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THE WAR CUTS OFF GENIU8.
(London Observer.)
1 asked Metchnlkoft a while ago
whether the war had really deprived
the world of genius; whether we
should have to wait long years for new
Inventions, for the solution of prob
lems which vex and weigh upon hu
manity. The veteran bacteriologist was
in a hopeful mood. In the calm of his
laboratory, in which I found him en
gaged on a study of silkworms as if
there were on earth shaking war, he
s Hike to this effect:
"It is true that there has been a loss
to science on the battle field. Two of
the young doctors here have died at
the front; a young professor of promise
has also perished. These are but
samples of what has happened every
where. Rut I do not despair. Nature
is boundless in her resources; the re
generative force of France and Russia
is not exhausted.”
On the contrary, he feels that this
frightful war may advance science
rather than retrard it. If the Germans
e ■ e beaten they will turn more readily
to their interrupted studies and knowl
edge will benefit by their application.
I did not ask the learned investigator
whether he thought the German was
indispensable to science; but, at the
ent, England leads the way, and
one of her sons, a graduate of a new
university, has discovered what ap
pears to be the ideal antiseptic. Dr.
TVikln, the fortunate scientist, has been
working with Dr. Carrel, the French
American, at the Complegne branch of
tie Rockefeller institute. The young
savant treats of his discovery in the
British Medical Journal. And now,
tlie French hospital, if not the last
word in scientific installation—for that
costs money and a great deal of It—is
at least admirably adapted to the end
in view—the rapid recovery of men
from their wounds.
PERFECTING OUR BODIES.
(Philadelphia Record.)
“Good morning. Have you had your
pancreas extracted?” may become a
regular form of greeting in the new
eru of surgery, which, according to the
discussion at the convention of the
State Medical Society, is about to be
ushered in. It is remarkable how many
parts of the human body the sur
geons find to be worse than useless,
in that they function only injuriously
to the possessor. First it was the
• erifonn appendix, and now the gall
ladder is condemned as a superfluity
nil a mere menace. Is it possible that
,iere are fashions In the interior ana
imy of man as well as in his sartorial
xterlor?
THE SOLDIER.S
(Toronto Mail and Empire.)
"Vhllo to many, Indeed, war means
>u last sleep, to many others It means
- .ell, the first awakening. Many a
oar-man who Is now wearing the
king’s uniform was six months, of per
haps a year ago, a slack, easy-going,
pleasure-loving youth, whose thoughts
ranged no further into the future than
the next pay day. He is today a Arm
man. No matter what was the motive
(hat led him to volunteer, the training
that he has undergone since then has
mode a new' man of him. Physically
he is 50 per cent better than the man
he ever was or ever would have been
hart It not been for his military train
ing and discipline. This same training
has wakened him up mentally .His In
telligence Is quick to grasp the mean
ing of orders, his muscles as swift to
obey. He has been taught neatness,
order, cleanliness, obedience and re
spect for his superiors.
LIFE IN THE NAVY.
(Boston Record.)
Secretary Daniels says that provls
slon will be made In the navy esti
mates this year for an increase In the
number of enlisted men and marines.
Which has the sweet flavor of prom
ise. We await the substantial food
fulfillment
That we need men to man the ships
which we have, as well as to man the
ships for which we hope, has been
„ commonplace of popular understand
ing for a long time. Probably nothing
that Secretary Daniels has said since
he became chief of his department has
stirred so much attention as his bland
assertion lately that the navy was
ready for any emergency. It attracted
attention because it was so obviously
misleading and misrepresentative.
The only emergency for which our
navy appears to be ready is such as
occurred recently off Newport, where
a destroyed comes limping in with two
men badly burned — presumably,
through "some defect in the oil fuel
system’—and where the dreadnought
Arkansas was withdrawn from the
inoek-war because of engine trouble.
There are too frequent indications of
unsatisfactory conditions in the navy.
The retention in service of the F type
it submarines known to be bad), even
after the F-4 had gone down off Hon
olulu, was a black mark still unex
plained.
if the navy department under Secre
ary Daniels has waked up to the needs
of the navy and the nation, we may
ill give thanks to Josephus. Meantime,
,'alth waits upon experience, or ex
perience on faith.
THE GERMAN EXAMPLE.
(Seattle P.-I.)
The world has an object lesson of
convincing value in the present strong
domestic position of Germany through
the intensive protection and encour
igement of Its home Industries. Iso
lated by a barrier of hostile armies,
■lit(r more than a year of war it is
strong, self-centered, and possesses
every element of domestic strength,
every staple need, and is able to pro
duce within the boundary of the em
pire every item of natimai necessity.
More than this, it finds itself, after
expending approximately four billions
of dollars for war purposes, with am
ple capital in Its banks and In its
treasury, with nearly every dollar of
its former cash resources still subject
to its national needs. Where other
nations, notably England, have Im
ported war and other necessities, Ger
many has expended its money with Its
awn industrial concerns, and preserv
ed a favorite trade condition In spite of
he barriers of commerce.
Germany, in the past, has growth rich
from ihe free trade fields. It has In
vaded free markets with Its goods,
sopplir-d them with the products of Its
factories, displaced the home products
and carried foreign money back for
Its own development. Its trade policy
coupled with Its encouragement to
home industries, equipped the empire
with an Industrial plant that was suf
ficient for every purpose when war
constructed a wall about the nation.
The end of the war will, of neces
sity. bring a readjustment of other na
tional trade policies. The example of
Germany will not be lost. Home In
dustries wll be encouraged, and the
tremendously efficient system of the
Teuton empire will be duplicated by
other nations.
In America , Germany's example
should set at rest the propaganda of
the free trader, and It should leave no
further doubt In the minds of Ameri
can citizens of the urgent necessity
of adequate protection and every pos
sible encouragement to every home In
dustry.
DANCING IN B08T0N.
(Boston Journal.)
Simple steps, very smoothly executed,
and with lltle or no syncopation, will
characterize the dances for this fall
and winter to be taught by the Boston
teachers. No radically new dances
will be Introduced, but the Instruc
tors are firm in the belief that there
is no marked tendency to go back to
the old waltz and two-step. Few also
have any hope of material progress to
ward standardization.
The one-step will be continued with
its walking steps, followed by a slm
ole figure. The fox-trot is also to re
main practically the same as last year.
The waltz-trot will be changed slight
ly, especially as regards the elimination
of syncopation. The canter steps will
he very smooth, with several running
counts before the canter figure.
The opera tango will be a new dance
*o many. It Includes walking steps,
slower than those of the one-step, sim
ple cortez steps and a pretty easily
“xecuted figure. It will be danced to
'ox-trot music.
There seems to be little real desire
on the part of local teachers toward
concerted action which might lead to
standardization. The simplification of
•he dance steps will give greater free
dom to individual dancers for the in
troduction of their own favorite gyra
tions. It is thought, however, that
there is a tendency to confine one's
self to simple, pretty steps.
“We are not going back to the old
lances,” said one teacher. The smooth
running step will be distinctly dlffer
nt from the old glide steps. Very few
dancers, except those who have had
difficulty with the new steps, desire
any such return.
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