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They'll Do It Every Time " By Jimmy Hatlo Y4 KHOV MATtUMCHJAT At i .? 1 TUB OFFICE NlFVER SO MUCH 4S I q SNT ME 6ET-V.L CAQD" Blyster got 4 lott4 loot whem he w4s hospitalized, WAS VERY CRITICAL ABOUT THE R4LS WHO DIDnCT SEND Him mothin' okav-so i shoolw S4I0 ANYTHING. But is he DE PlGUEUR WHErt IT COMES TO THETR4rJ KEW" NOTES? G'VE A LITTLE LISTEN M4T TIP TO -,-v LOS A-J0S.LE3. 7 y HAWH f NOW TH4T ttXKPE 43LE 70 7H,dTS THE LEAST T4Ev I Sn UP. 6LVSTER-WOULD yOJ I COULD DO.' tvMV SHOULDN'T 1 LIKE TO WCJTTE NOTES TOilLL THEY?.' THE HECK WITH 'EM tfr- THE PEOPLE WHO SENT TOO. DID AKyTHlNS ELSE COME -Jp Vj MAIL te The Medical Roundup by . Aft. va' Emerltui C onsnjunt In Medicine. Mayo CUnlc Emarltua Profpssnr of Medlclna. Mayo Foundation Th Woman Frightened Br A Sore Breait Dr. Max Cutler was remind ing me of those many women we physicians see, much alarm ed over what they assume is a sore or pain (ul right breast. Exam ination shows no lump but only a soreness of the ribs and the muscles under the right breast. Dr Alvarea Dr. Cutler always then asks the woman what she was doing the day before the soreness came, and usually she says she took down the curtains in her home or she papered the shelves in her pantry or she waxed a table top. What happened was that she over-strained the "pectoral" muscles under the right breast, and got them sore. Eye Exerciies Many persons have written "How-could-you" letters, com plaining about my supposed "bitter attack" on Bates and his weird idea that one can get good sight by exercising the ocular muscles. People are so jtunny. Some wrote to say that ior five years they have loved my columns and have sworn by ;hem, but now they know I am untrustworthy, an ignoramus, and a stooge for the American Medical Association! What these people forget was that I said that although I knew enough rlrbut eyes to know that Bates' theories sound utterly stupid, I had not criticized them until I had spoken to several of Ameri ca's leading ophthalomologists who agreed heartily with me. To say that the leading eye special ists in America do not know eyes is like saying that the men who built the Empire State Building knew nothing about architecture. Many persons, of course, wrote to say that after using the exer cises they had thrown away their glasses, but this does not prove anything. As I have said, my father and millions of men and women have done this, us ually because, at a certain time of life, an original near-sightedness and the "far-sightedness" of mature years canceled out. Became Millionaire) Cures worked by a crackpot do not prove anything. Years ago a doctor in Madrid got the stupid idea that he could cure almost all diseases by cocainiz ing the nose. The treatment seemed to work, and for the next few years, each day there was a queue of people trying to get into his office. The man became a millionaire, but then he ran out of patients, and after that the treatment would no longer cure. Dr. Asuero went to Italy and tried desperately to get his practice going again, but he fail ed. Anothpr eccentric physician. Dr. Albert Abrams, also a mil lionaire, treating all diseases with an electric gadget which, to great experts on electricity like Professor Millikan, seemed to be unbelievaby stupid. Any high school boy able to make his own radio set would have laughed the contraption to scorn. And yet. during Abrams' life time it seemed to work Promin ent writers swore by him, and sent all their friends to him for treatment. But when he died, his method largely died with him. Around 1798. a quack named Perkins, was going great guns "curing" thousands of people with two little supposed magnets which he sold for a large sum. All went well until an able phy sician gave a big clinic at which he drew out pains with the little "magnets," and apparently cured a dozen people. Then he took out his penkife and cut up the supposed magnets which he had made of wood: Everyone laugh ed, and that ended the career of Perkins as a healer! I hope all of those people who thought me so stupid and unfair read the fine article in a recent number of Life in which the authors have no kind word to say of the theories of Bates, Pep pard and others. Defects in Argument Mrs. Aldous Huxley, whose husband published the -book ad vocating the use of eye exercises, has very kindly written me to say that her husband "writes and reads for seven or eight hours a day without the aid of lenses. Moreover, though blind in one eye and carrying scar tissue in the other he can do his work without eyestrain or fatigue thanks to that Art of Seeing, which he learned from Dr. Bates' gifted and resource ful pupil, Mrs. Margaret D. Corbett." The two defects in this arg ument are 1) that it is not con ceivable to an expert eye special ist that Bates' type of "training" could stop the progress of the type of disease that caused Mr. Huxley's partial blindness, and 2) oculists could show hundreds of people In whom an eye in flammation stopped by itself and left the person with usable sight in one eye. Dr. Alvarez hopes his readers will understand that it would be impossible for him to answer requests for information or to attempt to diagnose by mail. (Released by The Register and and Tribune Syndicate, 1957) Night Club Band Plays To Empty House Washington (tP) The lights are out these nights at the Casi no Royal. The air conditioning is off. The windows are shut. The doors are locked. There isn't even a peanut butter sandwich in the house. But there's music. Each night Bob Simpson and his seven-piece dance band show up in white dinner jackets and fill the close, heated air with soothing melodies. The Casina Royal closed for refurbishing last week. But the band's contract had one week to 8- The band insisted on being paid for the final week. Restaurant manager Leon Zei ger insisted that if he paid they played. "I explain the situation to the boys and they say fine just so long as I pay them," Zeiger said. "If I'm going to pay for it, I'm going to get it. So I'm getting it." Family Council Mrs. E. D. Leon isn't really stupid. Mr. E. D. The teacher knows best. Mrs. E. D. Our youngest boy, Leon, is an awful problem to me and my husband. He is 17 and very backward in school. His teachers say he has normal in telligence, but is just a slow learner. During the past year, he has had a teacher who has made things worse by telling him that since he can't keep up with the others he ought to quit school and go to work and earn his diploma at night school. I know that once he goes to work he'll never finish his high school ed ucation. Leon used to be de termined to finish, but now he says, "Mom, I guess I'm just too dumb." I know my boy and I know he isn't stupid, only a little dis couraged. The trouble is my husband doesn't see things my way and that makes it harder for Leon. Mr. E. D When the boss tells you that you might be better off at another job, then it's time to stir yourself and if doesn't do a bit of good to hang around until he waves "bye-bye at you. That's how I look at Leon's sit uation. The teacher knows best. Leon doesn't belong in that school any more, now that he's struck out. My wife has been sticking to her own opinion about Leon for years, no matter what anyone tells her. I say she is just blind ed by mother love and doesn't want to face the facts. After all, the teachers are experts. When you go to a doctor, you don't argue when he tells you something. He knows and you don't, so you accept it. I would like to see Leon finish school, but facts are facts. The Council: It is true that parents and others are some times blinded by love, but it is also true that love can serve as the magic spectacles that enable someone to see below the sur face of things. It is also possible for a person to be blinded by lack of love and faith. Mr. E. D. seems too ready to give up his love spectacles for the word of an authority. He is also too ready to accept as a verdict on his son's capabilities, a comment that may have been intended simply as a practical suggestion. A teacher's opinion is usually well worth considering, but Mr. E. D. should bear in mind that experts often disagree. No men tally sound, conscientious parent Y Knot Square Dancers Hold Potluck Dinner The Y Knot Twirlers Square Dance club will hold a potluck picnic dinner and dance at the Twin Plunges in Ashland Thurs-! day night. Club officers said din- ; ner will be served about 7 p.m. '. Doug Fosbury and Kenneth Hood, president of the club, will call squares. Dancing is expect ed to start about 8:30 p.m. i Uo Mail Tribune Want Ada Daily's U-Drive Medford Airport RELAX TEE OFF YOUR VACATION CARE FREE Borrow the I ftflNQ American Way l-UHil $25 to 51,500 Auto Salary Furniture American Finance Corp. Phone SPring 2-8886 123 W. Main Medford On The Side By E. V. Durling (Distributed by King Feature! Syndicate, Inc.) She who never aanweri till a huiband coolt. Or. if ihe rulei him, never howi the rules. Charms by accepting, by submlttinf sways, Yet has her humor most when she obeys. Pope (A Clever Wile) How many things have you in pockets? Following a criticism I made of the number of items the average woman carries in her handbag my girl friend bet me I had more things in my pockets than she had in her handbag. I lost. However, I don't think it was fair for her to in sist that a cigar case with six cigars in it sould be counted as seven items. Do you claim to tie a Young should be willing to let an "ex pert" determine his child's fu ture. Mrs. E. D. is right in her feel ing that her husband's lack of faith "makes it all the harder for Leon." If the boy is going through a trying time in school, he needs plenty of encourage ment from both of his parents. He is likely to mirror their confidence or lack of it. Outside of these considera tions, Mr. and Mrs. E. D. should discuss with Leon the possibility of taking up the teacher's sug gestion, with the idea it could be the thing that will bring out the best in him. He should not feel he has "struck out" in school, but simply that his dis couragement over schoolwork could be offset by some success in the job world. That alone would give him new incentive to get that diploma. COPYRIGHT 1957, GENERAL FEATURES CORP.) Old Timer with a good memory? It so, state quick as a half a flash in what year the stage play titled "You Can't Take It With You" was a hit. It was the same year in which Tal lulah Bankhead appeared in "Re flected Glory" and Jimmy Dur ante, Bob Hope and Ethel Mer man were featured in a Cole Porter musical titled "Red, Hot and Blue." Have you guessed the year yet? Well, Bold Venture won the Kentucky Derby that year and Bing Crosby introduced the song "Pennies From Heav en." It was the year Margaret Mitchell wrote "Gone With the Wind." What, you haven't guess ed the year yet? I'll make it easy for you. It was the year King Edward VIII abdicated and declared he was so doing for the woman he loved. Asking Queries from clients. Q. I measured 30 inches when one year old. I am a girl. How tall Bow and" Arrow Now Popular for Fishing Worcester, Mass. SIP) Massa chusetts' new bow-and-arrow fishing season on carp, suckers and eels is proving popular. Earle Mallett bagged five carp in Lake Quinsigamond, the larg est a 34-pounder. Several carp have been shot by archers standing at the rail of the Lincoln Street bridge at the north end of Quinsigamond. Arrows are made of metal and fitted with barbs rather than broadhead point, but they are not feathered. Taped to the bow are plastic spools designed to hold 50 to 100 yards of line. Wednesday, July 24, 1937 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE SEVEN will I be as an adult? A. You will probably be about five feet, four as an adult. That's a nice height for a woman if she wears two-inch heels, hold her head up and carries herself well . . . Q. If our expected child is a girl my wife wants to name her Madge. Have many successful women had that name? A. Three successful actresses have had it, Madge Titheradge, Madge Ken nedy and Madge Evans. Also a very successful legal light, Judge Madge Taggart. Sidelights Recently reported was a two car accident on the Lincoln Highway in which seven per sons met sudden death. Isn't that a record for number of deaths in a collision between two passenger automobiles? . . . Now there is a non-stop plane from New York City to Copen hagen. Me for that on my next trip to Europe. Copenhagen is one city I want to see before I pass from this vale of tears and taxes. Tattooed Ed Gorey, Chicago newspaper man, says that in all his 35 years of journalistic experience he never met a man holding a position of trust who had any tattoo marks on him. "Is there any significance to this situa tion? askes Ed. I can't answer that query. All I can say is that I also do not recall any success ful man who had been tattooed. This item causes me to recall a very amusing song titled "The Tattooed Lady" written by Billy Jerome and Walter Donaldson. It could stand a revival. A good comic song is a rarity nowa days. Jiggers A San Franciscan protests as to that liquor measurement gad get called a "jigger." He says there is too much variation In the capacity of the jigger. That it should be standardized at one ounce. The man's right. The "jigger" in some bars holds holds about five-eighths of an ounce. The same is true of the jiggers used by the excessively economical hostesses at some cocktail parties. Incidentally, I regret to say I have been re liably informed that quite a few cocktail party hostesses have been watering their liquor. A sad situation. Who can a man really trust these days? Japanese Floods Worst in History Tokyo (W More than two million persons have joined the rescue operations in the flooded Shantung and East Honan prov inces of Communist China, Radio Peiping said today. The floods, worst in the his tory of the Yi, Shu, Wen and Szi rivers, covered 11.400 square miles of territory, and drowned at least 557 persons. The radio said observers believe the cas ualty figures may well rise Into the thousands. 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