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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING, JUNE 13, 1915.
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TLe Mystery
of Cancer:
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By Dr. Wood Hutchinson,
.... A. Af.,'Af. D
- Dr. Woods Hutchinson, who Is for
..' mer Portland. physician, baa attained
wide 'fame for his dtMusion of medi
cal problem In language understand--
able to the layman. -
-- Wo ar not only fearfully tand won
derfully made, but fearfully andrays-'-
terloualy unmade, at times, j 5 And of all
the fearful and mysterious unmakers
' of man cancer Is the greatest, and has
been since the memory of wan was
put on record. j - -
-It la not in tbe least a modern mys-
- tery. a recent problem. It! Is literally
- older than the Sphinx, aid, like tbe
Sphinx, alas! will devour many of us
unless we' solve its riddle, j The larger
; part of one of the famous Kine Vol
umes 'on iMedicin (papyrus rolls) of
' the physician-priests of Egypt was
devoted to It. And the Greek. fathers
of medicine pondered over-it in vain.
3 , It Is in no sense a disease of civili
sation or a menace of highly organised
communities, for almoeVevery known
race, even of savages, which has actu
ally been visited' and studied by phy
sicians and pathologists, medical mis
sionaries, army surgeons, etc, has been
found to yield victims at Its shrine.
- - - Whenever you see the allegation that
" such and such a tribe- is immune from
-cancer, that it never occurs among
; vegetarians, that the rice eaters of the
orient know nothing of it, it simply
means, nine times out -of 10, either that
we know nothing whatever iof the path
ology of that particular tribe or race,
,r that the "alligator" doesn't know
; what he Is talking about. Most of the
' confident statements that such and
such races, or- peoples, on climes, are
free from cancer because they eat this
'' food or do not eat that, tor wash be-J
" fore every meal, or never take a bath,
are based upon one common ground
Ignorance, , ma'am ; pure ignorance:
" as the great Dr. Johnson thundered
when a-lady asked him what had led
' him to define pastern as f the knee of
a' hore" in the first edition or mi
famous dictionary.
Where Ignorance Xs Prevalent.
If any further proof were needed of
' Its utter independence of civilization
1 a. , - . j aa'w 1 A L. .
it occurs in almost every species of
animal of which sufficiently large
.. numbers have been examined, partic
ularly among dogs, cats, j horses, rata
luuwico, miu even aiuuiis is, un. t
tiles and fishes. Cancer of the thyroid
gland, for instance, is one; of the most
serious diseases which the trout hatch-
-, cries, both government and private,
have to contend with. It is very far
from certain that it is increasing -'even
under civilisation or in recent times.
. In fact, it must be frankly stated that
. most of the extremely positive asser
, tions of its rapid increase with in the
' , . ft A a - i. " . 1 T V.
? sonian basis of Ignorance. I
Indeed it is the opinion of expert
statisticians and of physicians or path
ologists who have studied the records
thoroughly that there is i little or no
real reason to, believe that cancer has
actually increased in frequency within
, I. t - n .itk.- m
course, no one is In position to deny
the possibility of such a charge. It is
impracticable to give here the details
for this belief. But two illustrations
may suffice. The actual frequency of
cancer as a cause of death) in the pop
olajlons" of hospitals, where every
carAdying is submitted to post-mor-tenaexamt
nation, shows little or no in
crease. Second, cancers Which occur
upon the surface and are 'easy to re
cognise, even by the dullest eye such
as those of the Hp and tongue in men
and of the mammary gland in women
show very little increase in fre
quency, while cancers of the internal
organs the liver, stomach. Intestines,
pancreas .nd rectum which might
easily be overlooked, especially if no
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increased enormously. i
In fact a vei large share. If not all.
of the recent increase of -cancer - on
paper is due to the facta that the med
ical profession has become both more
competent Jn discovering and ' more
systematic in reporting i the disease,
while the public has become more in-
-tellirent and watchful, so that it re
port cases at an earlier stage. And
not a little of the present notoriety
of cancer Is due to our indignation and
surprise. at Its obstinacy.! Of most of
the other, serious diseases we have
discovered the secret, and gained the
whip . hand, but cancer still defies us.
So that there is absolutely no rea
son Why we should not face the can
cer mvsterv without either a nnr.k.n.
sfon or panic Cancer is a serious dis
ease! but even at Its most modern
worst it ranks only seventh among the
causes of death, claiming v about as
many victims as summer; dlarrohea of
children at one end of the life scale
and apoplexy at the other. And there
, is no vana evidence tnat u 13 increas
: lng. .-. .." .
' Occurs Late la X,if. -"We
need have no fear for the race,
.or of Its undermining our civilization,
for two good and sufficient reasons:
First, that it has wrought Its worst
nnnnua rnr n r laBST fiura -w a
... syrla, Egypt, Greece, Rome all suf
fered from it. And nobody has ever
.. hajl ,AMAt, . .1.1 . i i ,
fall was due to cancer," although al
most every other Imaginable cause for
this interesting phenomenon, from lux
ury to land laws and from malaria to
drunkenness, has been j triumphantly
accuseo. : . , i
The other is that cancer seldoW kills
until not only after mating has oc
curred and children have been born,
but . usually after all the family has
been reared and established in life.
, Eight-tenths of all; cancer deaths
occur after 46 in women and after 5
In men. and the average age at death
by it in the United States in 1913 was
69, so that there .is little or nothing to
fear from it so far as the vigor or the
continuance of the race! is concerned.
Most of the theories of the -cause of
cancer fall into two groups one that
it la a germ disease, tha other that it
is hereditary. The supporters of the
first, or germ, theory are much the
more numerous, and, to : their credit
be it said, the more active and un
wearyingly industrious, i Tet it must
the germ of cancer has been one of
ine iavorite objects of nursuit iv
.search :-. workers ever since the first
germ-criminal was accused and con-i
victed by Pasteur, and i literally hun
dreds of patient and laborious work
ers, and scores of special institutions
have been, and are yet. engaged in its
study, the net result has been practi
cally a non-suit. The verdict to date
must be the cautious (conclusion of
the Scotch Jury, Not Proven."
This has, indeed, been a bitter dis
appointment, because, the germ? once
discovered, the cure is almost in sight
Any day may see this j superb monu
ment of Industry and research crowned
with success, as every leaver of bis
kind will pray that It may be.
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For tne rVoman Wko Sews
; By Catharine Greenwood
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TOWEL INSERTION IN FILET; CROCHET - J
. This quaint design for a towel insertion in filet crochet is done
with crochet cotton No. 30 and steel crochet hook No 14. The letters
for the center space will.be given in the next pattern. If no letters
are desired, allow less space between the two motifs. . : -'. ;
. I TWENTY-FOUR-INCH CENTERPIECE ,
, The 24-inch centerpiece of which this pattern is one quarter should
be done on medium weight linen. The transferring will be simple if
the table is large enough to hold the entire centerpiece. First'crease
the linen in half and then in quarters, on the thread. Then stick a pin
firmly through the exact- centers of both pattern -and linen. After
tracing one-quarter revolve pattern without loosening it at the center.
Be careful to have pattern edge always on creased line of the linen.
Work all barred spaces in ladder-stitch or eyelets. - In working the '
edge, the loops between the scallops should be done first (two or three
threads closely buttonholed) a thread run .along the scallop will add:
Uo i its strength. Then work the scallop- in tiny close' buttojihole
stitch; using cord as padding. Use mercerized cotton No. 25. .
DIRECTIONS FOR TRANSFERRING ;
Lay a piece of impression paper, face down, upon the material.
Place? the. newspaper pattern in position over this,-and with a hard,
sharp pencil, firmly tracfc eacfr line., 4 . -' , : ;
. ,Jf the material is sheer, this may be laid over the pattern, and the
design "draw direct on the goods, as it will show through. When
handled in this way, impression paper, of course, will not be required.
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Twenty-Four
SUMMER CATERING
Unintelligent catering,' objectionable
always, is less objectionable in win
ter than in summer. In winter the
appetite is likely to be sharper, and
the limited variety of fruits and vege
tables tends to screen thoughtlessness
la tbe caterer. With tbe advent of hot
weather, however, intelligent prepara
tion of the menu becomes of great Im
portance; rich meals and monotony In
meals are to be avoided. : " 11
Ths housewife must . remember that
the appetite needs to be tempted in
warm weather and that, in the interest
of halth, a meal must be carefully bal
anced. : - 'i .
The use of fat and starch should be
limited. The summer diet should not
exclude these important food factors,
but it Is easy to use too much of the
heat producing materials. -
Porkv beans,, potatoes, rice, creamed
cabbage, heavy puddings, etc.. are not
well adapted to hot weather diet. The
requisite amount of starch, sugar and
fat can be introduced itt a more tempt
ing and digestible form. For example,
if the day is very warm and your din
ner contains meat that is rich in pro
tein and vegetables - and a cold soup
that are high in water, supply the: tat
in a salad oil asalad with a mayon
naise dressing is tempting even in hot
weather and the starch in some vege
table such as peas or green beans. This
will giv- wou a balanced ration that
Incn GentrePiece
will not appear heavy and will be pal
atable even in the hottest weather.
Butter, , salad oils and creams ' al
ways can be used on the "table with
out' offense even In midsummer, and
are " a Valuable addition to tbe light
foods that are most , likely to tempt
the appetite.
Mousses, Iced coffee with whipped
cream, stewed fruits' with cream and
cream soups offer pleasant means of
introducing cream in the hot weather
menu. OU can be introduced in either
French mayonnaise or tartare dress
ings; and good butter, like good wine,
needs no bush.
Fisli if fresh Is an excellent dish
for summer, r It IsTlch in protein and
is easy of digestion i for the average
person. Tbe - southern Italians, v the
Greeks and the Turks eat a great deal
of sb cooked in oil; and If they find
it wholesome as a warm weather diet
there is no reason why we should not
find It so. - -( - ' . 1
Big Knitting Firm v
Opens Its Factory
' Bennington, Vt. June It. The
Charles Cooper -estate, manufacturers
of knit underwear.' machinery and
needles, has reopened this with a full
force on full time, for the first time
In nearly a year. ? About a year ago the
company received an order from a Ger
man - underwear ; manufacturing i com
pany for a number of machines, which
It has been unable to ship. Inability
to realise on these machines compelled
the eompany - to - run on - a 40-hour
schedule for several months, and in
March it laid off abdut half its help.
An order just, received . is . expected
to keep the shop running all summer.
In view of the frequent Russian re
treats, ' perhaps Petrograd rbould
change its name to Retrograde.
When Is It LOO
Late to Start?
- By Jessie Roberts '
By Jessie Roberts.
Every now and then I get a letter
from some young girl in her twen
ties bewailing" tbe fact that she did
not get a training "before it was too
late" In some definite occupation. - - '
- Tet there is one woman who man
aged to surmount the lack of early
training at a considerably later date
than the one that appears to discour
age my correspondents. Her name ls
Mrs. Thomas Robin, and she was CS
before -she ever did a stroke of work
outside her own bom.: ; v ; v,
Think of that, you walling airlsl
. She bad always had a taste for dee
orating, and she became editor of the
shopping guide In a well known mag
azine, a job that necessitated her going
into ai sorts of out of the way shops
and special stores and second-hand
places for the purpose of telling about
fine old tapestries; furniture, new con
celts, late designs to wall papers., etc.
She made a success of her department
and received an excellent salary.
But . was ' she content there? No.
After several years she decided that
she preferred to work for herself.
And she thought out a new schema
She 'decided to decorate houses by cor
respondence. ' In her own - office she
conducts a voluminous correspondence,
advising her clients what to do with a
certain room, how to Improve this or
alter that, whar hangings go with a
certain type of furnishings, the proper
color combinations and every other de
tail belonging to tbe Interior decor
ator's art.- She work from blue' prints
and exact measurements of the apart
ments and houses and seeks to dis
cover all she can of the temperaments,
tastes,' family belongings and training
of the client whose orders she Is fill
lag. .-K'-e. 'y'r --: :v-v.v ;
She also sells antiques through the
mail, sending photographs and a esc rip-'
tions. She has proved her trust-acuity
and excellence, and at 7 S has her
hands full of work and her head full
of Ideas, and Is as'energetlc and Inter
ested as a woman half her years. .
Pleaee Co 'Way. " ,1
From the Columbia f Jester.
Barber (to sleepy customer) I can't
shave you, sir, unless you hold up
your head, -'---v -
Sleepy Customer-All right; giv me
a "haircut, then. - ,
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How to Make a
Garden Pool j
By Mary Lee
. The construction of a falr-eized
concrete pool tor the garden or lawn
js not difficult, and the added oharm
afforded by such a pool make the
labor worth while. -A
basin about five feet In" diameter
and ' a foot and a half or two ! feet
deep Is not an ambitious undertaking.
ana it is Quit large enougn . zor
small garden. It is pot necessary to
have running water flowing into it.
The water can be renewed with the
garden hose every few days, and the
overflow disposed of through a drain
pipe In the center. :
.Water hyacinths and pond lilies are
easy to cultivate and a few goldfish
not only add to the attractiveness
of the pool, but are necessary to, keep
away mosquitoes.
.First measure carefully tor i your
pool.. Be sure that it Is placed exactly
where you want It, and that It is a
perfect circle or oval. After marking
out -the ground,' cut tbe turf away
carefully, and evenly around the edges
a"d begin ' to dig. : Tbe sides should
slope gently from tbe1 edges ; toward
the center, and in-the exact center
should ; be the greatest depthfrom
two to two and a half feet. In the
middle of this the drain pipe should
be sunk; a four-inch or five-inch -pipe
driven firmly into the earth, with the
upper . end slightly below the level of
the edge of the pool.- The deeper space
around the drain pipe should be filled
in with stones. This leave the pool
hollowed out In a gentle even slope
from the edges to the drain pipe in
the center. Let the ground settle for
a day or two, and then line the basin
with stones small,- flat stones fitted
together a closely as possible to
supply , a foundation for the cement.
If you are willing to use plenty of
cement; stones may be . omitted, but
If you have plenty of stones In your
garden, their use as a lining will save
several: bags of cement. . r;; ) -p-iv
After you have laid the stones and
pounded them Into the. earth as firm
ly as possible,' give them several days
in which to settle; then you will be
ready - for the cement. - Two parts of
cement to one part of sand will be
necessary to furnish a non-porous
mixture. Mix the cement and lay it
with a trowel, thickly and smoothly,
over the surface of the stones until
you have an even layer over the whole
basin. ; Let this dry for several days
before filling the pool with water.
If the cement, on trial, proves! to be
porous and ; does not, bold , the water,
coat the-bottom with a layer of pitch.
Several. inches of rich loam should
cover the bottom of the pool for the
lilyv bulbs : to root in, and an inch of
clean white sand should be sprinkled
on top of this. Fit the top of tbe
drain pipe with a wire cage to rtch
floating leaves and sticks saf he
pool is completed.. ;
Ttr e e-M inut c
Mayonnaise
By Mary Let,
The making of mayonnaise dress;.- -was
. formerly regarded as a very
troublesome affair. Exceptional cot: j
or housewives, -It is true, would assert
that It. was no trouble, once the knax';
was acquired; but as a rule it was a
popular dressing with busy cooks.
The reason was not far to seek. Ji
the first; place, tradition held that 1 f
mayonnaise dressing curdled it mua
be thrown out and a new mixture
started; and as it often curdles, tt t
was not I a cheerful prospect to t i
when time was short In the secor t
place, tradition asserted that pool
mayonnaise could be made only by
adding the oil drop by drop a lengthy
and troublesome process. "
Tradition in both instances was
wrong. If the mayonnaise curdles, an
egg yolk should be broken into a clem
bowl and beaten thoroughly and the
curdled mixture added to this drop. In
this way the mayonnaise will be recov
ered, . . - '-.-
The three minute mixture that saves
the tedious - drop by drop process is
I made as follows:
1 "M jimmfe nut th. .nit m rA Mtict,,
into a bowl and add a whole egg, both
yolk and white. Beat this mixture
thoroughly and then add one-third of
a cup of oil. all at once. Beat this un
til it begins to thicken, then add another-
third of a cup of oil. If a thicker
one Is desired, more oil must be ad.: el,
making a cup of oil in all; beat until
very 'stiff, then set the bowl on ice
until the dressing is wanted.
Mayonnaise ' made by this process
Is less likely to curdle than that made
In the old way, and the mixture Is
quite as! good.
A bowl or jar of mayonnaise will
keep for some time if put In . the re
frigerator, and it is very useful to
have on hand. It Is well to remem
ber, too, that a mayonnaise can be
transformed into a tartare sauce ty
the addition of chopped gherkins an J
capers, j Therefore, it is economy la
time so to plan your menus that a fUh
dish served with a tartare sauce is
followed the next day by a salad re
quiring jsV mayonnaise dressing, or vie s
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versa.
WOMEN IN AD FIELD
Many I manufacturers nowadays pre-
of letting the retail trade do it for
them, or- workine throurh. an ntcnf
And women are liked by these men us
managers or tneir campaigns.
1 "I would rather have the entire serv
ices of a young woman interested n
pushing -my products than the dlvMei
interest: of some agency that Is occu
pied with all sorts of advertising," t 1 1
a paint maker recently. "I believe in
paying la good salary for work that
tells. Twelve and a half to fifteen
per cent of the business brought In i
not tool much, and more where It U
warranted." .
One young woman went Into
work with no experience at all. goirf
into the factory of a furniture mW,
where she studied every phase of r
work first, and reading up on t'
furniture question from the beginnl-
of history to the present moment. t..
knew all there was to be known tn
that subject before she began her 1
vertlslng labor, and she knew, too, e
alms and ambitions of her employer.
She wrote a series of letters to ot,!
ers In furniture that explained in a
direct way Just what her house manu
factured,, why the output was exr!
lent, and bow the Ideals of fcent
workmanship and ..the aim of suitat il
ity and beauty governed In the fac
tory. She got letters in return th-U
gave her an insight Into the psychol
ogy Of her Customers, ani heln -
prepare the sort of reading matter at. j
Ulustratlon that would most appeal.
- cr success was gradually workel
up.. She had of course really $rr,-, j
merchandise to back
he feared nothing on that side. i:"r
oniy problem was to Interest the bay r.
w proTo to nis satisfaction that
rer firm was worth tha trvini, rw,.
cured, she could trust to the .excellence
of the manufacture to hold her r,n
She consulted onlv her own in.i,
and taste in the articles she choVVta
oiciur mm representative, and her liter
ature aimed to tell the truth In a w y
iai wouia stica ana conviocc
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the goldh::
' The accompanying verses were writ-
tTI . rtV M u ( 1 n k. - ,i r '
Bremner. a well known vocalift. wi.n
formerly resided in Portland, and who
now maicea hr hnm. In u.i-i.. (
and were dedicated to h. Krii,,
American league for use at the Krni -h
T )l v ,b .hrulinn ,1.-. r .
exposition,
California, the Golden, thou gen ti
the world.
In setting of amber, of emerald anl
. beryl.
Golden thy cliffs, thy sands and -thy
sun.
Green are the laurels thy beauty hit':
- won;
Enticing the splendors thy glories un
fold. O'er harbor of jasper, of sapphire, cf
oia.
: v CHORUS.
Far o'er .the hills and canyons
- Isles
A canopy blue enfolds them the wi-
Cerulean the waves that breathe t.
love lore.
As soft breaks the surf on thy jt ' '
bound snore..
Thou m of the west, by the sur.tr.
kissed sea:
California, the Golden, our hearts
to twee.
Pop Gives Palace for I? -
Rome, June 12. Pope BenedU-t. I',
announced, has given the ro-1
palace, C'astel Gandolfo, in the r
hills, to bvs used as a hospital, c
Gandolfo is the only property I
lng to the holy see in Italy-
the Vatican. A ' group of vc:
nurses has been formed for rv
Cautel Gandolfo.
FORMA,