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SCIENTIST'S NEW METHOD
WOMEN MUST PROVE
VOTE DESIRE, SHE SAYS
FROM MENTAL DEFECTS
Many ‘children are doomed to lives
i.t mental darkness for lack of careful
examination of their n*nlal and pirn-
raJ condition.
This is the opinion of Dr. Lightm*r
Wnmer, head of the department of
vvchology in the University of Penn-
- vania. who blazed a trail in Amor-
a that has led hundreds of young
, >ple from supposed mental deftcien-
v and feeble-mindedness to normal.
nearly normal, conditions.
I >r. Witmer rounded the paycholog:
i clinic for the examination and
r.*atment of children mentally defe^-
:,ve. He plso instituted the same
>..rk in Lenigh University and Bryn
/.lawr College. Since he began thD
se study of backward children and
levised methods for their treatment,
parents as far distant as California
have sent their children to Philadel
phia for examination.
Remedied “r.opeless” Cases.
Dr. Witmer. who is in Atlanta for
iie meetings of the American Asso-
iation for the Advancement of S *i-
»nee. said Tuesday that many of the
<-ases were brought to him as hope
less. and that they had been cured or
aided by treatmen based upon aca»v-
ful examination of the children's
mental and physical characteristics.
Sometimes the child’s instructors
never had been able to teach It r o
spell. Poor eyesight, hitherto unde
tected, might have been the cause.
children have been sent to the
clinic who appeared incurably bosti-
nate. Obstinacy may be purely a
mental condition or it may Tesult from
.me of several physical conditions. A
careful examination generally re
vealed the cause, and the child forth
with was ‘made over.”
Dr. Witmer, whose work has re
vived attention from scientific iaJ
lay publication:; all over the country,
disclaims that there is anything won
derful or miraculous in the cures.
Three Classes of "Defectives.”
Many children are brought to us
that really are hopeles:,” he said
And the peculiar part of it is that
the people who bring them generally
believe that there is nothing much
the matter with them.' As a rule. !
can tell a hopeless case before the
•hiId gets inside the door.”
Dr. Witmer estimated that near'v
half of the children brought to the
linics could be helped and most of
his percentage restored to normal.
The little patients are divided inti
three classes after proper observa
tion. The first is that of the hopeless
ly feeble-minded and defective, whjse
only place is an institution.
The second class is made up of chil
dren "with mental defects.” whom Dr.
Witmer distinguishes from those
"mentally defective." These children
can be cured if the defects are elimi
nated or the. children taught to over
come the handicap the defect places
■on them.
Overcoming Obstacles.
"Overcoming the handicap of a
mental defect,” said Dr. Witmer, "is
very much the same as the case of a
young man at the University of Penn
sylvania who had a ‘game’ foot.
He took up athletics, such as run
ning and jumping, a a mode of
treatment. A year or two later he
was the holder of the high-jump
record, and was. in fact, the fir«t
man to clear the bar when set above
ihe six-foot mark. And yet he always
walked with a slight limp.”
The third (lass of paints are the
"borderland” cases. They require long
observation and are given every op
portunity to develop. Many of them
after a time begin to improve mark- j
ediy and ultimately are restored to j
normal. Others Improve but slight!>
Scientist Says South
Needs Better Sanitation.
Race segregation and special at
tention to sanitation, particularly
with regard to the negro population
was urged on behalf of the “mothers
of the Southland” Tuesday night in a
powerful plea by Dr. Charles Wad
dell Stiles, of the United States Pub
lic Health Service, in his address de
livered at Taft Hall before the mem
bers of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
"The men of the South give only
from one-third to one-half the pro
tection to their women that the men
of other sections give theirs,” Dr.
Stiles asserted, and declared that one
of the chief oversights in*the South
ern plan was the lack of adequate
segregation of the white and black
races.
Dr. Stiles pointed out the fact that
a mutual interchange of two dis
eases—tuberculosis and malaria—was
a constant factor in damaging the
health and destroying the life of both
-—and that in both cases it was the
mothers of the white race who suf
fered most.
How Ailments Spread.
"Tuberculosis is not a negro’s dis
ease." Dr. Stiles said. "He can’t
stand up under it very long, while a
white man may live, and, in living,
spread the disease, a comparativeh
lengthy period.
"On the other hand, malaria is es
sentially a negro disease. The negro
tn its grasp lives on indefinitely, and
often does not appear weakened by
it. But he spreads it among white
people with whom he comes in con
tact and then the malady becomes a
deadly menace."
Dr. Stiles showed that mosquitoes
were carriers of malaria, but that they
rarely visited placed remote from
their origin.
Segregation the Remedy.
That being the case, he said, a
strict separation of negro settlements
rrom white, of a comparatively short
distance would accomplish much in
the way of preventing the transmis
sion of malaria from negroes to white
persons.
It was important also, he said, that
negro servants should not remain at
night on the premises of their em
ployers, but should go to their own
homes. This particularly was true of
negro nurses.
As to the effect of even the ordi
nary relations of master and servant
on the well-being of the white moth
er, Dr. Stiles made an earnest plea
for strict sanitation in the negro
homes and settlements.
Dr. Stiles launched a stinging re
buke at the attitude of the churches
which taught the faulty philosophy of
the generally misunderstood maxim,
"The Lord giveth and the Lord
taketh sway."
"Place Blame Where It Belongs.”
"Why is it.” Dr. Stiles asked, "that
the church blinds the eyes of the
wife by blaming upon the Lord acts
fir which her husband and the local
that radium, if proved a cancer cure,
could' he* used in treatment of the
poor. |he question of the prohibition
of radium exportation.
It is probable a Congreaaional com
mittee investigating the subject will
ask hts
and other
steps bo t
expert testimony
subjects and will
aken.
Committee Investigating Radium
as Remedy Probably Will
Recommend Action,
WASHINGTON, Deo. :it t’nlted
States public health experts are fol
lowing closely the results of radium
experiments being made on Congress-
man firemner, of New Jersey for
the cure of cancel. Under direction
of Dr W. (\ Rucker, Government
specialist on cancer, there are taking
place experimentations in the Pub-
lit Health Service Laboratory,
"We are following experiments with
radium all over the world. The ques
tion of the cure of cgn<*er is of vital
interest everywhere, but nowhere
more so than in the United States
"Y’ital statistics for the years 1901
to 1911, inclusive, show the number
of cancer cases has increased at the
rate of 25 per cent. The death rate
from this disease in this country is
about 73 for each iOO.OQO of popula
tion.
"In England ^nd Wales the death
rate for 100,000 is 97. while in Spain
and Hungary it is 45, so this country
may be said to compare well with
other countries
"But the alarming thins To this
country is the rapid rate of its in
crease. Several theories have be«n
advanced, but none has been accept
ed generally. Most of them are based
on tlie communicability of cancer,
the effect of the high tension of mod
ern life and the rapid rate of Hiving.
These things are under investigation
as well as methods of treatment."
Dr. Rucker would not discuss the
advisability of Government owner
ship of radium-bearing ore mines so
Mrs. E. G.
Graham,
of Luoisiana,
in Atlanta to
push votes
for women
fight.
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is so intense, so realistic. That is why the next five
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Charles Dana Gibson,
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illustrations.
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politician, whom her husband helped
lo elect to office are alone responsible'*
“Is it not time that blame ibe
placed where it belongs? Why hold
the Lord responsible for the blind
ness of a child due to prenuptial wild
oats of its father? Why be satis
fied with trying to comfort a mourn
ing mother by telling her that it is
the Lord's will that her baby died of
dysentery, and then still permit that
miserable. insanitary. 11 y- breeding
conditions next door to continue in
existence?”
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Atlanta advocates of equal suf
frage arc much interested in the visit
of Mrs E. G. Graham, of New Or
leans, State organizer for the Woman
Suffrage League and a woman of na
tional prominence.
Mrs. Graham made an informal talk
to a small gathering of women at the
home of Mrs. Prances S. Whiteside,
No. 46 Columbia avenue, Tuesday aft
ernoon, during which she told of be
ing mi the famous suffragette parade
in Washington when the women were
rushed by boisterous spectators.
"If it had not been for our love of
the cause we would have been .com
pletely routed." said Mrs. Graham
Must Convince Men.
Mrs. Graham said the keynote of
the present plan of the feminist
movement was to convince the men
that the women really wanted to vote.
"My State. Louisiana, is ready to
give the women the ballot if the men
are convinced they really want it,”
she said. "That situation puts the
obligation wholly on our shoulders*
"No distinction is made in sex in
the higher arts. People do not care
whether a writer, painter or musician
is a woman or man. History proves
that there is no distinction in patri
otism. Women have been just as
loyal, brave and self-sacrificing as
men.
Started Social Centers.
“It is just as logical that there
should be no distinction in the right
of the ballot.”
Atlanta wot yen hope to increase
the interest in equal suffrage through
the visits of such women as Mrs.
Graham I l?r practical leadership al
ready has been demonstrated by the
sye‘ess of social centers at public
schools.
She, with the presidents of the Ci^y
Federation of Women’s Clubs of New
Orleans, established the first public
school social center.
Since then the i<jlea has taken hold
in .cities all over f • United Spates.
The Land of Promise, Profits, at:d
(xolden Opportunity
Georg:
■The Empire State of the South
Here are figures that tell their own story of Georgia. While the won
derful development of the South has attracted the attention of the whole
nation, so rich is Georgia’s marvelous versatility of resources and such
has been her unquestioned leadership in progress, tfHat she has worthily
won the undisputed title of the "Empire State of the South.” The figures
speak for themselves.
Value• of Georgia's 1913 crops, 1 conservatively estimated.
$Ug*r Cane and Product*
Cotton, Cotton Seed. Cotton By-Product* 12*2,000,000
Liv© Stock. Poultry Aft.000,009
Oat*. Wheat 10,000.000
Sweet Potatoes, Irish Potatoes * 1,260,000
Com 75.000,000
Vegetables and Trunk . . 8,000,000
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Fruits
Peanuts
Other Products
Minerals
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Shall 1 Go?
*2,600.000
8,000.000
1 500 ooo
2,250,000
6.000.000
6,500.000
Nowhere on earth is a more varied or more healthful elimate to be found than Georgia boasts.
Interest yourself in some particular section o f Georgia—in general farming, fnuit, culture, cat
tle or poultry raising, truck growing, timber, turpentine, marble, building stone, minerals, cotton,
com or in aHy of the marvelous varieties of Geor gia's crops, products and resources.
Must have a key made,
a safe opened, an elec
tric wire fixed, shoes
half-soled, gun repair
ed, a trunk mended—
or a thousand and one
things attended to, but
—where shall I go?
The Business Guide in
the "Want Ad’’ section
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of The Georgian an
swers the question.
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