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WHY DOOMED MEN GREW
HEALTHY.
V.D.H." DISCOVERY.
Doctors have made a remarkable dis. covery with regard to valvular disease of the heart, commonly known AJ **V.D.E."
These three letters in 1914 and 1933 were symbols of impending doom to man after man who was rejected for Army service, but they became something to laugh about in the later years of the war, when these same men, called up in spite of their disabilities because of urgent need, found that the strenuous life of the trenches did them no harm,
but even in many cases improved their
condition.
A man turned down by an Army doctor in 1914 because of valvular disease of the heart thought about making his will and more or less resigned from active enjoy ment of life. When some of these men, condemned to the halipay roll of life, began turn into hearty, healthy soldiers the doctors began to think.
They discovered that the old ideas of what is a dangerous condition of the heart were wrong.
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The condition of the muscle of the heart is now regarded as the all-impor- tant factor, and exercise, if it be exercise regulated on medical advice, is good for the heart muscle as for other muscles.
How it Works.
A doctor whose work lig specially in this direction put the matter concisely yesterday for a Daily Express repre sentative.
"One might compare the heart," he said, to a force pump, as a matter of fact, it really is.
"It does not matter if the valves of a force pump are defective and leaking. provided it can deliver enough water. It is the same with the heart. Provided the heart can do its special work, can pump the blood, the state of the valves is a secondary matter.
"If the muscle of the heart is in poor condition it cannot do the work of pump- ing the blood.”
The memory of most men who lived through the war will hold pictures of "doomed" men who went to the trenches with hearts which were thought to be in such a condition that their return could not be looked for, apart from the chances of war.
Now it is known why so many of them turned up in 1018 happy and smiling. reprieved by the strenuous life of the Army.
GUIDES FORCED TO BE ACCURATE
VIVID IMPRESSIONS.
Miss Ruth Askenas, of Bedford-avenue, Brooklyn, a girl who has been blind since she was two years old, has returned from a European tour with impressions as vivid and as permanent as those of any keon-sighted traveller.
She was enabled to make the trip by a scholarship, awarded to her by the New York Association for the Blind.
Misses Louise Cavelli and Kate Ao curso, thoroughly familiar with methods of reducing the handicap of the blind and quick to convey to their charge im- except by sight, were her travelling pressions which she might pot receive
companions.
that Miss Accurso and myself now I really think," said Miss Cavelli, much more of that part of Europe we traversed than do most travellers Ruth
bas
NOT ARTISTIC ENOUGH FOR THE AGE
MEN LESS BASHFUL.
CANADA AND WEST INDIES.
PLEA FOR RESTORATION OF STEAMSHIP SERVICES.
Mr. Amory, Secretary of State for the Colonies, received a deputation of repre acntatives of the Leeward and Windward What has happened to the family Island, British West Indies, on the group Where are the proud fathers, subject of the steamship service between the matronly mothers, and the studiously panada and the West Indies. arranged assortments of descendants that so lavishly adorned our walls be
In introducing the deputation, Sir fore this generation ruthlessly replaced Eustace Fiennes said that, owing to the partial withdrawal, and the threatened them with passe partout silhouettes ?
entire cessation in the inmediate future Family groups are dead," said a pro- of the contract passenger steamship ser- minent photographer to a Daily Express vice between Canada and the various representative. Even wedding groups ports of the Leoward and Windward Is are out of fashion. A girl who was soms lands, those Colonies were now threaten to be married said to me the other dayed with almost complete isolation as fur that wedding photographs were hideous hooked on her wedding day as the great the Canadian Royal Mail Line, whoso relies of the barbarous days when a girl Passenger transport facilities were concerned. Apart from the steamers of day of triumph in her life.
service, already reduced to a monthly one, was, it was understood, to be with drawn altogether in the course ai the next five or six weeks; the only passenger rssel calling, as most of the islands was lessra, Furness, Withy & Co.'s 5.5. Poirier, which only called on
were never artistic.
her
Pictures Wanted. "People nowadays want photographs not as records and mementoes-for these they prefer snapshots-but as artistic pie- ed through her knowledge of literature
brain finely developed and balanctures, and wedding and family groups and history, and she would not be con
"Men are being photographed much age to and from New York once a tent with surface explanations and de tected any flaw instantly. We became be dificult to take good photographs CF and St. Vincent in her itinerary. He more than they used to he. It used to month, and did not include, Montserrat accurate and began observing thingsen because they were self-conscious pointed out that, under the Canada- more thoroughly."
and anxious to get the business over 19th, 1920, the Government of Canada" West Indies Trade Agreement of June, Touched and Heard.
quickly but now they rather enjoy undertook to provide an "adequate fort. was a blend of things touched, heard.
Miss Askenna' account of her travels being taken, and are full of suggestions. and smelled, and of impressions felt."off to the photographer's every time the Colonies represented by the deputation, "Women, apart from flappers who rush service between the Dominion and the nightly pasanger, mail, and freight
She spoke continually of what she had hairdresser does their hair particularly By the further Trade Agreement of July "Beet. The blind were not so helpless well, are not photographed as much as 6th, 1923, the Dominion of Canada again as some persons imagined, she said.
they used to be, but they demand excel undertook to provide a fortnightly ser- lence of workmanship."
|vice, and by Article XII. declared that, pending the establishment of such ser- Vice, it would use its best endeavours to maintain a fortnightly service on the lines then existing. Actually, however," the steamship service between Canadi and the Colchies was far worse than it was in July, 1929, and was in danger of being suspended altogether.
Many think we are worse off than we actually are," she stated, but were it not for the discomfort of not being able to go where we want our feet to take us, or to recognise those who speak to us, our minds and our lives are not persons. very different from those of other
always use their eyes, and we who are Men and women who can see do not blind come to feel that those who have their sight do not setually see or hear." The food in Paris, she said, she found different, rather than better, then food elsewhere. "I would not say better. There is always a difference. The life of the boulevards, sitting at tables in the open and hearing. French voices in animated conversation, was better than the vin rouge. One does not need vin
rouge to be intoxicated in Paris. The
very atmosphere is a stimulant."
VALUE OF AUTOGRAPHS.
NO BIDS FOR KAISER'S SIGNATURE.
PARIS.
While they had no desire to impute The announcement that an autograph to the Government of Canada any lack of the ex-Kaiser, on which a, reserve of of good faith and appreciated her sight marks was put, did not induce a action in having placed two steamers of bid of a pfennig, has moved M, Chamvayfarine on the route, they would point the Canadian Government. Merchant an autograph expert, to give his views on out that these vessels were only cargo the value of the signature of famous men.
his thinking, a brief letter by "Lenin steamers. The deputation asked the would fetch more from collectors than Secretary for the Colonies to bring their a few lines written, by the ex-Kaiser. It representations to the notice of the seems that the autographs of revolution that they might see their way to secure Canadian Government, with the hope aries are much sought after, and therefore the resumption and maintenance of pre- In Paris Miss Askenas visited the
dearer than those of other persons.. M. Lighthouse established by Mrs. Winifred Charavay is silent on the reason of this senger, freight, and mail communication houses for the blind, and was the guest men, no matter to Holt Mather, founder of all the Light-predilection. The signatures of states- between Canada and the West Indies on of the sightless persons there. She is a belong, are not in such great demand as
what country they the lines existing in July, 1923, and the establishment of the steamship services member of the Lighthouse Players, a
the autographs of famous men of letters provided for in the Trade Agreement. dramatic organisation maintained by For example, the autograph of Anatole They, also suggested that negotiations the New York Association for the Blind France brings not less than 100f, and might be opened up with the steamship 73 is the value attached to a letter writ-serving the West Indies by trans- ten by Pierre Loti, while it is possible Atlantic services with a view to ascer that 50f. would he given for a line writtaining whether it might not be possible. ELECTRIFYING THE HOLY LAND. ten by M. Clemenceau, and 35f, perhaps to re-establish the link afforded by the 30f-the price would depend on its im inter-Colonial steamers connecting with portance for a line from . Poincaré. the ocean contract services to Trinidad. But statesmen need not be disappointed over, this apparent lack of appreciation when they remember that recently a Victor Hugo letter brought only two is fifty years of age. paper Louis.
FAMOUS BUSINESS MEN AS DIRECTORS.
Important developments in the electri- fication of Palestine and the opening up of the country for trade purposes are foreshadowed by the news, announced recently, that the Marquis of Reading, Sir Alfred Mond, Sir Hugo Hirst, and Mr. Janes de Rothschild have agreed to join the board of directors of the Palestine Electric Corporation, Ltd.
WORLD COAL WAR NEXT?
HOW IT MIGHT BE AVERTED.
The possibility of another world coal war, when the British miners have got back to work and have relieved the fuel hunger of certain industries, is dis- cussed in the current issue of Unity, the journal of the National Industrial Alliance, by Mr. Mack Eastman, who has ande a special study of the problem for the International Labour Office. "In the words of Frank Hodges (he says) the United States is the greatest potential disturber of the market." If America 'were to throw only 6 per cent. increase A general meeting of the company will of coal into the export market she could be held during the next few weeks to upset Europe almost irretrievably Ac confirm the appointments. It is probable cording to Sir Richard Redmayne, it her that Lord Reading will be invited to be present equipment" were kept employed come chairman of the company. twelve months in the year (instead of sp The Palestine Electric Corporation, proximately seven), an annual surplus of Ltd., was incorporated in Palestine three quently, if an American combine, for a ward by Mr. Rutenberg, the present complex of reasons, chose to damp coal chairman of the company. His plan in on the world market, the result would be cludes the building of a great hydro- immediately catastrophie to others, even River Jordan, which,, it is hoped, will electric undertaking on the banks of the though indirectly and in the long run disadvantageous to America herself." Burly sufficient power for the whole
to dry.
200,000,000 tons would result
&
Conse-years ago to carry out a scheme put for
...
One aspect of the coal question, both nationally and internationally, was that there were too many mines and too many miners. In Germany the whole fuel in dustry had been nationalised. Control had been centralised and supervised by national council, representing the owners, the consumers, and workers. Standardisation of machinery had been effected, uneconomic mines abandoned, and 90,000 workers transferred to other occupations with the aid of the State, "One result has been the increase of output per manshift to 5 per cent. above that of 1913. Yet all this did not prevent of the company is £950,000.
The time is now ripe for greater ex pansion," said. the secretary of the cor- poration," and it is felt that a strenger board is necessary.
Palestine next week to superintend the Mr. Rutenberg is leaving London for erection of the hydro-electric plant. Work should be in full swing by next January, and will explay between 1,000 and 1200 men,
the English coal subsidy, in the words
of the German Commission of last March,
from pressing heavily on the Ruhr,' or
three years' time, and will, we hope, "The plant should be ia operation in bring a complete industrial evolution in Palestine." The total subscribed capital
the Ruhr stocks from piling up disastrous MARNE TAXI FOR AMERICA.
ly to 9 million tons.".
PARIS.
FAMILY SAVED BY A CAT.
PET KILLED AFTER GIVING A
FIRE WARNING.
Peter, a tabby cat, gave the alarm to the occupants of a house in Old Park- abled them to escape when fire broke out road, Palner's Green, London, and en- in the early hours of the reming
Willesden woman Her youngest child
Habanda Kingston-My-wife hit me. on the face, and the detective saw the pieces on the table.
HONGKONG METZOROLOGICAL
REGISTER
Hongkong Observatory, November 1st.
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Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Hopping, who live with their family in the house, were aroused during the night by the loud at their bedroom door. They found that mewing of the cat, which was scratching the room was full of smoke. Flames Humidity were already lighting the staircase. Mr. Hopping ran to an upper floor and car-
Wind Direction... ried down his younger son, while the Weather... mother and the other members of the Rain family escaped in their night attire.
household Peter was missing. Its body When the roll-call was taken of the was found when the fire was subdued. It had been suffocated in its attempts to waken the fleepers.
Lowest open-air Temperature on Highest open-air Temperature on 31st...
1st
B-Blueaky C-Cloudy; D-Drizzle; "If we had slept for: two minutes Overcast; P-Paaring showers;
F-Fog; L-Lightning; M-Mist; Q-
have had the greatest difficulty in escap longer," said M. Hopping, "we should squalls; R-Rain; T-Thinder ing from the burning house."
The fire was apparently caused by a detective Ace in the dining-room fire place.
TERRIER FIGHTS A LION.
Week
Days of
Thes
A fight between a fox terrier dog, named Simba, and a lion is described by Mr. Cherry Kearton in his new volume, My Dog Simba," published by Messrs. Arrowsmith recently.
Mr. Kearton bought the dog at the Battersea Dogs Home for 78, d., and, Wed to quote his own words, because sho seemed commonplace, I gave her a silly Thur. commonplace name, Pip
Fri.
HONGKONG TIDE TABLE.
From November 2‹d to 7th, 1926. HIGH WATEL.
Following a unification of the British industry, Mr. Eastman suggests an inter- The last of the taxi-jahs which Marshal 7. 8d. HERO FROM A DOOS' HOME. Galliéni, the Military Governor of national entente on the lines of a division of the world's markets among the chief Paris, rushed to the battle of the Maras exporters on what is known 4 A freight filled with troops, has started for favourable" basis; or a more flexible America, where many things of historic arrangement might be found in a simple interest find their way. This taxi-cab, understanding as to export quotas, the known as No. 647, has been repaired and quantities to be determined by an inter-is destined for Philadelphia, where it national committee of experts.
will figure at the congress of the American There was also the standardisation of Legion. It was handed over to two mem bours of labour, but decrease elsewhere bers of the Legion at the Bénauit Motor would not take place spontaneously and Works at Billancourt, and will make the without pressure. He considers that if journey from Paris to Cherbourg and Mr. Kearton with a few natives was the British working day were increased from New York to Philadelphia, trying to drive a lion that had takes Satar to 7 hours that would give them someIt has a history this vehicle, besides shelter under bashes in
astroam bed leverage with the increased output. Then the service it rendered in the Battle of into the open in order to secure a photo- gun. would be the time for the British and the Marne, It had done duty in the graph. German industries to come together under streets of Paris from 1905 to 1999, and That plucky little dog of mine," my Mon governmental suspices to attempt the it has been computed that it has covered Mr. Kearton, the bravest dog surely standardisation of working hours. The a distance equivalent to three times the that ever ran about the London streets, adoption of a 7 hours day in times of tour of the world. The cab was received dived into that stream bed, dived into general activity and a minimum day of at No. 1 Post of the American Legion it simply because she knew that this was seven hours during times of depression is by General Johnson, formerly command- the lion's hiding place. With a courage proposed, and Mr. Eastman concludes: ing the 1st American Division, and that even now seems incredible, she went Suppose the length of the mining day Major Julian Thomas and its two straight for the furious beast and suc- were thus scientifically and authoritative- | drivers received messages from old ceeded in getting her teeth into his ly regulated, first as regards England French combatants and from Marthal tail”
and Germsay, and later as regards the Foch for the American ex-Servicemen, Fip held on even after a native war- other greater exporting nations, is it an These two messages were put in a boxrior had killed the lion with a spear exaggeration to suggest that the question | placed in the taxi-cab, which, decorated through the heart. A neighbouring chief of prices (and therefore of wages) might with the French and American colours, gave the dog the name Simbs, the Fon take care of itself 1.
took the road for Cherbourg,
himself.
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