HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1930-04-03, Page 7Rural Health nits
The Canadian House of COMInons •Without Division
Approves a I'4otion Requesting the Governrnemt
to Conlsider ° Subsidizing "County Health
Units", to Give Health of Rural Canada
Better Protection
The gigantic scope of such a 'pro- the organization of such e unit in
1925.
Duriug 192E there were 648 deaths'.
in the district from general causes,
In 1928 this, figure dropped 156 to 487.
S4milarly, infant deaths were. reduced
from 213 to ..60; deaths from 'tuber-
eulosis from 56 to 51t and deaths from
contagions• -diseases, from 86 tei 27.
Statistics, indicating the reduction of
disease generally' are not yet avail-
able, but a study of the death ,rate
makes logical' the assumption that
this too, must have been comparative-
ly important. `
Three other, health units were also
established, foliowing the one in
Beauce County, and in 211 three oases;
similar excellent results have been
obtained.
A clear explanation of the workings
of one of these units .is afforded by
Dr, Alphonse Lessard, Director, and
Dr. Emile Nadeau, Assistant Director,
Quebec Provincial Bureau of Health.
What is the 'County Health Unit"
system which we are presently oper-
ating in our Province of Quebec? It
eon fists in there tabs' hm nt
e a is e in a
co int. or in two' smal n
t Y 1neighboring
counties, of what might he designated
as a. "Bureau of Health in miniature"
composed of. a fell -time medical offi-
cer, two or more public health nurses,
a sanitary inspector charged with the
enforcement of the health regulations
and with the education of the munici-
pal officers, together with a secretary
to handle the clerical work of the of-
fice which is generally located in the
principal town of the county. The
whole population of the county is thus
submitted to constant supervision on
the part of this staff. Health educa-
tion is intensively carried on, a con-
siderable amount of propaganda work
is done continually, and not a single
ntunieipalfty'escapes the attention of
the oilers of that unit, The medical
officer covers all the parishes, meets
there the civil and religious authori-
ties, maintains cordial relations with
local doctors, gives public lectures
(announced the preceding Sunday by
the aeure in the 'pulpit) has friendly
talks with mothers on the necessity.
of pt'e-natal, postnatal anti pre-school
hygiene, visits the school and looks
after outbreaks of infectious diseases.
The hurses examine the school child-
ren and refer those defective in any
way to the family physician; they
give the teachers instructions in
hygiene which they, in turn, pass on
to their pupils; they go directly into
the homes of the people to make them
understand the necessity of following
the golden rules for clean and healthy
living, they advise young mothers on
how to protect their babies or babies -
to -be, etc. The sanitary inspector
visits the municipal enforcements of
the health laws, Make after water
supplies, sewerage, nuisances, sees
that civarantine is observed in case of
contagious diseases, etc. The secre-
tary attends to the office work, hand -
lee correspondence, answers queries,
keeps records, and, one important
matter, collects from all the ministers
Of warship the birth, marriage and
death certificates, makes corrections
o nthem if necessary, takes a copy of
each, and sends them to our Division
of Vita, Stalisties In Quebec,
deet at first eludes one, as does the
great eignificanoe of the fact that by
approving the motion without diver-
sion, the house put the question of
national health, where it belongs—out
of the field of party polities.
This :is extremely fortunate, tor it
enables every 'Canadian citizen to dis-
cuss, and to give his approval without
etistcour or considerations of party.af-
iiiitations to what is probably the
greatest piece of health -legislation
ever contemplated in the history of
the world.
For the County Health Unit scheme
when' it is in working order through-
out the Dominion, as it is bound to be
eventually and as it already is in
parte of Quebec, Saskatchewan and
British Columbia, save more Canadian
lives, and more Canadiandollars than
the majority of rte realize are now
being wasted, FOr there is no doubt
that future generations will look back
upon our present-day rural health
'management with berm, as being lit-
tle
ibtle short of criminally negligent,
est the beginning of this oentury.the
'country was -a healthier place to live
in than the city.' In fact, most of our
readers will probably be surprised to
learn that it is eo no longer. Actual-
ly official statistics prove that the
farmer has much' less chance et ling.
life and health than has his city cous-
in, and the reason is simply that the
city man's health is looked after scien-
tifically, by modern; up -to -elate public
health departments, while the farmer
MI6 a the small-town dweller do not
share in, this advantage, because it
costs a'great deal of stoney, and the
country and the small town cannot af-
ford it.
The County Health trait Plan, pro-
vMing as it does for Federal and Fro
Chanel payment by subsidy e£ two-
thirds of the cost of each County
Health Unit, the municipality served
paying the third, recognizes and acts
upon the fact that health is a national
asset, and that rural lives are as
valuable ti Canada as urban ones.
Sorely this is eminently sound on
practical, as , well as humanitarian
grounds. Everyone, regardless of pa
litical affiliatiots»agt•ees that Canada,
suporting social machinery capable of
serving more Then double her present
population, needs people more than
anything else in the world. We seek
And are willing to pay for immigrants
Of the right kind. Tet every year we
lose rural -bora, native Canadians by
thousands, Years ahead of their time,
Through diseases which could be en-
tirely eliminated—for' example diph-
theria and typhoid, both of which are
preventable and could be witted out
within a generation—and through
tuberculosis, heart disease, complaints
1)eculiar to infants and their mothers,
carlet fever, cancer, deopite the fact
;that proper measures of public health
tan save and in some centres are an -
wally saving many lives from all of
them.
Quebec has attacked this problem.
She has 17 Rural Health Units in
operation, and expects soon to have
eight more, Consider what happened
�n Beauce County, Quebec, following
o e
Problem in lr�dn
Of "Untouchables"
The Sinion Commission report will
be issued in the spring, and the con
ributioe. by Sir Charles Marne,
ei.O.S,L, in the India number of "The
Times," on the Caste System, is of
special interest. Among other per-
lineut points raised, Sir Cba•les
;tvrites:
"To -day castes are t0 be reckoned
by the hundred and identifiable minor
castes by the tier:mend, Caste rentaine
as strong!y as ever a matter of birth,
A man is born to honor as a Brahman
Sr to dishonor as a sweeper; the worst
)of Brahmans cannot lose his sanctity
end the noblest of sweeper's cannot
break his birth's invidious bAr, eg.-
tent fly going right outside the pale
of his religion.
"To a great 'extent occupation es.
etill determined by a man's aate+te,
tthough various causes, such as ctrl-
"cation and travel and the detetopment
,of industry and the desire for ORv
brnment service, have blurred the
boundary lines.
"Each mete enforces its own rales
by means of eommit6ee;3 alined pan.
chayets. A caste man who bi'ea:he the
isles by engaging in a degtaciin 0e -
imitation, or eating improper foe , or
!Harrying beyond the Pale, Is waiv-
ed, Before the caste tribunal. He may
get off by paying a fine or stand*
a dinner. But for major offences 'b
will he outcaste, and then none of hie
awn caste -fellows wilt have areethtng
do do with 'him; nor can he get 44-,
cess to the temples, nor service from
any o fthe other workers, the barber,
the cobbler, the ivaeherman, en whom
he depends for necessary Offices,
"T
there
i demand
la where 1 a a
o places re w
ver wives, girls of humble caste are
sometimes brought by dishonest brok-
ers, who dispose of them at a profit
by representing; them a,e of higher
costa than they are. This practice
may suggest the question why a low -
caste man doomed to a degrading
trade should not likewise go off to
some place where he is unknown and
give himself out as of a high caste.
The answer es that unknown strangers
are always Objects of suspicion in
India; and that before he was accept-
ed bo would be put tb ough, testas en -
(ler which he would break down for
sheer lack of knowledge of the so-
cies,,.y� which are sought to enter.
"'there is little difficulty about the
precedence of the major castes. Al-
ways :the Brahman cones first, and
then the modern representatives of
the three twice born* communities,
Below them there would be no gener
el agreement as to the aegtienee. Some
Sudrae are'cler,n'i others, though not
'cieapp, are yet not thought of as,opi-'
1140, -
"Belew these, again, are a descend
ing series of 'ilntouchat les,' in le
SSutl , where Brahmanism is strong-
est, the s"eegree of pollution with whioh
the various kinds of pariah are in-
vert l9.e
ed ie seured by the distale4
witting which they may not approach
a Braman,
llbe depeesesed classes are rsckenep
to number from to 8'0 mi]lion$,
They need top be thought o as de
finitely ?teyoled tete pale of ilin!inis%
i heir position is more amblguu5Cb
nowaday_a, when growing tension b
tween 1bineus and 314os1'ema ma es 3t
important to each conrmut:Sty to im-
creitse ite numerical sireugte,
"But it the Ontoastee are to bQ :pee-
itonet tie Medea it is only luta Old
(hToper that ilfaduism should *eat
om better. Logic andeexpetlietry
alike tend to reinforce the dents al-
ready being made by the tnore generous -minded
or the caste leaders
show more oensideretion to 'those b
yond the pale, The movement h'
long figured onolitical programm
it 1s now actually tial i etreng,
nut� gee: -
come
•.
i17r s ,r di u1 s, 1
but it st a Seat 9,.'4,9 fQ d,
cori?a tate bhape of de oda goA'
, iii
sereatism,"
A Last Tjilvute to a Faithless Wosgtana"
A PRESENT THAT COST THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS
Napoleon necklace, valued at $400,000, stcrm centre of action by Arch-
duchess Theresa of Austria against former British. secret agent, who sold it
and disappeared. It was secured from the spoils of Napoleon's last eampaigns
Premier, Primate,
Peers and. Professor
Their Views on Russia and
eliggio and the Exist-
in$ ngSituation
"Is the Foreign Secretary aware
that two months ago 1 worshipped
peacefully with a thousand other peo-
pie in the Cathedral of the Redeemer
in Moscow.?"—Dir. Malcolm MacDon-
ald, M.P., in the house of Commons.
"•I have already received a great
deal of information which greatly in-
creases both the gravity and the clif
fieulty of the subject, I desire, after
there bas been greater opportunity, to
consider the whole matter and to dis-
cuss it with the fullness which is fm-
Deseibie now, to have the matter de-
bated again In your Leedships'House,"
—The Archbishop of Canterbury in
the house of Lords.
There is not much change in the
situation with regard to the religious
controversy and Russian relations.
Dr. Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury,
states above that he has received "in-
formation which increases the gravity
of the subject," and the only evidence
in the other direction appears in Rey-
noids's Illustrated News, but as the
source of information Is vaguely al-
ludee to as of "high authority" peo-
ple will form their own conclusions.
This "high authority" says:
"I have heard it said by one who
certainly ought to know, that not 1
per cent, of the churches in Russia
have been closed,
"And even If it were 10 per cent,
that ,!gore would not be higher than
the number of chureltee which, for
various causes, have of sate been
closed in Britain.
"Some of the ehnrclaes bave been
removed on the demands of young
Communist groups, who have proved
to the community in which they live
that the churches serve 110 useful
purpose. •
"No doubt a eoneiderable number
of priests have been dealt with, not,
however, because of the practice al
religion, but on account of their come
ter-revdlutionary sympathies.
"I do not think it is true that there
have been actual atrocities in any
real eense 01 the term, and the priests
expelled •have been dealt with op.
general political grounds. This a15 -
piles to the Orthodox Church.
"But I believe that the Soviet has
dealt more severely wit's. the Baptista,
and for the reason that they are an
international organization. Foreign
influence is thus introduced, and to
this the Soviet objects."
The Premier's View
Rafespy Igeellonattl, thelees-
-Writing to a car'resp hdhitt,
Trlr.
mien,
says:
• "The Government is much concern-
ed with what is going oh. We cannot
say that we have got the facts.
"News supplied from Riga sh rale
not be believed until corroberat i 6
good part of
the d
tate
era
t
s
have done dutYhave been pr
ovwed
to
be false.
"The bisttoeY of re1itee ie letset ,
however, is tnfortugateeis' fell of the
reoorde of pe•seeutidn,
i?erseoution has never in o��n��e r'
or another been 9baent frim Bussla"5,
religious l f l andv,3e revoluti nail
mentality ws cis generattessefi p-
pvesidiop, have oreli1e`d bits a the
characteristics of narrow•neee and vio-
lence of. purpose.
"It is' an active will riding rough-
shod and cruelly over every obstacle,
real or imaginary.
Persecution is Hateful
n colleagues "To t c a t es as myself y tomsef
g 3
re-
ligious persecution fs hateful. We
haveinherited that hate from our own
stock, and are not likely to be indif-
ferent to any persecution in any part
of the world, or in any time either
Past or present.
"We have recognized Russia diplo-
matically because we believe that that
is for the general goodehowever intri-
cate and troublesome the immediate
problems may be.
"To outlaw a country Is not to make
it amenable to world opinion, but the
opposite,
"The only question is, what are the
facts and what are our opportunities,
and how can they best be used?
"It would be tate easiest thing in
the world to act in such a way as
would add to the inflictions which
Christians may have to endure. That
we shall avoid whatever the agitation
may be."
A Bishop's Suggestion
Dr, Headlam, Mahon of Gloucester,
in a recent address, said that he "did
not believe it was right, wise, or
necessary to attempt to interfere with
the diplomatic t'elationa of the two
countries. .Ile believed the presence
02 the British Ambassador and proper -
lar appointed Commis would have a
beneficial effect.
"He could not doubt that the right
course was that the heads of the vari-
ous religious bodies, the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the President of the
Free Church Council, Cardinal Bourne
and the Chief Rabbi should be asked
to approach the Russian Ambassador
bare and discuss the matter in a sym-
pathetic manner:
'He believed that if they were to
do, ao they might be able to bring
home to the Ambassador, and througl&
him to -those who sent him, the resent-
ment that was widely felt, a resent-
ment which might have far-reaching
consequences in the future. He be.
lievad that an appeal based on univer-
sal principles common to humanity, of
Justice, liberty, toleration and fairness
must in the end have weight"
Lord Parmoor, in the House of
Lords, took a similar hue when he
told the Peers: "I take the view of
the present Government that if you
want improvement in Russia the way
to obtain it is by a friendly resump-
tion of ordinary normal diplomatic re-
lations, and that is the only way in
which, in the long run, i think Rus-
sia will come into co-operation with
the general life and general outlook of
other` European countries."
A Fact Not Generally Known
An interesting personal tribute was
Paid to Lord Parmoor by Lorci .New.
ton, who said in the Lords' debate:
"I cannot refrain from expressing
my admiration fox the noble and
learned Lord, Lord Parmoor, and Ido
not think that
in justice has ever been
j e
done to him with regard to this par-
tioular matter. The noble and learn-
ed tore, ht the course of a Tong and
honorable career at the Bar, amassed,
6 believe( a coosleerable fortune,
largely by defending the interests of
Capital in the Committee rooms rap
stairs, and ire Invested a large portion
of tole hard•earned Ming iu 2tusaia.
"The moment the Bolahevike came
into power i believe they seized every
Liquor Control Gives Ontario r Bewitched.
$9,661,448 Profit for 1929 `Is it curse or Coi•
ncidence?
t t That is a Question These
Commissioner Reports Sales Totalling $55,360,569; Day of ,Strange Stories Cannot
Large Bootlegger is Declared Over as ,Regulations Fail to Make You Ask
Broaden 'Scrutiny of.PurchasesWl ten it was announced r'eceutI
•
Toronto.—With sales totaling $55,
860,669, the Ontario' Liquor Control
Commission has reported to the Legis-
lature a profit for 1929 of $9,661,448.
Commenting on operation of the
control system, the report said:
"Evils resulting front the abuse of
liquor have ever been present. The sin
of drunkenness is still with us and
probably will remain, with hosts of
other sins."
The commission declared the day of
the large bootlegger was ended. "He
1r'• regarded today as the common en-
emy,' it said.
Use of rubbing alcohol and other
substitutes was held by the commis-
sion as responsible for a large per-
centage of drunkenness in some sec-
tions and said measures were being
taken to eliminate this abuse,
Sir Henry Drayton, chairman of the
eommission, also said a new plan
would be put '.nto effect in an en-
deavor to prevent abuse of the permit
privilege, Under the new regulations
a person buying beyond his means or
for bootlegging purposes will be'lim-
ited to purchases at the store nearest
his home, thus permitting a closer
scrutiny en bis purchases.
During 1929 there were 543,044
permits granted. Sales from the 123
government stores totaled $37,626,779,
with the remainder front 105 brewery
warehouses and breweries. The report
showed that the per capita consump-
tion of alcohol in Canada had fluctu-
ated from .703 gallons in 1917 to a
low of .895 in 1919 and to a high of
.723 in 1921. The consumption in 1928
was .425 gallons per person.
penny that he possessed. Tet the
noble and Iearned Lord bears no maI-
ice, He is the first to fling himself, so
to speak, upon their necks.
"Personally, I am quite incapable
of soaring to heights of altruism of
that description. If a man had flag-
rantly
lagrantly robbed me and if I was again
called upon to associate with him I
should feel rather reluctant to do so,
especially if not only having robbed
me in the past he now indulged in
continual vituperation of me and my
associates."
A Nonconformist Peofesser
Professor Bernard Manning, of
Jesus College, Cambridge, writing in
the Morning Post, says:
"We are asked to wait still for the
facts, The Soviet makes no secret of
its policy towards those things that
we most prize; it is only our English
sentimentalists who shut their ears
to what the Russian Communists say
about their achievements and their
Policy in matters Of religion.
"Dissenters like myself care not
two straws how the Russians arrange
their property; but we care very
greatly for those o fthe household of
faith, and despite any worry that it
may cause to Miss Wilkinson and Mr.
Henderson eve shall go on caring. The
Nonconformist conscience may exist
as a butt for third-rate humorists; it
has never existed as a soothing mlx-
Cure for time.serving politicians."
Wiley --"Lent is 110W here. Have
you though what you will do?"
hubby—"Oh, I reckon it will be as
usual—cut down on family expeuses
in order to buy you an Easter outfit.
VALUE OF CHARACTER
Wedgewood, though risen from a
workman, was never setisftect till he
had done his best. He would toler-
ate no inferior work. If it dict not
come up to his idea of what it should
be he would break the vessel anti
throw it away, saying: "That won't do
fry Josiah Wedgwood." Character
makes reputation, and Wedgwood pot-
tery, with Wedgwood's character be.
Bins it, won world-witle celebrity.
There was no evasive secrecy; his
art was his holy bride, and he espous-
ed iter with open glory.
REFORMERS
The only way to judge reformers,
I've found, Ls by the amount of work
they're ready to do after they have
addressed the meeting. --"Frederick
Palmer.
An expert says that a really good dia-
mond will make a hole in almost any-
thing. Especially a banking account.
Thrift is alleged to bare become
a vice le America, but little credence
is attached to the rumor that many
ostensible speak-easies are in reality
savings•banks.
.L,, test, largest and fastest ambulance plana,., developed
pxe es at Secramessto, Calif.
by UeS. Army Air Corps,
to be tested at Aid Corps
Brave Fighter
Goes Far in Politics
Ex -Colonial Secretary Has
Had Hectic Career and.
Risen to Heights
Potent and foremost among those
who have begun to march against the
hosts of Empire Crusaders is Lord
Beaverbrook's old personal and politi-
cal friend, Leopold Charles Maurice
Amery, himself an apostle of empire
trade. The cables quote him as de-
claring that he stands by Baldwiu's
"Safety First" fiscal measures rather
than by the adventure proposed by the
Baron of Fleet Sr. Amery, thus once
more in the empire spotlight, is one
of the most extraordinary figures on
the stage of British politics.
He began with a reporter's note-
book. He had no marriage bringing
fashion and Influence to help frim, nu
clique ties with men of ruling hotnses,
no advantages of wealth or birth. But
had quenchless energy. iint;tlese am-
bition and a pretty thick skin, and
front picking tip odd hits. of news
around Whitehall. landed into vvritine
leaders and " pe •ial' for the Times,
As he was the kind that stakes the
most of every opoi'tnnity, he plunged
right into the fiscal controversy, turn-
ing out articles and pamphlets that
were priceless to a hard-pressed Tory -
.ism, and coming to be regarded as alt
encyclopaedia upon anything pertain.
Ing to tariffs and imperialism. Ills
"Fundamental Fallacies of Free Trade"
became a sort of test book for tariff
reform advocates.
Versatile as well as ptttnacions, he
was interested in things Militate:, and
in 1599 wrote a boolt called "Prob-
lems of the Army." It was a good
book, got hint the Job of editing the
Times' "Histnie of the Boer War," it
task which he , erfnrrned with the aid
of that strange character, the Irish
rebel. la ,tine Childers. IVisile writ-
ing . -:s history tit was in seven vol-
umes) and turning out leaders, he
found time to study law, and in 7902
was called to the bat' at Inner Temple.
But he never practised.
His chosen career wars politics.
Beaten in three successive by-elee-
tions he finally reached the house of
Commons from the Chamberlain
stronghold of Birmingham, which re-
turned him in 1911. Thereafter his
progress was steady. Ile was a mili-
tant Tory when mt1itaney was the key
to Tory preferment; and while he
never could be au F. E. Smith, he was
at least one of those who rallied with
Ulster and Carson. In the Great War,
too, he was conspicuous. He was on
the staff of the Fourth Army carpe;
on special service in the Balkans;
served at G,H.Q. at Salonikl, 13y 12)17
he had landed lute the post of ae.:isb
ant secretary of tete war cabinet.
After that his task was clear. There
followed promotion to the colonial of-
fice, and when the Carlton club revolt.
sent Lloyd George into the wilderness
and brought Toryism to office, Amery
was on the right side Of the fence ---
and walked into the admiralty. He.
went down with the 'Baldwin ministry
when Labor took office in 1923, and re-
turned with It in 1924 to become secre-
tary for the dominions, Since then he
has been around the world, aIi over
the .British empire, turned once more
out of office, and. one of ifs-. Baldwin's
best light skirmishers.
He is anything but pleasant in sea
peatance. Middle-aged, be is short
and thick -set, looking more like a
pugilist than a politician, and with a
limp that is a legacy of a broken leg
in our Rockies. He is a fanatic about
physical fitness, is always in perfect
condition, and two years ago punched
the jaw of Mr. Buchanan, the Socialist
radical from the Clyde. No one would
take him for a successful platform
speaker, yet he is formidable in de-
bate, irrespressible in argument, copi-
ous in vocabulary, and with something
of iron in his stiff attitude, clenched
hands, cramped Ilttle gestures, when
he speaks. His voice is poor without
cadences, but his brain is as clear as
a bell, and his speech extraordinarily
fluent. And he fortifies all this with
a disconcerting memory and an amaz-
ing talent for figures,
Amery knows Canada better than
most Canadians, and he married au
Ontario girl—a sister of Sir Hamar
Greenwood.
that work on the tomb of Tutankh
men would be restarted shortly they
were many.people who shook them,
heads, .
They recalled the fact that ten pe
plc connected with the Tutankliame
vway` another hs
discovery Ill one or
Y
vied since the opening cf tete tomb.
Among them were Lord Carnarvon
Who died in Cairo six weeks after thee
tomb was opened, and his half-br0tit`te
er Colonel Aubrey Herbert. The lags
ter is said to have remarked on ens
tering the ;tomb: '.`Something dread
ful is goingte beepers to our family."•
Another of those concerned 'in tri
excavations was a well-known Egypte,
ologist, who committed suicide. In gr
letter he left behind he 'stated: "
knew there was a curse on me."
Are ,these deaths coincidence o
tense? According to Mr. Howard Cato
ter, who was in charge of the excaw,
tions: "So far es the living are co
ee, curses rued of this nature have ti'
s
place in Egyptian ritual;'
There have, however, been some e
traordinary stories regarding Egy
tiara mummies, and equally tragic a
sociations have marked the history o
some famoue jewels—the Hope di
mond, for instance. But would yo
believe that a curse. could be ease°
l ve
ae anything ated with an thin so modern as
motor -car?
Fateful Car
The car in which the.Arcitdukf
Francis Joseph and his wife were as«
sassinated at Serajevo in 1914, we.4
kept in a museum during the war. Ai -
temente it became the property o8
the Governor of Bosnia, but, follow-
ing
ollowing a number of accidents, he sold it.
Its new owner was driving into Sera '
jevo when the ear suddenly slowed
down. He stopped and examined tali,
engine. It seemed all right, but the
car wouldu't start again. Finally, he,
called in the aid of a carter and two
horses. As the latter were being
hitched to the car it started. The
horses ran away, and the car crashed
into a bank and trnued over, killing
the nnfortuuate motorist.
Gold -mire of Death
Aszet1u'r remarkable story came to
light recently, when the headless body,
of an Englishman was found in hie
house at Taos, New Mexico. It was
stated that he possessed an interest
in a New Mexico gold -mine, which, ac.
cording to local story, had brought
nothing but death to its owners. Four
other men who had been associated
with the mine had previously beet!
done to, death in the same fashion.
In this case an explanation is pos-
sible which is neither coincidence nor•
super -normal, but in the others we
are driven back to the question— 'Co-•
incidence or curse?" And each >f ua
will answer It in his own way.
itYours Truly',
The Way You Finish a Letter
May Say a Great Deal
When you write a letter to a fiend,
nr to a burin sss firm, how do yet sign
yourself?
"Yours truly" is the •rear seine -We
but there are many times ween it
seems too NMI or too curt S•t in r.y
people, in their bushe as letters, pa,
fen the Aimee."Yours a tthinily 1
in thee" Innate ones. -]ours
Bo: these by no mesna r x ,... :r
ceche. The wid'st seope ie. ass
-
found. IIsi tai°`, in !titers to ti ,
of the uppueee sex. Bus tltre
i.inrre when ti.e .art and
it letter' may 1et7Lt 1:) coque:ri-. <25
other. \Vssst wol'ci t 5001.11151
male of a 1 ,t.,• \lint[ 511,;::„ :r
weft Angel and
;liadant, ysura etc."? That t ry
Dr. Johnson wrote to ellea Bo ' , y.
Arti-ts au(1 writers oaten n -
diaitlual forms in their letters. .la:,k
London would sign notes to his wife,
•+:trate Man" and "Your Loves,,,,:."
MaMk i Him Think
Making
One of the most famous of all t s' i -
ern signatures teas . Lord Fisher's.
"Yours till hell freezes," which 15
still copied by many young num with
no naval tradition behind thent. But
even the most "uppish" of conceitcrt
youths might hesitate before he
copied the great painter•, Wheeler,
who signed himself, "I have the honor
to be James McNeil Whistler."
The late Lord Roseberry signed far-
ina letters, "Yom's respectfully'
John Bright varied the same forst in
writing to a correspondent of whom
he disapproved, and signed hfnrselfj
"I am, sir, with whatever respect you
deserve, yours respectfully, Debi.
Bright "
Letters from natives to Europeans
often make amusing reading, anti fre-
quently the biggest laugh occurs at
the beginning or at the end. This was
Use case with one letter sent to a
clergyman in India. It began •.41.
mighty and' Spanking Sir," and teethe
ed, "Your Damnable Worm." ,.
"Ages ago somebody told us 'hat
'truth Is stranger than fiction :.ruff'
we went right along reading fiction."
—Clarence Darrow.
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