Exeter Advocate, 1912-7-25, Page 3NOTES AND COMMENTS
It is a curious thing, when all is
oensidered, that se few women take
up the high following of architec-
ture, It is an occupation which
calls for no such amount of labor
as a normal woman °Quid not per -
•form, and one in which the experi-
enced and the peculiar taste of wo-
mea would be valuable. All house-
keeping women knitter the disadvant-
ages of liviag inhouses designed,
constructed, and provided with ac-
cessories according to the ideas of
men, They kriow aiSe the
eealed irritatiou of the architect
whose preceaceieed ideati are op-
posed to those of hie practical fem-
inine elient.
Take, for example, the mere
question of gas jets or electrie lights
depending from the ceiling. In sev-
enty-five eases out of a hundred the
height has been decided upon by
men and are too high for the wo-
man of. average height to reaeh. Or
take the matter of kitchen sinks.
Men have decided upon eertain
height for them, and nnIT h$steri
imPortunities an induce them te
raise them eie that they will not give
the woman working at them a pain
in the side. Women are wore out
takiate unnecessary steps about the
house because rooms do not hear
the right relatien te eaeh other. The
closets are not numerous no cone,
medione enough to enable the house-
keeper to preserve order, The Pan-
try helves aro too high, there is
•too much distance between them;
4 there is not the right previs-.
ions made fr fecal.
Wi n cloar unneeessarily high
tioorsnot par4 in such a
reannor as to rentied ap-
Peatance; pr per room s not
videcl for beds; the srnai
rooms of huagalowe and apa
ee broken up with
y
y le <loose, with consoles and
winch) s that there is no place for
living in them, or, at least, of giving
them the apearance of anything
osore than an antechamber. Wall
pace is necessary to comfort. It is
the settle, the book shelves, the
piano, the pictures on the wan, the
e pen fire, end the reading table
with its good lamp that make
t omfortable living room. Yawning
door space, gaping windows,
ra-
tling consoles, and a pest of drap-
eriee never will do it. Women who
understand horne-making know that.
What they wish for is not an archi-
tect's effect but a chance to make
each member of the family comfor-
table. And they know how to do
It, but they are forced to take up
with man-made roone, which have
a certain effect, but tihich are lack-
ing in real home adaptability.
Now, a woman architect would
understand what women wanted.
She would realize that home is a
*roman's world. That her ingenu-
ity, her talent, her physical strength
are put to the test there, and she
would—or, at least, it. may be as-
sumed that she would—be patient
with feminine ideas and -would
learn to adapt herself to them, and,
in turn, to adapt them to the de-
mands of consistent and artistic ar-
chitecture. It, is quite conceivable
that • women architects of ability
wou1d-1nd themselves mnch in the
favor of their house building sisters.
Cirlootikeizyillosilf?/4.10.111?*
Onsiosesseeassowiteasstetases
BRUISES.
A bruise or contasioo is an injury
to the soft tiasues beneath the skin,
when the skin itself is not broken,
The diseoloratiou that atten,ds a
bruiee is caused by blood escaping
from the ruptured blood -vessels
and filtering into the tissues. A
bruise may be trifling or serious;
there may be only the smallest silt
perficial discoloration of the skin,
or there may be large collectins of
bleed in the cavities of the body.
Some people bruise so readily that
they are quite unable to account ter
large black bruises that appear on
the surface of their bodies, Also
some parts of the body bruise more
readily than others. That is the
ease with the sides of the chest,
4 with the orbit of the eye, as
seen in the very common "hlaek
eye."
A severe bruise is aceorrinanlnd
I
not only by discoloration, but by the cancer problem, and every con -
pain, teedereees and local evening, siclerable eit3r in Europe has its ean-
and in some cesee by severe shook , eer laboratory, but so far no results
and mental depression. The doe- werth mentioniag have been the
tor's treatment is directed to limit- outeome; and it PM bet said that
in the eseape of blood, If he sees mediae] sciettee hews tee more
the patient eQ011 after the accident, about the tree nature of eancer, OP
he applies elastie pressure to the its cause to -day, than it did a alga -
injured part, and gives it a gentle sand yeers age, Of course, there
strelting. Later on he 'Pees A more have grown up countless hordes of
vigisrous form of kneading massage quack e -who have professed to have
that weald have been useless, and •found a certain cure tor this dead -
even harmful, at first, ly malady, mid in their se-ealled,
Even if a bruise is not seen by Literetuse," they picture the hu-
man cancer germ (a thing Pe hip
set in, the appbeation of the elasttc i man being has ever beheld) and give
bandage is useful, for it tends to their eredulous readers the exact
drive the effused 'blood away from; Sbape of it, ,generally the most hide -
the injured part, and semi it hack i 0115 their imaginatioaelean devise,
into the general eirculatieu, If Rut despite their so-called "sure
tires" this deadly malady is on
inereaSe and iS steadily claim -
eater number of victims. It
be said to be the only disease
show an inerease„ as the
s of all others have been as -
and
. in most cases either
aror nn effeetual way to pr
t thern has been found, Poeta
,
osw Park, the TPOSTe enunen
merican, authority, says, that i
cancer ie not checked it will or
long kill more peeple in title coun-
try than consumption arid typhoid
combined. Last year it caused over
30 000 deaths in the IL S.
It has long been suspected that
human cancer is the work of a germ
and experts have. been diligently a
work to Anti this germ responsible
for so much human suffering, but
so far have failed utterly, and so
most of the great authorities have
fallen back upon the very remark-
able theory that there is no real
cancer germ, and that the cancer
cell itself is the destroying parasite.
Aecording to this theory, a group of
natural cells undertakes to rebel
against their usual functions, and
proceeds to grow enormously at the
expense of the other cells of the
body, which it literally devours. It
is well known that a human 'being,
HUMAN CANcim.
The Germ BoefenPFlaono.
tndeancer Has
(By Chas. M. Bice, Deaver, Col.)
The greatest of pathological prob-
lems, that pertaining to human eae-
cer, oeems on, the, eve of solution at
l4eestie‘lusiettly established by the sci-
entists
fact that cancer in plants is
caused by a germ has recently been
e
of the U. S. Dept, of Agri-
culture, and the germ isolated and
identified. It has been observed
under a powerful microscope, at its
work, and has been photographed.
It has been bred artificially on what
isntzleesd. “agar" jelly and other sub -
The great value of thie discov-
ery Hee in the feet that cancer in
plants and in human beings is sub-
stantially the same thing, structur-
• ally, and in the mode ef growth.
In both cases the cancer is the de-
velopment of "cells gone crazy," as
the saying goes, and which seem to
act ae devouring parasites.
Ear half a eentury pathologists,
everywhere, have been working on
the clecter until swelling haa already
iere mast he delay in the appUea-
tien the bandage, the interval is
hestilma by gentle bathing with
water. Warm water is often
used, but that is a mistake, for al-
though warm water may relieve the
pain, it will not eheck the bleeding
quite the contrary, in fact. Be-
ndier that blood in the tissues i
tter out of place, and any tree,
DT, that invites it must be wrong.
some very severe eases se much
teed may have +collected that ab-
sorption is very slow. Time and
trouble can often be saved by tap-
ping the bruise, with a hollow
noodle; bat that is of course a, mat-
ter for the physician to decide. ---
Youth's Companion.
A RIND
Hoyt She Opened a Closet Door and
Let Rev !Priem' Ont.
There were two cats in the family,
one young wad one old. The two
were not very good friends. The
young cat was good-natured and
ready to be civil, but the old one
was very dignified, and quite jeal-
ous.
One day the young cat and her
mistress were both standing in front
of the kitchen range, when the good
mistress noticed that the cat was
giving her most beseeshing looks,
which she did net under, tend at all.
The creature was exti eraely fend
of sleeping in a basket. Her blan-
ket was close by, and the lady sad
In answer to the appeal, "Do you
want to get into the basket. then
why not do it yourself and not wait
for me to put you there?" With this
•ahe was about to turn away, when
to her surprise the pussy walked
over to the sink and lay down upon
her back. After working for some
minutes she shoved her paws under
the closet door. and with an effort
to pull it open, when out walked the
.old eat who it seemed had been
accidentally imprisoned • there.
This is true, and certainly showed
beth cleverness and kind feeling in
the young eat,who knew the alight
eel` her sempeeion and wanted to
n face."
help her.
HEALTH AND FOOD
The unwisdom of eating too much
salt is empjhasized by Dr, Alexan-
der Bryce in "The Laws of Life and
Health." "Spites and condiments
possess no nutritive value," he
writes, "bet are used as relishes,
and are supposed to aid digestion
by stimulating the organs to pour
forth more gastric fluids.. But as
this is chiefly maces they do more
harm than good. They are also pro-
ductive of Many cases of chronic ca-
tarrh of the throat, on account of
their local irritant qualities.
"Health cannot be maintained
without a due proportion of miner-
al salts in our food, but the only
ene which need be added to our
daily menu is salt, or chloride of
sodium. This is continued in all
the +fluids and tissues of the body,
giving relish to the food and im-
proves the appetite. Most of us
are inclined to add too much salt
to °el- food after cooking, and pro-
bably ten times too much is already
added during the process.
"Where any Special mineral in-
gredient is required by the system
it may be more agreeable taken in
the form of food. For example,
iron is found in prunes, apples, let-
tuce, figs, beans, peas, potatoes, as-
paragus and cabbage; phosphorus
in beans, peas, nee; chrorine in
milk, lentils, asparagus and cab-
bage: sodium in lentils, figs and
asparagus; potassium in beans, len-
tils, peas and potatoes.
"Green vegetables are chiefly
used because of the mineral salts
which they convey to the system in
a natural form. For this reason
they should be looked by a steaming
process, as the French do, and not
boiled, when their valuable saline
constituents are lost."
WAY OUT OF IT.
at the start, is a single microscopic+
cell, which multiplies under proper
conditions ef subdivision, to form
various strictures, Certain of thee
go to roake skin, others, to form
bone, tendons, muscles, etc., but
occasionally it happens (according
to this theory) that a few skin ells
find their way into the cartilage, or
some bone cells are plashed into the
structure of a gland, and if some
external irritation be applied, they
are started to growing on their own
account, and assume the character
of a parasite, and thus eause can-
cer.
New, this is only a theory, pure
and simple, and do ea not admit of
dernonstratien. A. resort is had to
it for the sole reason that a germ
has not been found.
Once discover the +career germ
and this whole theory, or surmise,
fans to piece, for it i not based on
proven faets. But the question aris-
es, if there be a human cancer
germ, why has it not been discov-
ered?, The same question was
asked with regard to plant cancer,
whiels, until recently, was declared
by these theorists in most positive
terms to be a mere growth, not due
to any apecifie orgaeism. No germ
was found, Said the theorist, there -
ire none OXISTredI bet the xesearela
• and experiments of Drs. Erwin
ri Smith and Dr, 0. 0, Towneend,
ol he Dept, of Agriculture (US.),
wore rewarded, reeeetly, with the
diseovery of the pleat cancer prat.
These men have proved their claim
by using the microbe to reproduce
the gamer disease in healthy plants.
Their method Was simply 9ne of in-
oculation by pricking the healthy
plant with a platinum needle previ-
ly dipped in a "culture" of the
germ.
Experiments are now underway
to inoculate rats with the gerrn of
plant cancer, and if this cap be an-
complished it will be an important
p toward proving that human
eaneer is eaused by a germ and not
meredered nell growth,
The plant cancer germ is a rod
shaped organism, apparently round-,
ed at the ends, and provided with,
II appendage called a "flagellvm,"
Nell enables it to wiggle or more
any direction, While this germ
extremely IniTrate, that is not the
son it has hitherto escaped de.
. It has escaped disicoveo
because it hides itself inside of th
calmer cell. It has the power
excreting a peculiar poison of ts
own, which eallSeii the nucleus of
the eancer cell to divide into two
is, and these two to split in
our, the four into eight, and so on,
thus making an enormous cell
growth of a wholly abnormal char-
acter, at the expense of the other
ells of the plant, which it literally
devours.
This explains what has been often
observed to happen to plants. They
euddenly develop what is known as
"root tumors," or "crown galls,"
which do a great deal of damage to
cultivated plants, often ruining
peach trees, dwarfing rose bushes,
and almond orchards.
This germ has now received
name, and is ealled "bacterium
tumefaciens." It not ouly affects
the cell in which it hides, butt many
adjacent cells, while the "daughter
cells," it seems, hare the power of
continuing the characteristics of the
"mother cell " splitting and multi-
plying with extraordinary rapidity.
As a result, it takes but a short
time to produce a vast proliferation
of cellular tissue, often forming
nest -like masses, similar to those
which occur in certain types of hu-
man cancer.
If reviewed under a, powerful mi-
croseepe the structures ef the plant,
and the human cancer, differ in no
important respeet.
Often, during microscopic obser-
vations of plant cancer cells, these
d-shapeal gernis have been SO011
moving about slowly within the liv-
ing cells of the affected plant, and
as many as. a hundred have been
counted in a single cell, but gener-
ally the number is less, and fre-
quently none are seen.
It is estimated that less than one
per cent, of the cells appear to be
occupied by the eaaeer germ, but
TIE SliNDAY SCI1001. tESSON
INTERNATIONAL LESSON,
JULY 28.
sson IV. n e wheat end the
tares, Matt. 13. 24-30, 36-40. Gol- -
den Text, Matt. a. 30.
Verse 24. Another parable—One
of a group of eight parables men-
tioned the introductory notes to
our last lesson, which compare.
Verse ne. While men slept — At
night, It ehould be noted that no
particular mien are designated, ft
being the stealthiness of the en-
emy, rather than any negligenee oi
the part of the men who slept,
which this part of the parable em-
pliaeizes.
ae. When the blade sprang up—
When it grew tall and brought
forth fruit, Resemblance to the
grain was so close that it was not
out of twenty-four different species detected until the time when the
of plants experimented upon the ears of grain began to form.
cancer germ is exactly the same,
27. Serve/zits—Laterally, bond -ser -
There is P9 deubt that this or -
n
ganism is what ie ealled "wonnd
vra.ss* of men to iudge their 1. 11,01v
a
..9'8„ Ar4 enemy—Literally, a man
parasite," as it seems ahle only to that is an enemy.
I
find an entrance to the pthen pant Wilt thou en that We go---eag-
through bark or skin breaks, caused €'nets
by insects, orby other injuries, But is a COMPlen human trait which
onee established within the plant even Christians do not eseaPe•
tissues, it deriveits food teem the 29. liaPlY---Perchanco.
Yocil: ic'-iafrttideesItiroyt' Pthl
a
eu
at
n,
iat+TISatit'l:vellilyistiitt ThIleoostiraliTartith; bwehtelsa`eterlivitthhe tli:hmeat
ululates them to an abnormal and and the taren noted above made
ence. edingiy rapid dansisee• this+ a real daugeru but added to
is true, as in human cancer, this the roots of the Plants would
that the eancer cone are the linme-f Iswould
bealmostertainedinthe posesils,ibaiendtothreus_
diate easise of the mischief in plants, t eo
but it is not to be inferred that the +; move the one without uprooting the
germ of plant cancer is also identi, 1 other.
1
ea l with the germ of human Cancer, 30. Gather up fast the tares—This
'I'here may eeneeivably be the same would be impossible in actual prac-
but if so it remains to be proved. tree, in harvest ftelds with which we
t in view of the striking nimilari; are familiar, In aecient times, how -
between plant (lancer and hu- ever when The grain was all eut
ancer, there is much reason, with a small hand sickle, and har-
lieving that the latter is at.' vestinq was not so eomplicated or
u able to a, speei6n organism, i extensive a process as now, and
which should he looked for inside elsPeeially among people with whom
ef he cancer cells. counted for little, this separ-
th plant and human eaueer ean tsu of the tares from the wheat
be communicated to healthy plants a hrvst time was not an hives,
and animals, respectively, in the
,erses ",), which inter
a way, thus strengthening the 3
sauce that they are eausod in vene, are recorded two other par-
bstantially the 'same manner, ables which Jesus spoke in conncc-
amely, by a germ, tion with the one under considera- •
•s of iefeetion, the primary lion. It was not uritil after he had
,mor soon branches nut into the finished speaking that he left the
tissues, suggesting a resort,. multitudes, and went into the
epee to claws. Hence, the wor& house,Itylaethhouse of
rpeefteerrr,edatCaper. "eancer," meaning a crab. In a, 1)rt
ileum.
37, The Son of man—A title used
by Jesus frequently in referring to
the bone, disintegrating and de- himself,
straying the tissue, while along ably Jesus
JTchseusilitnisdetawbenit-ohrltdhe—Ptie•ormh-
these cancer branches secondary
tumors form, hence if cut out, the world e to
world,de s i gtnh oaitiegh aestoumalelY have t IIe
growth hoe a tendency to return. In whole
thought that the interpretation of
the parable requires a limitation oi
the word to that part of the world
included in the kingdom which he
was to establish. Such a limitation,
RIOTOUS AND REBELLIOUS
When Deep and Reverential Silence of Admiralion
is the Truest Praise
"To Thee, silence is praise !"—
Psalms, ay. 1.
How the angels must laugh when
some scientist, digging deep in his
favorite field of research and un-
earthing some hidden process or
method of God which moulds and
shapes an apparently. insignificant
detail of His creation, procaims his
"find" _with glee, heralds afar his
"discovery" and incidentally ap-
plauds his ciwn astuteness in read-
ing the process and unravelling the
method! Man, the very woods are
full of such! The lowliest weed of
the underbrush contains within its
swelling, growing rootlet and, stem
a hundred marvels and mysteries for
human in -nitity to puzzle over and
then despair of compassing. How
does this tiny plant extract red col-
oring matter to adorn its beauteous
petals withal, from exactly the same
soil and sunshine and moisture
from which its elesest neighbor ex-
tracts, for similar purpose, a blue
pigment ? Who can tell how the
trick is done? Who can do it him-
self? searching thou by searchinfind out
God?" The Talmud ten; that a
certain precentor in a synagogue,
owing to the presence of a distingu-
ished visiting rabbi, felt • himself
called upon to add a few adjectives
to the usual ritual -formula which
addresses God as "the Great, the
, Mighty and Awful.'' The rabbi
listened to. the accumulated eulo-
gies, and then quietly a,skecl him :—
"Hest thou said all? To God, si-
lence is the truest praise!"
When one is confronted with in-
stances of God's love and wisdem
in our lives, when unforeseen cir-
curnsta,nces so shape and bend. the
Mrs. Grogan--"Oi hear Kelly was mardlit of events that we find ease
in an automabeel a,ccident." where we looked for trouble, en -
Mrs. Dooley—"Iris. Little Timmy largentent where we saw only stress,
Riley across th' way threw, a br.ick we come to understand that the
at wan, and it landed On Kelly's hand of God has marvellously and
mysteriously wrought in our hori-
zon. The resultant gratitude will
find expression perhaps in filling
eyes and welling words at first; but
then will come the time when deep
and reverential silence is the tru-
est praise, and we shall feel that
we have mounted a step in the
knowledge ef the nearness of God
and His working.
When the destinies of nations,
too, are swayed before our own
eyes, and the countless forces and
influences which constitute world
politics lend themselves to some
unexpected solution of difficulties,
avoidance of war or re-establish-
ment of concord among the great
ones of earth, let us not fail to pay
our tribute of esteem to the men
who have eased the way; but in
reverent silence likewise give praise
to Him who marvellously and mys-
teriously • breathes inspiration,
moulds men't minds, places the pro-
per hands in control and smooths
difficulties ere they be insuperable.
And when sorrows overtake us,
trials and sufferings heap thein -
selves upon us, or when perhaps
only the dull grind of all straiten-
ed lives seems open to us—cheer-
less, hopeless, aimless—let us re-
member that He who has placed us
there wants us there. We can, if
we will, like the forest plant, ex-
tract from the rotting soil, the limited scanty moisture, the sun-
shine, radiant flowers, red or blue,
as may be our nature and our .gift.
We may feel our privations cleeprjr,
see no end to our dark prospect and
admit no reason tvhy we should be
so disadvantaged while others pros-
per ; riotous and rebellious in
thought—as sometimes • we are
tempted to be—let it be a "riotous"
silence toward Cied. to mute our
hearts and reverently bow before
His dispensation ; and then make
the very best growth our allotted
circumstances permit.—Bev. F. De
Sole Mendes.
human being, or other animal af-
fected, columns of cells burrow
down into the flesh, and even into
all these respects the same descrip-
tive points apply to both plant and
human ceacer. Thus a person at-
tacked by an external cancer is not
killed by the original turner, 11,S11-
fly, but by a subsequent infection however, seems wholly unwarrant-
of some vital organ breaking jt1 ed. In interpreting the parable we
down, whereupon the victim suc-
cumbs.
One of the curious things about
cancer is the fact that healthy peo-
ple are as liable to it as the en- terpretatton. Each parable empha-
feebled and sick. But the same sizes one main thought or teaching
thing is true of plants. Itt human and any endeavor to interpret de -
beings cancer, as in plants, is
merely a local disease at the start.
There is never more than one ori-
ginal point of attack, and nearly
alwaye it is in some non -vital part.
No cure has ever been found, ex-
cept to cut the tumor out, and such
a removal is successful in checking
the malady only when the operation
is performed before the malignant
growth has had time to extend its
roots deep into. the tissues. Cases
of cancer are rare before forty, and
from that time on the danger is
progressively greater. The germ of
human cancer once found, the next
step will be to find a "serum," or
"vaccine," which will act as a cure,
or a preventive of the disease. Our
scientific heroes are on the right
traCk at last, and we may hope they
will soon master the situation.
must remember that it is not intend-
ed that the details of any of Christ's
parables should be forced further
than Jesus himself carried the in -
The fact that truth lies at the
bottom of a well is probably the
reason why the truth is often so
fearfully watered.
There is nothing more universal-
ly commended than a fine day 3 the
reason is that people can commend
it without envy.
To preserve flowers put a stn -,11
piece of saltpetre in the water in
which they are placed. A lump of
sugar, will prevent any unpleasant
smell which arises from the water
in which thick -stalked flowers are
placed.
When starching anything with a
fringe, double the article in four
parts, gather fringe tightly in the
hand, and hold in while you dip
middle in starch. When dry shake
the fringe well and comb with a
coarse comb.
A child's pique hat is somewhat
hard to launder, unless put on the
edge of the board and ironed entire -
tails of the figurative language leads
into difficulty.
The sons of the kingdom—All be-
lieving dieciples.
39. The end of the world—Margin,
the consummation of the age.
41. All things that cause stumb-
ling, and them that do iniquity—
Not persons only, but things also
that are evil and a hindrance to
the final consummation of God's
plans shall be removed.
43. The righteous shine forth as
the sun—Jesus clonbtless had in
mind the prophecy of Daniel: "And
they that are wise shall shine as
the brightness of the firmament;
and they that turn many to righte-
ousness, as the stars for ever and
ever,"
GRAINS OF GOLD.
Prosperity demands of us more
prudence and moderation than ad-
versity.
If a preacher has anything worth
saying he can say it in ten minutes.
The sincerity of a Christian ought
to be perfset and so well known
that every one ean go by his simple -
word.
Believe me, the talent of success
is nothing mare than cleing what
You 'can do "well, and doing well
whatever you do without a thought
of fame. 11 it come at all it will
come because it is deserved, not be-
cause it is sought after. And,
moreover, there will be no mis-
givings, no disappointments, no
feverish, exhausting excitement. --
Longfellow.
Let us do OW' duty in our shop or
our kitchen, the market, the street,
the office, the school, the home,
just as faithfully as if we stood in
the front rank of sorne great battle
and we knew that victory for man-
kinddepended on our bravery,
strength and skill. WhentWe do
iv on theWrong side. Work the that the humblest.of us will 'betseri‘-
r
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point of the iron in around the in in that great army Whieh ,
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