Find Defects in
Most Children
University of Iowa Physicians
Give Results of Free Clinical
Examinations.
SEEK 10 HELP THE SUBNORMAL
Over 90 Per Cent of Defects Found
Declared to Do Totally or Partial
ly Correctable— Malnutri
tion Is Common.
Don’t you think th« klddl«« I
ought to b« glv«n «vary chancs ♦
to develop Into worth-while citi- *
>en«f What do you think of J
this campaign?
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ures. Results have Indicated that the
money, time ami effort have been well
expended. report division officials.
"The success of (Ids great work,"
said Doctor Prentice, "has been made
possible by the splendid co-operation
of the doctors and county and school
nurses In the various communities
where clinics have been held,
"During recent years the general
health nnd physical condition of our
city children have been greatly Im
proved by «tie work of Infant welfare
stations, children’s clinics, school clin
ics mid mmiy other such organizations.
Likewise the maternity clinics tin vs
done much for mother nnd babe. And
now we have the salve opportunities
brought to our rural communities
through the work of the division of
maternity and infant hygiene of the
University of Iowa which is carrying
out the provisions of the Sheppard*
Towner law In lown. We need only to
l<enr In mind the high percentage of
physical unfitness among our rural
boys ns found by the army examina-
firing In ths recent war to realize the
Importance of this work."
¡own <3ty, la.—An average of one
physical defect for each of 900 Iowa
children examined since September
25 Ims been found by Dr. John W.
Prentice and Dr. Florence W. Johns
ton. University of town physicians tn
the division of maternity and Infnni
hygiene, who have been conducting
free, clinical examinations In various
parts of tho state. Their work, how
ever, has been aimed at the observa
tion and suggested treatment of the
physically subnormal rather than the
normal child.
Over W» per cent of the defects
found Were declared to be totally or
partially correctable. The percentage
of possible corrections decreases with Unearthing of Royal Tomb Great
the Increasing age of the child.
est Archaeological Discovery
out of 950 children examined 9*2
defects were found. The defects mul
of Modern Times.
tiply with tho age of the child. It has
been Doctor Prentice's observation
that rural children have ns many phy
sical defects as do City children.
Malnutrition Is found nS often among
farm children ns among city children.
Several reasons were ascribed tp this; Tomb of Tutankhamen, 1350 B. C.
Not Only Yields Vast
among them lack of variety In diet
nnd defective teeth. The most fre
but Is Expected to Reveal
quent defects among rural children
Historical Lore.
were found to be malnutrition, de-
cayed teeth, enlarged adenoids nnd en-
London.—That the recent unearth
larged, diseased tonsils.
ing of a royul tomb neur Luxor Is the
greatest archaeological discovery Ip
Need Variety In Food.
"Children need a variety of food Egypt In modern times already Is cer
elements as do livestock.” said Doctor tain. How great. In the light which
Prentice, referring to the well-balanced It throws on the vanished civilization
diet for furin animals that experts that has made the wisdom of Egypt
have prepared. "The rural children proverbial down all the ages, the dis
seem to get food In sufficient quantity covery may prove to be—thfii remains
but not the variety or balanced diet for the secret of the still unopened
that enable« all tissues of the body Inner chamber to reveal.
The story of the discovery, made
to develop properly. In other words,
by
the earl of Carnarvon. whose
they live on a ’one-sided' diet. Chil
dren with bad teeth fall to masticate wealth has enabled him to devote
and digest their food well and they himself to the costly hobby of
absorb and swallow harmful poisons Egyptology, and Howard Carter, per
haps the finest living archaeological
that come from the decayed teeth.”
draughtsman, reads like a romance.
Children examined at the clinics nre
The valley of the tombs of the kings,
scheduled In advance If possible. Their
where the find was made. Is a desert
histories are taken, they are examined,
ravine lying behind the barren cliffs
a chart of their physical stnto Is made,
and hills, which form the mighty
a summary drawn and treatments
walls of the Nile valley on the west-
recommended for defects. This record
ern
bank of the river, some 450 miles
is kept by the county or school nurse
above
Cairo.
with the name of the family physician.
Sepulchers Cut In Hills,
A copy of this record Is given the
Here the Pharaohs of the eight-
parents nnd they nre Instructed to
eenth,
nineteenth and
twentieth
take the child along with the record to dynasties, covering the period from
the family physician.
about 1550 to 1000 B. C., were laid
About 50 per cent of the cases In
communities where clinics have been
held have reported to the family phy
sicians an Instructed, according to re
Fight Over Eight Cents
ports of nurses nnd physicians. It Is
believed this proportion will be greatly
Ends in Murder Charge
Increased ns the work advances.
A qunrrel over 8 cents result
Gives Advice on Diet.
ed In the death of Henry A.
In order to reach the children clinics
Smith, fl.’ty-two years old, at the
nre held In various towns and cities
hands of Illratn Denton, both of
under the auspices of local physicians
Clay county, Tennessee. Den
nnd county and school nurses. Doctor
ton presented n bill to Smith
Prentice examines the children and
for $1.88, but the latter insisted
Doctor Johnston acts ns adviser to the
that he* would not pay more
mothers on questions of child diet,
than $1.80. Smith is said to
prenatal and postpartum care. The
have drawn a knife anti Dinton
university physicians are trying to
Is charged with having killed
make assets instead of liabilities out
him with a blow from a club.
of the subnormal children of Iowa by
pointing out possible corrective meas-
HER LOVE ALIENATED?
Flames Destroy Chicago Railway Station
Flllng suit against Benjamin Rnp-
paport, wealthy New York cloak man
ufacturer, and .Mrs. Itappn[M>rt, James
M. Graf, broker, alleges alienation of
the affections of his wife Florence
(above with baby) by her parents.
Dearborn station in Chicago, the terminal for the Santa Fe, Monon, Wabash and C. & E. I. roads, was destroyed by
flames the other nlghL This photograph was taken during the height of the conflagration.
Sheds New Light
Find
630
Uses
on Egyptology
for Basswood
SEPULCHERS CUT IN HILLS
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Brings Her Prince Back Home
Princess Anastasia, the former Mrs. William R. Leeds, widow of the Inte
"Tinplate King,'' with her husband, prince Christopher of Greece, photographed
as they arrived In New York on the S. S. Olympic. This Is the first visit to
America by the princess since her marriage to the prince.
to rest In sepulchers cut Into the
aides of the hills, the burial chambers
being deep down In the solid rock, ap-
pruaclied by flights of steps and cor
ridors, generally ornamented by rich
wall paintings and bas-reliefs. The
existence of these tombs has been the
common knowledge of all the cen
turies, though the precise location of
each Ims not been known. For 2.OÜO
or .3.000 years robbers have been busy
with their treasures.
But for more than n generation past
Mr. Carter's faith that tourists In
Thebes were Step) Ing over priceless
treasures In the bowels of the earth
has not faltered, despite all that Is
known of the past rifling of the fa
mous site. The beginning of the story
of the discovery goes back 33 years,
when he began searching thé 'hehan
necrojMdls for a key to ancient Egypt.
In that period he found a number of
minor prizes, but since Lord Canarvon
Joined forces with him 17 years ago
the discovery of the Hyksos tablet was
their greatest reward—up to the pres
ent.
Recently, niter four days’ work in
the heart of the small sacred basin
he nnd his party unearthed n step.
Continued digging resulted In the ex
cavation of a stairway which led right
beneath the tomb of Barneses IX, an
unlmi>ortnnt king, who lived some
.3,000 years ago. At its foot was a
door inscribed with the protocol of
another Pharaoh, Tutankhamen, one
of the most Important kings of Egypt.
Tt was the one remaining tomb of
which there had been nny hope of
finding In the valley of the tombs of
the kings.
But the opening of the tomi» showed
that the excavators had stumbled
upon n discovery of unprecedented
Importance. No other roynl tomb that
has been opened In Egy*pt has con
tained such treasures as the tomb of
Tutankhamen gave up. The lights of
the searchers shone upon an age-old
collection of gems and gold nnd ala
baster—a collection which would
fetch upward of $1^,000.000 in nny
salesroom. But the value of the <IIs-
covery was not to be stated in terms
of money.
Third Chamber Not Entered.
consider all the characteristics of a
commodity and select the good points.
Then they find the uses to which such
good points can be put. Basswood is
a wood of peculiarly clean appearance.
Because of its spongy texture it does
not split and therefore can be used in
small pieces. Such characteristics, on
consideration, were found to be very
desirable In the manufacture of con-
Took Years of Investigation and Ex telners for food. People want to have
food packed in clean containers which
periment—Difficult to Overcome
will not readily fall apart.
Inherited Natural Prejudice
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Flat Tire and Wooden Leg
Win Victory for Accused
New York.—A flat tire and a
wooden leg won a victory In
Criminal court for C. G. Davis,
a carpenter, appealing a police
court sentence of five days In
the county Jail and a $50 fine.
Patrolman Michael Carricato
testified that Davis was driving
his automobile in a zig-zag man
ner and that he staggered when
he left the car.
Davis said the staggering was
due to his wooden leg, and the
zig-zagging of the car was due
to the flat tire.
Tree That Pioneers Thought
Worthless Is Utilized by
Many Manufacturers.
SCIENTISTS COME TO RESCUE
That Wood Was Worthless.
Washington.—At least 80 per cent
of the American-born grandfathers
and grandmothers in the United States
are familiar with the slang meaning
of the word “basswood.” That Is be
cause such a percentage of these ven
erable persons came from the section
of the country In which the basswood
tree Is indigenous. The reason for
the use of such a slang term was that
Its colloquial meaning reflected the
opinion of the value of the tree. When
our grandparents wanted to describe
an utterly worthless object or even a
person deemed to be worthless, such a
person or object was said to be “bass-
wood,” because of all the vast natural
wealth which the pioneers found In
this country the basswood tree was
considered of least value.
In the early days when the Ameri
can pioneer went into the wilderness
he had to depend on the things he
found in thnt environment to fill his
everyday needs. He must build his
houses of the native woods, he must
weave his clothes of native fibers and
must raise his own food. Such a civ
ilization caused these people to put
definite values upon all the products
of nature. Everything had a value.
Hickory was good for ax handles nnd
ash for wagon spokes. Pine and all
kinds of oak were excellent firewood,
but basswood was discovered to be
good for nothing.
Its fibers were too spongy and
stringy to wort 'nto anything useful.
It was not strong to withstand pres
sure. It did not last long, and it would
not burn well. Almost any other kind
of waste wood at least would make a
good fire, but basswood when set
alight would sputter for a while nnd
go out, and what little burning it
would do gave very little heat In com
parison with other fuels.
So It was not surprising that men
and women who must put definite
values on materials and on people sur
rounding them should coin a new word
for their language and agree that
“basswood” should describe a useless
object or a worthless drone. In the
states from the Atlantic coast to the
prairies and from Georgia and Mis
sissippi to the Canadian line the bass
wood tree grows In nearly every coun
ty and in this section the slang term
basswood enn be heard a:nong old peo
ple to this day.
The tomb was n treasury of the
glories of the Egyptian court of 1.350
B. C. There were gilt couches Inlaid
with Ivory and Jewels; there was the
king’s throne and the king's robes.
Two statues showed him In hts habit
ns he lived. Chariots were there for
the dend Pharaoh’s riding; masses of
food for his eating f musical instru
ments, documents.
The state of the outer chambers
showed that the tomb had been di*
tnrbed at least once In the past.
In the third chamber may (and, it
Is hoped, does) rest the mummy of
Tutankhamen himself.
This third
chamber has not yet been entered.
The tomb has been senled again until
Lord Carnarvon, who has returned to
England, goes back with a picked
hand of experts to supervise the re
Science to the Rescue.
moval to the museum nt Cairo. Then
If
this
were a play, at this point the
the secret of the inner chamber will
words “Enter science in the form of
be disclosed.
the Department of Agriculture" should
be written. To pursue the fantasy,
science would be a Prince Charming
come to alter the life of Basswood, the
Lands in Barrel of Tar;
Cinderella of the forest. It took some
Loses Several Feet of Flesh
years of Investigation and experimen
tation and the overcoming of the In
Berkeley, Cal.—W. W. Glenn,
herited natural prejudice and belief
proprietor of a aoda water
that basswood was worthless, but
works In Sacramento, came to
science persisted and the other day
the Berkeley Emergency hos
the Department of Agriculture Issued
pital to have a coating of tar oil
from Its press a booklet devoted’ en
removed.
tirely to this useless wood.
He told the police that while
The booklet lists 630 practical uses
driving he was crowded off the
of basswood I
road by a passing automobile
The despised Cinderella of the for
and landed In a barrel of tar.
est,
once the scorn of the pioneers,
To remove the tar It was nec
now Is prized for many uses and chief
essary to cut his clothing and
ly through the Investigative work and
shoes from his hotly. Several
experimentation of this scientific
feet of skin went with the tar.
workshop of Uncle Sam.
The scientists of the department
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Used in Pail Trades.
pieces of wood together, such as ap
pear in the leaves of the dining-room
table. Nothing, it was found, would
add to the clean appearance of a trav
eling trunk any more than basswood,
and so It was used for the sides of
trays and partitions.
Picture frames and moldings, where
a nonsplitting material was necessary,
were found to be practical uses, and
finally the outcast tasswood was put
into such fine manufactures as musical
instruments.
One of its uses puts this material In
every one's hands. Millions of matches
which are struck every day all around
the world have basswood sticks. Here
was where the nonburning qualities of
the wood, which once made it despised,
were capitalized. Fires are set by
matches thrown away because they
hold fire too long. But the poor burn
ing qualities of a basswood stick would
minimize the dangerous afterglow and
the fire would not last after It was
needed.
So the progress continued. Kitchen
cabinets, tobacco boxes, shoe lasts.
Pullman-car finishing, handles of all
sorts, thread spools, shade and map
rollers, pulleys, and. finally, even cas
kets and coffins were made tn part at
least of basswood. In all 630 practical
uses, and every year new uses are be
ing found. Even the stringy, ribbony
excelsior which comes packed around
dishes and other fragile articles is
made from the once rejected bass
Used In Fine Manufactures.
wood.
Once the prejudice waK removed It
Production Runs High.
was discovered that lots of things
could be done with this wood If it were
The total annual production Is 250,-
properly sawed nnd dried. Parts of It 000,000 board feet. The existing sup
were used foy furniture. It became a ply standing In the shape of bass
favorite material for dowels, the little wood trees in the United States is es
cylindrical pieces of wood used to fit timated at 9,000,000,000 board feet.
From the lowly position It occupied
In the estimation of our grandfathers
it has risen to such a value that the
Department of Agriculture now Is ad
vising farmers who have unused land
to plant basswood as a profitable for
est crop. It grows rapidly and Is In
digenous over a wide area of the coun
try-
How Industry, aided by investigative
science, has developed this commodity
is repeated in scores of instances In
connection with many other commodi
ties and every such step forward adds
millions to the total wealth of the
American people.
So the humble basswood came Into
wide use in the manufacture of such
containers as lard pails, candy pails
and pails for a variety of other foods.
Its clean, white appearance was ap
preciated by housewives and manufac
turers are quick to discover what the
housewife, one of the best customers
In the world, wants. Woodenware was
the next development. Chopping bowls
and all sorts of wooden dishes were
made from the discarded basswood
which would not burn and was no
good for construction. Soon another
household use was developed and bass
wood appeared in the form of chil
dren's toys. Here again its elean ap
pearance and Its nonsplitting qualities
were valuable. Also, It Is light In
weight, and a basswood lion can be
thrown much farther across the nur
sery than one made of a material as
heavy as oak.
Pursuing the household uses. Iron
ing boards, wringers and other things
used in the laundry, where clean,
white woodwork is at a premium, were
made from IL
Nearly every one has seen the clean,
white little wooden boxes In which
comb, honey is sold, and, at least sub
consciously, thought how much more
appetizing the delicacy appeared be
cause of the appearance of the con
tainer. These boxes, as well as many
other supplies of apiaries, are made of
bassw<»od.
Hogs Fatten on Nuts.
Whitesburg, Ky.—One of the best
nut crops, consisting of acorns, beech
nuts and hickory nuts, is now on in
the eastern Kentucky and southwest
ern Virginia mountains, and hogs are
fattening right along. Farmers of the
mountains who have a surplus of
swine nre lucky and will reap bounti
ful harvests. It is said the crop Is th«
largest In the history of the oldest In
habitants.
Big Hawk Doss Stunts.
To Miss Maude Dakin goes the 1922
title of queen of Seattle, and the honor
of being adjudged the fairest daugh
ter of the northwestern metropolis.
She was chosen as queen of that city's
annual Dahlia exposition. Miss Dakin
is eighteen, blonde and blue-eyed.
Junction City, Kan.—A huge chick
en hawk shared honors with the mili
tary aviators at the Fort Riley flying
circus recently. The hawk made his
appearance while the stunt flying was
In progress and singling out one of
the most daring of the flyers, proceed
ed to follow him through all his evo
lutions. Finally the flyer turned the
nose of bls machine upward, ascend
ing to a great height, and the hawk,
still following him, was lost to sight.