practically the
game otton Is pro-
duced. With slight chemiesl cha .
the manufacturers sre able to turn
this to
pyralin, and use it as it is
today for ornamenting the
women and chi
Folk are stepping
there aren't ms
to realize the
power that has
production of a
~Rushville Republican.
Aoeld
Old enough for strong drugs?
gnc
ng
near-explozive |r beautiful
in Yogue
shoes tl
wear
aren are
It is nof wise to give a
laxative of iult
sireng i
gth to
laxatives,
form.
) pure,
Figs instead of
n't risk any
> TEST.”
tive of the pr
r this purpose
Syrup of Figs,
ed “
California
MEN,
bone Kg
les FREE price
Benton SM. Si Albans,
WOMEN Be siness at
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New York.
Struck Through
She (admiringly)
that ma
He
back,
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