The Hermiston herald., September 08, 1921, Image 2

Dancing Helps
Heart Patients
Medical Director Tells How Car­
diac Convalescents Thrive
on Exercise.
MENTAL EFFECT IS GOOD, TOO
Treatment in Force Two Yeare W ith
Uniformly Beneficial Reeulte— Moet
Joyous of Play Exercieea— Phy.
slcally and Socially 8tlmulant-
Attempt to Burn Out
Snake Caused Big Loss
Mexican Embassy Has a Beautiful Home
A six-foot blacksnake refused
to move from his den under a
stump, and W. H. Winter, a
farmer of Augusta, Ky„ on
whose poroperty the snake had
taken up a residence, decided to
smoke out the reptile.
Fire
spread from the stump to a 20-
acre hay field Appeals were
sent to the fire department and
furmers hurried to the scene to
help extinguish the flames. At
one time It seemed as though
the fire would spread to the
city, but a timely shower helped
extinguish the flames.
The snake escaped.
For two seasons past a dancing class
for cardiacs under eighteen years hag
been conducted, under medical and
nurse watchfulness, the Instruction
being given principally by stronger
patients of this group.
Class attendance Is compulsory as
soon as the heart strength Is consid­
ered adequate. The weaker and more
diffident are gradually Inducted. Many
cardiacs have given special fancy
dances In entertainments. Tills high­
ly diverslonal exercise is not stressed,
but Is included In the direction, “to
begin to walk, coast, golf, dance, etc.,
as soon ns you feel able.” Resident
physicians’ orders are occasionally
There have been about twenty col­
given for more or less or none of these lapses or partiul faints among all the
various exercises.
thousands of dancers (30,000 putients
How Patients Are Affected.
cared for). About half of these were
For six months the dancing Is out In cardiacs and found to be mainly
of doors. The spectators, too, are hysterical or neurotic. Some heart
strongly affected for good. Doctor paUents have complained of Increased
Brush asserts. One hardly recognizes pain, etc., the day after, but no In­
these patients ut such functions; they stance of decompensating has fol­
show color, animation, strength, good lowed. (Decompensation means fail­ the mh! i DeW hOme..2f J ’’® Me*lean embassy 's one of the most beautiful In Washington. The photograph shows
posture; pains and neurotic depres­ ure of the heart to Increase In power the music rpom with Its wonderful pipe organ which has a set of chimes. During the occupation of tl^ h o rn e by
Ì h ™ " / J ? secret“r< of ata“ ’ aud Mra- Breckenridge Long, they gave the use of the house to thegovernment
sions huve actually disappeared—and sufficiently to overcome valvular dis­
I
th n/ arta,nlaent °f Lord Balfour nnd his mission when they were the guests of the United States and u>-aln
are the less likely to return. “I can ease.) The pulse rate rises moderate­
’
K
dance again I” Is a valued expression ly. Many patients express a feeling when the king and quefen of the Belgians were guests of this country.
by patients.
of benefit from the exercise.
New York.—Dancing as part of the
regular treatment of those convalesc­
ing from heart disease was prescribed
two years ago by Dr. Frederic Brush,
nedlcal director of the Burke Founda­
tion, the great institution for the care
»nd treatment of convalescents at
IVhlte Plains, to which many patients
from New York city hospitals and
ither institutions are sent. The re
lults of this treatment as shown by
Its effect upon thousands of patients
has been amazing, and doubtless will
elicit a gasp of astonishment from the
uninitiated layman as well ns from
the physician of the older school.
Doctor Brush says, however, that
there have not been any bad results,
but on the contrary the exercise has
been of great benefit. Modern dancing
Many Reasons Why Big
(ball, contra and folk types) Is a val­
uable form of physical exercise In
Nations Should Disarm
the reconstructive-convalescent stages
of heart disease, he declares. It af­
Approximately $1,500,000,000
fords a high degree of needed mental
has been appropriated for ex­
therapy, and advances the patient
tension of the naval program by
notably toward social restoration. Ex­
the live countries which are ex­
perience Indicates Its safety. It gives
pected to discuss disarmament
territorial
Integrity
nre,
of
course,
old
Must
Be
Satisfactorily
Adjusted
an added and readily available test of
In Washington next autumn.
questions. They are the ones in which
Doctor Guthe’s excavations at Tay-
the cardiac reserves and of progress. Carnegie Institution’s Central
if Disarmament Is to Be
The United States leads with
the
real
statesmanship
of
the
mem­
asal
proved
equally
fruitful.
The
prin­
The physician tells about his experi­
$500,000,000.
Great Britain Is
American Expedition Makes
bers of the conference may best
cipal plaza of that city was located,
Success.
ence with dunclng as a therapeutic
second with $422,000,000, Japan
and
the
work
of
clearing
away
the
be
displayed.
On
them
depends
agent In Hospital Social Service.
Important Discoveries.
is third with $250,000,000,
whether China Is to become an inde­
earth and fallen masonry from the
Applied exercises In the convales-
France is fourth with $175,000,-
pendent
nation,
or
whether
the
spe-
principal
structures
was
commenced.
sent, constructive and preventive
000, and Italy Is fifth with 73,-
elal
Interests
which
virtually
render
Tho
peninsula
of
Yucatan
Juts
up
stages of heart disease have three
000,000.
ehlna
Impotent
and
helpless
are
to
Into
the
Gulf
of
Mexico
like
the
great
main purposes, snys Doctor Brush. To I
Discussion of the building pro­
Improve the gencrnl condition (nutri­ Greatest Native Civilization Which thumb of a giant hand, pointing north­ Once an Agreement le Reached on continue their hold. In this Is In­
grams will show the five coun­
volved
the
abolition
of
all
extra
terri­
ward.
It
Is
250
miles
wide,
and
be­
These Important Queetions M atter
tional, muscular and organic), In­
tries armed on the oceans as
America Produced Once Flourished
torial Jurisdiction, the control of mari­
fore It finally takes root In the conti­
crease the cardiac reserve power and
of Getting Together on Cutting
follows: Great Britain, 955
time
customs
by
the
British,
the
nental
land
mass
far
to
the
south,
In
W
hat
I
t
Now
Desolate
and
lessen the Introspective and neurotic
Armaments W ill Be Easy.
ships; United States, 608 ships;
French control of the Chinese post of­
gradually merging into the foothills
Forgotten Region.
tendencies. Gradual re-entry Into near
Japan, 221 ships; France, 253
fice
and
the
Lunslng-Ishll
agreement
of
the
Cordllllerra,
It
Is
400
miles
long.
nonnul occupational and social living
Washington.—Success or failure of recognizing Japan’s “special Inter­
ships, and Italy, 245 ships.
This region, a limestone formation
Washington.—After having discov­
Is the end sought.
the disarmament conference lu Wash­ ests.” These nre infinite ramifica­
of
recent
geological
age,
has
gradual­
It Is of assured advantage, says ered and unearthed ancient and tor-
ington this full depends primarily on tions.
the physician, to have the exercises gotten cities thut once were the cen­ ly emerged from the floor of the Car­ a satisfactory adjustment of half a
The question of (he territorial Integ­ voice In any agreement involving Far
pleasurably anticipated and enjoyed; ter of America’s civilization, and ibbean sea, and Is now overgrow’n dozen “Far East problems.”
rity of Asiatic Russia will bring to tne Eastern affairs.
and particularly valuable to have after having begun to recover the an­ with a dense sub-tropical Jungle. It
Only
with
these
major
Issues
nml-
Dominions Raise Problems.
them slinulnte or merge Into every­ cient learning for the Maya people supports, In fact, an almost continu­ I cably adjusted would the Irritants front Japan's occupation of the mari­
from their Indian descendants, the ous forest of mahogany, rubber, Santa that might ultimately lead to a clash time provinces of eastern Siberia and
Along broad lines, those are the
day physical and social activities.
Carnegie Institution Centrul American Marla, celba, chlco-sapote (the “chew­ of arms be removed. And then only 1 of Sakalin island, where Japan Is op­ questions that must be Ironed out be­
Formal Gymnastics.
Formal gymnastics aid by Inspiring expedition for 1921, which penetrated ing gum” tree), nnd many other sub­ could the nations Involved agree to a erating extensive fisheries. Japanese fore the conference can get down to
rounige and further exercise, In get­ the region of Guatemala, in the de­ tropical trees, which so completely considerable reduction of armaments colonization in Manchuria nnd her oc­ brass tacks on the relative size of
ting hold of the mild slacker or neu­ partment of I’eten, at the base of the covers the country that one may trav­ —at least a cessation of building new cupancy of Vladivostok are also In­ armies and navies.
volved.
rasthenic, and serve well In bad Yucatan penlnsulu, has returned to el In this bush for days without see­ armaments—without feeling
Important, but secondary to these
that
ing an open space large enough to ac­
key questions, are the attitude of Aus­
weather times; but In six years’ ob­ this city.
Cables Cause Trouble.
safety was being Jeopardized.
The expedition, under the direction commodate a modern bungalow com­
servation of some 3,000 heart conva­
These problems are:
In the matter ot communications, tralia, Canada and New Zealand, and
lescents, says Doctor Brush, no regime of Dr. Sylvanus O. Morley, associate fortably.
Mandates under the League of Na­ the whole question of a friendly, the new position in which the Philip­
In
this
now
desolate
and
forgotten
has given such nil-round satisfaction, In American archeology of the Insti­
tions, particularly that of Yup.
equitable relationship in the establish­ pines may be placed as a result of the
safety and success ns did the old farm tution, left Washington early In Juuu region there developed during the
Shantung.
ing
and maintenance of wireless nnd conference.
regime where a total of nearly 600 ary. Tho other Investigators were Dr. first fifteen centuries of the Christian
For it Is generally admitted that
The open door In China.
cable
stations will bo developed. This
cardiacs, boys and young men, were C. E. Guthe and William Gates, both era the greatest native civilization ! The territorial Integrity of China.
will bring In the development of Yap with the other questions of expansion
which
America
produced,
namely,
that
given essential freedom In play and research associates of the Institution.
The territorial integrity of Asiatic ns an International cnble distributing nnd colonization In the Far East set­
The activities of the field season of the ancient Maya of southern Mex­ Russia.
work over the place (under reason­
center, and the interests of the Neth­ tled on some agreeable basis, the
able regulations of rest, etc.).
consisted of tho exploration of the ico nnd northern Central America.
Communications.
erlands,
which now control important chances for Philippine Independence
Here great cities grew up, filled with
at an early date would be greatly In­
Dnnclng may be called an Inherent forests of northern Peten In search for
Once an agreement on these Is cable links In the western Pacific.
temples,
pyramids,
palaces
and
mon­
activity—of all girls, of women up to new centers of this ancient civiliza­
creased.—Harry Hunt, In Chicago
reached the m atter of getting together
Both Belgium and Holland, In ad­ Post
asteries,
built
of
flnety
carved
lime­
fifty, and of most young and middle- tion under the direction of Doctor
on cutting down the size of armies dition to the six powers primarily in­
aged men, snys the physician; older Morley, the excuvutlon of Tuynsal, the stone, which were grouped around and navies will be easy. But this first volved In the conference, will be per­
paved
squares
and
courts.
persons are persistently happy In last Itza (a Maya tribe) capital, lo­
necessary agreement, officials recog­ mitted to make representations In Killed Bride In Mistake for Burglar-
Once Brilliant People.
watching It; It is the most Joyous of cated upon an lsluud In the Lake of
Wenona, 111.—Firing point blank at
nized, will not be easy. That, rather connection with the Fur East ques­
In
these
spacious
plazas
beautifully
all play-exercises, and both physically Peten Itza, in northern central Peten,
someone he thought to be a burglar,
than
any
actual
disarmament
com­
tions.
and socially stimulant.
by Doctor Guthe, and a first-hand sculptured monuments were erected, pact, will be the big step toward
Daniel Kennedy, switched on the elec­
Belgium has extensive interests In tric lights to find that he had fatally
Convalescents with but a moderate study of the Maya lauguage as spok­ their sides Inscribed with elaborate peace, If It Is achieved.
China, Belgian cnpitnl owning the
degree of cardiac reserve may begin en today in northern British Honduras, hieroglyphic writings, setting forth im­
his sixteen-year-old bride of
U. 8. to Make Protest.
Lung Hal and the Row Ching rail­ wounded
cautiously to dance, then go on to n and also by the Quiche, a Maya tribe portant historical and astronomical
seven months. She died a few hour«
Yap
and
Shantung,
Japan
has
in­
ways
and
the
great
Kai
I’lng
mines.
later.
considerable Indulgence, with safety living In the highlands of Guatemala, facts. A dense population, highly or­ dicated, she holds to have been dis­
Holland’s whole life as a trading
ganized under strongly centralized posed of by the treaty of Versailles.
and benefit, he asserts. The heart by Mr. Gates.
nation depends upon her rich Island
governments, flourished In the region,
Citizens to Curb Speeders.
patients early led the way In this.
Unearth Ancient Cities.
The United States, however, on the possessions in the Pacific—the Dutch
Greenville, S. C.—“Speed limit 25
Women were found to be dancing In
Following along the chicle (the sub­ the vanguard of civilization in the basis that she, as one of the principal East Indies. This comprises a huge
miles per hour. Drive slow and see
their cottnges and boys exhibited vari­ stance from which chewing gum Is New World.
allied and associated powers, even
But in the course of centuries pes­ though not a member of the League territory with 50,000,000 population. our country; drive fast and see our
ous “Jig stunts," etc.
made) trails which traverse this re­
The practice was checked, then gion, Doctor Morley’s party discovered tilence, drought, civil war and famine of Nations, was entitled to a voice In Without these colonies and a free Jails.” This Is the sign that Sheriff
carefully observed, encouraged nnd' several new cities during the course of overtook the Maya, so that when the the distribution of the former German hand In developing their markets, Hol­ Rector posted on all the leading high­
organized; nnd soon two or three for­ the field season, in what appears to Spaniards landed on the east coast of Islands in the Pacific, has protested land would be reduced to the status ways and a hundred citizens were se­
mal dances per week were given, open have been the very heart of the old Yucatan In 1851, under Francisco de the granting of special rights in Yap of a fifth-rate nation. Her interests cretly sworn In as policemen to help
Moutejo, the last remnant of this once to Japan. Because of Yap’s Impor­ are readily recognized as Justifying a curb the speed demons.
to patients of all diagnoses and ages. Maya empire.
brilliant people fell an easy prey to tance as a Pacific cable center, this
the shock of foreign conquest, nnd they country has Insisted that it be Inter­
were speedily reduced to dependence nationalized and equal rights assured
and slavery. Their once magnificent to all.
cities were abandoned, vast sections
With respect to Shantung, no offi­
being actually depopulated, and the cial stand has been taken, although
' tropical Jungle ugatn crept over the many senators have attacked the be­
region, until today these former cen­ stowing upon Japan of the German
ters of life and human activity lie rights In that peninsula.
burled In the grip of a dense forest,
The unbiased view, however, has
and crumbling walls and piles of fall­ been that any dispute over sovereignty
en masonry overgrown with giant In Shantung should be the matter of
trees alone bear melancholy witness to negotiation between China and Japan.
former pomp and glory.
There Is Indicated a considerable
Investigations in this remote and desire In several quarters that the
inaccessible region may only be car­ Yap and Shantung questions be elimi­
ried on under enormous difficulties. nated In advance of the Washington
It Is only very slowly, with Infinite conférence. That, It Is recognized,
pains and at high cost, that this region would greatly simplify questions be­
Is being made to yield Its archeolog­ fore the conference. This government
ical secrets and the truth about our will not, however, concede that the
foremost native American ctvllsatlon treaty of Versailles—in the absence
Is gradually being made known.
of any acquiescence by this country—
could dispose of Yap. The case has
been staled so plainly that Japan has
“Freeh” Eggs Hatch in Store
Paducah, Ky.—Fourteen
__
____ no Illusions as to the basis on which
chicks
hatched out of eggs In the bottom lay­ our claims stand, and the vigor with
er of a crate at a market house here, which they will be presented.
China Demands Province.
were discovered after the top layers
As to Shantung. Japan has contend­
had been gold as fresh eggs.
The chicks, which w e re several days ed that title to the former German
old, apparently had been mothered by rights In that province was largely
the heat w aw and were in splendid vested in her and cannot be disturbed
so long as the Versailles treaty re­
health.
The owner sold them for several mains international law.
China, on the other hand, contends
times the vahie of fresh eggs.
that her declaration of war against
Germany reetored to China all rights
Nickel Shins Back In Boston.
previously granted Oermany. That
Mrs. Warren G. Harding n • ivlng a two-reel animated pictorial record
Boston.— The nickel shine has re­ being so, she claims, there were no
of the presidential campaign wb h resulted in the election of her husband as
turned.
The
boya
of
the
north
end
German rights la China to be dis­ chief executive, from Wlillam / Brady representing the motion picture ln-
Secretary of Labor Davis dies not believe in spending two hours eating
filet inlgtion for lunch. Every itoou lie may be seen standing before this little have Invaded the business district In posed of at the Versailles conference. dustry of the country. The sen n review win be preserved by President and
Kalian fruit stand Just around the corner from hla office, where he invests In a war on established bootblacks, sane China refused to sign tne treaty be­ Mrs. Harding as n family reco d of the historic events which led to their
of whom have met the competition by cause of the Shantung provision.
a light lunch of seasonable fruits.
occupancy of the White House. --------------
In the picture
~ V are
H U Jack
U U Connolly.
1 1 T , MTB Mrs.
H HanF
cutting rates from 10 cents to 5.
The open door In China and China’s lng, William A. Brady and Col. ' lu m e * O. Sherrill, aide to the President.
Find N ew Cities Problems of Far
of Ancient Maya East Come First
OLD CAPITALJS EXCAVATED
Secretary Davis Buys Luncheon
DIG STE PJO W A R D PEACE
Mrs. Harding Gets Campaign Reel