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T xii rj A X U^\ *N i -TV VJ UUJIV." * A t i. xy u *»» »o». 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. Croup Relieved in Fifteen Minutes No need to dose with nauseous drugs or alcoholic syrups. Simply rub a little Vick’s "Vup-O-liub” Group and Pneumonia Salve well over the throat and chest. Th pors inhaled loosen the tough chok ing phlegm and ease the difficult breathing. < >ne application at bed time, covered with a warm flannel cloth, is a sure preventive. Vick's } is quicker than internal medicines for all inflammations of the air passages from head colds and ca tarrh-— asthma and bronchitis—down to deep chest colds and pneumonia. Try a jar now—26c. 50c and 81.0Q DEX BEACH, virile and forceful, writes a story that throbs with the. teaming activity of our great metropolis. When he tells you of New York life, he shows you the people who actually walk Broadway. That is why his latest novel, The Auction Block " is so intense, so realistic. That is why the next five years of Rex Beach's work has been contracted for, by Cosmopolitan. Charles Dana Gibson, whose dashing pen has so well caught the charm of the youthful heroine, is drawing the illustrations. Lorelei, dainty, piquant, and unspoiled, seeking recognition on the stage of a greedy city. If she were your own daughter, you would follow her fortune no closer than you will when you read this story. Get it in January f - (osmopolitan Magazine Copy is F .mi* .four name .... » jw»ntcar<l »n<i w«i present you at*u lutely without char*** a sample copy "f l‘osnir«T>olltan Ma.n /.me Adrtrwst Now l> i stribution t.. Cosmo Can Maga e, 119 W. Mh Street. Net York City of Any Dealer January Cosmopolitan 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?” Roller Skates Free Hello, BoysJ Here is an offer that will interest you. Every boy and girl can get a pair of roller skates absolutely free. It is a simple, straightforward offer — easy to enter, dust call at the office, secure a card. When filled with ten subscribers to The Atlanta Georgian, and Sunday Amer ican, return, and we award you a pair of skates. Easy, • isn’t it? Call or telephone Circulation Department for particulars. HEARST’S Daily Georgian and Sunday American 20 E. Alabama Street Phones 100 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 air Fruits Peanuts Other Products Minerals f Where 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 0 of The Georgian an swers the question. f ARK> (MM alM i'JX, VA.’ te* U A INFORMATION GIVEN FREE. We have a Land In formation Bureau, where facts, figures and statistics from recognised authorities are kept constantly up to date. This information is yours for the asking. Write us. Address applications for information to Georgian Land Information Bureau & VI B E Qi RJ3 CAN Atlanta. Georgia "mnmig m If