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March 6.
FORMER SURGEON GENERAL OF U. S. FIGHTING
VENEREAL INFECTION IN ENCAMPMENT CITIES
Surgeon Genera] Rupert Blue in a re
cent letter to health officers of all states
says:
The Public Health Service, in co-opera
tion with the. Red Cross and the medical
department of the army, is establishing
venereal clinics in cities in immediate
contiguity to the army cantonments.
There is even greater need for the be
ginning of an active anti-venereal cam
paign in.those cities which are outside
of the military zones but into which
soldiers go in search of recreation. Most
important of ail, perhaps, is the thorough
education of the general public to the
end that this disease group will be con
sidered in the same light as are the
other communicable infections. This will
permit the free and frank discussion of
this important question without offense
to modesty.
Quarantine and Cure.
The memorandum accompanying the
letters says, among other suggested
methods of quarantine, control, and cure
of the disease:
Establishment of venereal clinics by
health authorities.
(1) Federal, in zones in close continuity
to cantonments.
(2) State, in situations where local au
thorities refuse or fail to establish clinic.
3) City, particularly those cities in
which commercialized or clandestine pros
titution flourishes for the patronage of
soldiers but are beyond the authority of
tho secretary of war.
(4) Country, in thickly settled rural
communities.
By the creation of new <r the ultiliza
tion of existing hospital facilities:
THE ZEBRA MULE FOR ARMY
USE .
Edison has done the impossible.
Burbank has done the same. Others
have tried and failed. Here comes
something new in cross-pollination of
animals. Two heads are better than
one. Coming or going made easy.
No reverse levers, no turning around.
The same animal carries two men.
Advantages that will win the war ap
parent when regiments of cavalry are
mounted on this new and wonderful
animal, a product of cross-pollination.
At the famous Heiferdust Ranch
near Los Angeles, it is reported suc
cessful experiments are being at
tempted in increasing the headwork
of horses. This is accomplished with
out increasing the demands of the
stomach. One stomach for two heads
and only four legs. Two saddles ac
commodate two men on same animal.
The advantages of a regiment «o
mounted are instantly apparent. When
ordered to retreat, no time is lost in
turning the animal around. Merely,
the other man urges the horse ahead
in the direction from which they
came. Two fighting men on each
horse double fighting capacity of such
regiments at half the cost in food and
upkeep for the animals. Time is es
sential in every big evolution. The
war may be won or lost on the suc
cess or failure of the response to a
command by the cavalry. This new
cavalry mount overcomes the objec
tions of the colored man who was
Willing to enlist in any branch of the
service but the cavary. He didn’t
want to be bothered with a horse
when it came time to run.
In retreating or reconnoitering as
cavalry or on outpost duty, these
horses will have the advantage of be
ing able to see from behind as well as
ahead, and thus give a warning of
surprise attacks from the rear. This
is an advantage impossible to estimate
in such important matters.
As pack animals for use with the
army or in the mountains, this new
horse has advantages never obtain
able before. In a narrow place where
two of these horses meet and are un
able to pass, the one closest to a
turnout need only to go back to that
point to permit the other to pass. It
would be imposible to turn around
under such conditions with heavily
loaded pack animals as they would be
crowded off.
Then too this newly crossed variety
of horse has many advantages not at
first seen. By crossing one-half of
the animal with a breed of race
horses, and the other half with heavy
draft horse stock, instantly the new
animal become universal in his adapt
ability. For speed the race horse end
takes the lead, when heavy draft ser
vice is needed, the draft horse feature
assumes control. As will readily be
seen, there are advantages combined
in this new hybrid animal, that never
before were obtainable. This new
breed will meet all requirements of
the ordinary horse or mule.
As 'these animals are propagated
only by cross-pollination and not by
ordinary methods of breeding, they
are still in the experimental stage.
The leading horse breeders of the
world are becoming intensely inter
ested in this new hybrid animal, and
if money and financial backing can'
do it, success is assured.
It is reported the zebra, horse and'
mule are being exprlmented with.'
The giraffe and camel and some other
animals as well will'be tried out. At
present nothing is being made public
as to the success along these lines, but
big things are promised.
Famous Lucky Baldwin’s fondest
hope was the production of such an
animal. Years of experimenting ac
cording to reports failed. New and
heretofore untried methods have ap
parently solved the problem. The
value of such combinations is impos-
TRENCH AND CAMP
(1) For the treatment of those who vol
unteer for treatment.
(2) For the obligatory treatment of
persons under control of the courts.
By legal enactment:
(1) Declaring the venereal infections to
be quarantinable.
(2) By substituting confinement to hos
pital for confinement to jail in the case
of those convicted by courts and having
venereal infections.
(3) By substituting remanding to a
probation officer for the imposition of
fines.
(4) To carry out (2) and (3) it is neces
sary that all persons arrested be exam
ined by the city physician or other au
thorized person.
(5) By arrest of acknowledged and
clandestined prostitutes by policewomen.
e Publio Education.
Relieve problem of all moral and so
cial issues and place campaign solely on
basis of control of communicable dis
ease.
Propaganda of wisely conducted pub
licity:
(1) Through public meetings addressed
by forceful speakers.
(2) Through public prints.
(3) By placarding public toilets, plac
ards to emphasize danger of venereal dis
eases, and to recommend prompt treat
ment either by competent physician or at
the free venereal clinic.
(4) By follow-up work by social work
ers.
(5) By the education of infected per
sons— (a) by physicians in private prac
tice; (b) by venereal clinic and hspital.
sible to contemplate. What a won
derful thing it would be if successful
in crosing the rat and weasel, the
cat and dog, the guinea pig and rab
bit, the clam and bean and so on. We
are promised equally wonderful re
sults with such combinations, as have
been acomplished with horses.
THE EFHCiENTHUN
We have heard much since the war
began of the wonderful substitutes de
vised by scientists of Germany for near
ly every product imaginable, but their
latest effort along these lines, which is
described In an inimitable manner by
Arthur Baer, in the New York World, we
never dreamed. Mr. Baer says In part:
“What do you think the gents with the
Iron Doublecrosses are doing now?
“Making underwear out of wood.
... “An American abattoir boasts
that it utilizes every part of a hog ex
cept the squeal. The big German abat
toir trumps this by making a grapho
phone record of the squeal and setting it
to waltz music. Nothing escapes this
epidemic of efficiency. But when they
start making lingerie out of lumber it’s
time to page the squirrels.
"They make this whoozis stuff out of
wood that has been patted to a pulp. It
will only stand about five washings,
which means that one suit of planked
lingerie will only last a resident of Stug
gieheim about two thousand years. The
advantage of this timber underwear is
that it can be nailed on for the winter.
But any good splinter student who has
studied the science of splintering knows
that timber lingerie will be more com
fortable while you are standing up. Any
Hohenzollern who sits "down in a set of
wooden whatzums does so at his own
risk. May his blood be on his own head
and the splinters elsewhere.
“Os ..course, wooden overcoats* are no
novelty. Timber kimonos are being worn
by the thousands in Europe, thanks to
the kaiser, but mahogany pinkies are
something else again. No wonder the
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Evening Morning
Oh Mother be you brave of heart and keep your bright eyes shining,
Someday the smile of joy shall start and you shall cease repining;
Beyond the dim and distant line the. days of peace are waiting
When you shall have your soldier fine, and men shall turn from hating.
Oh Mother, dear, the pain awhile, as long ago you bore it,
You suffered then to win his smile, and yotl were happier for it.
And now you suffer once again, and bear your weight of sorrow,
Yet you shall thrill with gladness when he wins the glad tomorrow.
Oh Mother when the cannons roar and all the brave are fighting.
Remember that the son you bore the wrongs of earth is righting,
Remember through the hours of pain that he with all his brothers,
Is battling there to win again, a happy world for MOTHERS.
—Frank E. Shaw, Co. A, 110th Inf.
women of the Kaiserland are registering
chagrin and disapproval. They realize
that the kaiser has turned cut to be an
awful smear.
Synthetic rubber, artificial breakfast
food, automatic eyes and mechanical
beer are products of efficiency and make
fairly good substitutes. But timber lin
gerie—if you are wearing wooden un
derwear you have to walk with the grain.
If you don’t you can get a job in the
The House of Dorr
is for those who wish the better grades of things to
wear.
Trench Coats, Rain Coats, Jaeger Underwear,
Sweaters, Hosiery, Etc.
Officers’ Uniforms Made in Our
Own Shop, $65.00 and $75.00.
August Dorr’s Sons
724 Broad Street
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DRINK
At Counters
THE JOY TO BE
zoo as a porcupine. You will be full of
splinters in fi've different dialects and
heliotrope.
“And then, again, how about cedar,
yellow pine or hickory pajamas? There
will be no privacy in ’em, because you
never saw a board fence that didn’t have •
at least one-dozen knot holes to the yard. >
“It’s time they cancelled efficency and
substituted sufficiency.’’—The American
Druggist.
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