Harrisburg telegraph. (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, December 05, 1919, Page 24, Image 24

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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.
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FRIDAY EVENING, . HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH DECEMBER 5, 1919.
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! 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-
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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
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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
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When you are M-A-double-r-l-E-D
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Le b Case Goes to
Jury Today; Defendant
Again Denies Charges
Philadelphia, Dee. s.—The case
of "William S. Lelb, Schuylkill county
commissioner and former resident
clerk of the State House of Repre
sentatives, on trial hero charged with
forging duplicate State tax receipts
with the Intent of defrauding the
Evans nnd Merchant Company, of
this city, was to go to the jury to-
day. 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.
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