24 MILADY'S HIGH HEELS DEFENDED Health Commissioner Takes Issue With Dress Reform ers; Corsets Approved New York. —Dross reformers and health experts are confronted to-day with opposition from Dr. Royal S. Copeland. Health Commissioner, who asserts that the much discussed and criticised styles in women's dress are not inimical to health. Dr. Copeland declared yesterday in the most positive terms that thin silk stockings, flimsy undergarments, high heeled shoes and low neck dresses are not the health wreckers they are said to be. The statement by French physicians that the rav ages of influenza last winter were greatly aggravated by the wearing of sheer silk stockings was chal lenged by Dr. Copeland and un- ( equivocally denied. Statistics show that the mortality among men caused by influenza, said Dr. Copeland, greatly exceeded the i deaths among women. Dr. Copeland | also called attention to the fact that | unmarried women are the principal | devotes to the extreme styles in j stockings and all other items of i clothing, and that health reports show convincingly that influenza j claimed more victims among mar- | ried women than unmarried. Dr. Copeland said that women can safe ly wear whatever they desire. "There is something wonderful about the resisting powers of the human body," he explained. "Nature has adapted the human animal to life in every clime and under every condition of civilization or barbar*. ism. Our powers for adaptability seem unlimited; we conform to ev ery variety of dress or xindress." City Women Live Ixmger Woman lives and thrives whether conforming to the refinement of modern dress, said Dr. Copeland, or garbed in the simple costume of the early ages. He also asserted that the" city woman lives longer, with her silk stockings, high heels and V-cut dresses, than the woman on the farm who pays less attention to the demands of changing styles He said that the variety of city life and the change of costume is a healthy preventative of the monot ony of existence that is so often fa tal to woman, and that it certainly conduces to maintaining mental health. "In my more than thirty years experience in the practice of med icine," said Dr. Copeland, "I have seen almost every vaunted theory regarding woman's dress thrown in the scrap heap of discarded med ical ideas. A generation ago we used to hear much of the harmfulness of corsets. Rut it is unlikely that many women shortened their lives by the wearing of the much discussed tight corset." The High Heeled Shoe He placed the high heeled shoe in the same category. 'We heard that the spinal column was to be thrown out of gear; serious nervous disor ders and even mental derangement were to result from the high heel. But while the doleful predictions and the discussion went on unabat ed, the average of patients admitted to the sanatoriums and asylums re mained constant." Dr. Copeland said that the ocu lists have not grown rich because women persisted in wearing the styl ish face veils, which were supposed to ruin their eyes, and he seriously doubted if the use of cosmetic or powder caused any serious harm. The only fad Dr. Copeland balks on is dyeing the hair, and he said that many of such hair preparations contain harmful ingredients. Newberry Will Go to Grand Rapids Tomorrow Washington. Dec. 5. Senator Newberry, of Michigan, plans to leave here Saturday for Grand Rapids to enter a personal plea of i "not guilty" to a Federal indict-j ment charging election frauds. "Learn the Jersey Difference n A Complete Meal in Three Minutes and children love these new Jersey Pancakes, too. They are made from whole wheat and other cereals, combined in proper balance to afford a delicious meal. ! Ask Your Grocer for j {JERSEY Pancake Flour i I Tki tmwrj Oal FmJ U_, Cowl. Pa. MWfcava ml thm Fmmmur Jmrmy Corn Flukes, the Kind Thmt Stmy Crisp in Miiik FRIDAY EVENING, . HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 5, 1919. < . .. —— ! Prohibition May I.ose This ' Rector His 40-Year Job Prench Churc^ Prohibition has odd angles and "kick-backs." Here's a minister who may lose his job as recor of the Church of Saint Esprit. New Tork City, after 40 years service there. Furthermore, the church itself may be put out of busi ness. Its communicants, being French, like their wine and are opposed to prohibition. Seventy communicants of the church went overseas to fight for France. The fighting ended a year ago. but few have returned. The i source of new members seems to hove dried up. French immigration has not resumed. The reason is found by the rector, the Rev. Alfred V. W'ittmeyer, in pro hibition. "I am a Frenchman by birth," says Mr. W Ittmeyer. "I know how the i French like their wine. I know that! the news of prohibition has kept in Liken Sinn Fein Methods to Those of Russian Radicals New York, Dec. s.—Methods of the Sinn Fein were likened to those of the Bolsheviki by seven members of the Ulster Unionist Council of Ire land who arrived here yesterday on the steamship Columbia. In a statement to the press they said they had come to the United States to protest against the spread of Sinn Fein propaganda. Six of the mern- ! ~ 'i l : ~ Most folks eat too much meat. Life O' Wheat supplies energy elements in a better and more appetizing form, especially for breakfast. E A cereal that is different. The sweet, nut-like p flavor whets the appetite—its pure wheat energy value p E makes rosy checks and lively muscles. I life O'Wheaf An ideal, strength-giving diet for ngMnHnMMgil E convalescents—adults and children. $0 ! A cut-out tent and 12 animals sent for |E two Life O' Wheat package tops and 10c —a HjacTo JL H i S great game for children. ' Life O'Wheat comes in blue and gold ]|fgf ■S packages —2f) big breakfasts In each. Afresh By stock at all grocers. sW A JtymJJ 1 France not a few of our communi cants who went there to fight, and i has decided many French people . against emigrating to America." i The fact that prohibition might, in . time "kill" the Church of Saint Esprit I . came to light through the study of I the needs of the whole Episcopal church in preparing its budget of j 542,000,000 for the nation-wide cam ,|paign, whose aims include expansion ; ; of all Episcopal activities and the so lution of reconstructive problems con- 1 fronting the world and the church as i a result of the Great War. One of the important problems I which the leaders of the nation-wide j campaign are striving to solve is that | of a substiute for the saloon. They I found this problem particularly press-! Ing in the case of the Church of Saint [ i Esprit. The future of this church j j may rest upon the Episcopal Church's j success in finding such a substitute, j t bers of the mission are clergymen, j "We are not here on a financial j campaign," the statement said. "We ! are not here on a political cam ' paign. Our mission is not sectarian. , Our mission is to say to America that r the Sinn Fein movement in Ireland, which is spreading its propaganda in America, is not a solution of the Irish question; that it is radical ana destructive in its methods; that it is conducting in Ireland a campaign of coercion, threat and assassination; , and that it is not supported nor re spected now by the better tvpe of 1 ' people in Ireland, whether Catholic • or Protestant." SHORTAGE OF SILVER COINS New York Theaters and Res taurants Have Trouble Making Change iXew York, Dec. s.—The general shortage of silver coins apparent in the theater districts und in restau- I rants throughout New York during 1 the past few weeks is reaching a se rious stage, according to C. P. Gren eker of the Shubcrt Company, who lias investigated the coin situation. No alleviation of the existent condition lis probable in the near future, he de- I ciares. "Banks are alarmed over the silver shortage, for the Treasury Depart ment has shut down on them and they are not able to get more than one fifth of the silver they ask for," said Mr. Greneker "We have run short of small change for more than a month and our treasurers-are required to go to the car barns to get what silver they need. "I can't understand just why this situation should have come about and bankers don't seem to know why the Treasury refuses them their old por tions of silver. Kvery one knows that virtually every business concern which deals with money in coin form is using more small change than ever before because of the Government taxes, but It seems that the Treas ury officials should have made provi sions for this, as they did in the case of pennies. "They coined an extra amount of pennies when the war taxes first be came effective, but what we need now are nickels and silver. However, the whole situation seems to be only an | other phase of the general disorder I which prevails, and we will adjust ourselves to it in some way." Give Out Much Silver j The average theater gives out about | S4OO or SSOO worth of silver change I each day. while the movies must | handle an even larger sum. It is no | longer possible to make even change, because of the Government taxes, it ! was said. And the general tendency |of wealthy theater patrons to hand I the ticket office bills of high denomi nations has been extended to the pro ; fessional and laboring classes, which complicates the theater manager's problem a little more. In case the scarcity of silver be comes more pronounced in order to continue to carry on their business uninterruptedly the theaters will be forced to start an educational cam paign through advertisement of the situation and patrons will be urged to biting the exmit change for their tickets, theater managers agree. Theaters do not as a rule keep large supplies of silver In their treasuries.'it was said, but when a shortage of this kind of money becomes marked bank ers make arrangements to protect the theaters as far as possible. The theory that the silver is being I taken out of circulation by small metal dealers who are melting it tip for resale, is disproved in financial circles. Although the metal in the dol lar now is worth $1.06 it would be a legally dangerous and a rather un profitable business, involving a com , plicated system for collecting, melt ling and disposing of the bullion if the metal dealer should elect to increase his income in this way. NEW SOI.UTION TO HOUSING PROBLEM Vancouver, B. C.—Vancouver is about to solve the housing problem by a brand new idea —a co-operative apartment house in which each ten ant will own his suite. Work has al ready been started on a ten-story building which will contain IC4 suites and cost $500,000. The influx of settlers into western Canada has been so great in agricul tural, industrial and commercial fields that the Rousing situation in this city had become acute. Now the problem is about to be solved by the principle that has proved so highly successful in other lines in Canada —co-operntlon There are co-operu tive creameries, co-operative grain elevators, co-operative manufactur ing plants for returned soldiers, and now comes the co-operative apart ment house. Ground has been broken on this new departure. The building will occupy an entire block within easy distance of the business section of the city, and each apurtment will bo distinctly a home, because families with children hqvo been especially sought in making up the quota. There will be covered balconies on every floor, with large play rooms on the roof. Nurses will be in charge of the playgrounds and nurserios, so that parents may leuve their children in perfect safety while they go shopping or calling. Twizell, Birds & Twlzell, the archi tects, have made especial provision for a maximum of light and air in each apartment. There will be many windows in each with no adja cent buildings. Construction will be of reinforce 1 concrete, stone and brick, and will be entirely fireproof. There will be 52 four-room, 62 three-room and 20 two-room suites, for which each tenant will pay on a time basis, counted on the cost. First payment of $2,000 is re quired for four-room apartments, $1,500 for three-room and SI,OOO for two-room—one quarter down and the remainder within a year, with the proviso that all of the first payment shall be met by the time the building is complete and ready for occupancy. There after the balance shall be paid on the basis of monthly rental, not to exceed $35 per month for the four-room apartments, these pay ments decreasing as the building mortgage is paid off. When the total is paid the owners will merely fuce maintenance and operating charges, pro-rated. It is estimated that this expense will not exceed $lO per month, to cover taxes, insurance, water and fuel charges, and Janitor service. Gas ranges will be installed in Are the Coal Operators Profiteering? The amazing statement of Ex-Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo that the profits of bitum inous coal operators ran as high as 2,000 per cent. in 1917, and his implied charge that they still are profiteering at the expense of both the public and the miners, has started a pretty rumpus in the editoral columns of the nation's press. The United Mine Workers' Journal thinks that Kir. McAdoo's statement is vindication for,the miners in their claim that the operators "could grant a substantial wage-increase out of their profits without increasing the price of the coal to the con sumer." Mr. McAdoo's implications are false, reply the operators, and his "misleading state ments and insinuations arc the kind of stuff which Bolshevism breeds upon," while the Philadel phia Public Ledger, recalling a clause of the Revenue Act which makes it unlawful for a Treas ury official or agent to divulge confidential information which conies to him in his official capacity, asks significantly, "Will William Gibbs McAdoo be able to run for the Presidency if he is in jail?" t, The leading article in THE LITERARY DIGEST for December 6th dscusscs the question as to whether the coal operators have been taking undue profits from the public, and presents opinions from all quarters bearing upon the subject. Other news features in this weeks number which are of keen interest to the public include: How to Save the Treaty A Summary of the Suggestions That Are Being Advanced By Friends and Foes of the Original Document Siiser Masses "16 to 1" Mark Ed, Howe's Religious Confessions Europe's Money in a Sinking Spell Protestant Belgians The Farmer Is Against Organized Labor Hollanders in America—Where They Are Lo- America's Abandonment of Europe cated—Their Character, etc. Bonus Denied Canada's Fighters New York's Building-Trades Wages America s Military Menac; our .p ussyfoot .. England's Her o and Pest Why Japan Is Distrusted i d i n. . i.j. u i Germany's Big Bertha an Accident Books as F.rst Aid to Morale Where Alcohol Still Is King Leilch s Fo ™"a For Industrial Harmony A Dead Sea Power Plant Thai Phantom Yankee Army on the Verdun Is Snow Fall Decreasing? Front Nutles-t Boils in Shipbuilding Senator PoindexterWho Wants to Be President Pussy-cats' Bit in the War "Close-up" Glimpses of the Far East Higginson's Service to American Music The Spice of Life Chesterton on Scots Humor Best of the Current Poetry Boys Go To Shakespeare's School | Social Work by Block Units Many Interesting Illustrations Including Humourous Cartoons December 6th Number on Sale To-day—All News-dealers—lo Cents JiteiaryDisjpst FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (Publishen of the Famou* NEW Standard Dictionary). NEW YORK / ' every apartment, electric lights, and a garbage chute will lead from each apartment to the basement where n garbage incinerator will be installed. A vacuum cleaning system will also be Installed for every suite. Each suite will constitute a distinct, sepa rate home. When you are M-A-double-r-l-E-D You will soon learn that the High Cost of Living has taken the truth out of the old saying that "two can live as cheaply as one." 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Closing arguments were made yesterday by both sides. The last witness for the prosecu tion was Thomas Raeburn "White, a Philadelphia lawyer, who testified to alleged conversations in his office between himself and Deib regarding certain tax receipts. Leib afterward took the stand again and denied the purported conversations. A PISE Til llt ST QIKNCIIER liorNfnril'N Arid Phosphate A teospoonful in a glass of water, with a dash of sugar, relieves exces sive thirst. Superior to lemons.
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