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VOL. XI April 4, 190181 Now14 
THE FRIEDMAN CURE 
With all of the expresesd opinions 
in the press of the worth or otherwise 
of the Friedman consumptive treat- 
ment, it is very evident that the 
American physicians and health off- 
cials in New York are unduly jealous 
of the German doctor’s experiments. 
In some cases it seems that effort has 
been made to discredit the doctor, but 
the fact that he has aided those suf- 
ferers whom he has attended. should 
be ample reason for giving him a full 
chance to demonstrate the efficiency 
of his claimed cure. 
Some doctors have tried to place 
him in a class with the famed Dr. 
Cook, covertly suggesting that he was 
a hum-bug. It is probably true that 
there are more hum-bug doctors 
among the Americans than there are 
on the other side of the Atlantic. The 
Germans are leaders in medical and 
inventive science, and until Dr. Fried- 
mann has had a fair chance to show 
what he can do he should not be crit- 
icised. 
Should the cure be successful it 
would be a boon to civilization and 
the fame and fortune of the doctor 
would be secure. He who can eradi- 
cate one of the greatest plagues with 
which man has to contend need not 
fear for his own recompense. 
STOPPING THE FLoop 
With the yearly ravages of floods 
G. E. WILLMONTON 
Attorney and 
Counselor at Law 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
in all parts of this country and the 
terrible disaster wrought in the Ohio 
valley this year, it would seem that all 
former precautions of man to stop 
the elements from conquering him 
were inadequate and obsolete. The 
annual floods, especially in the vicinity 
of the Ohio river claim a terrible toll 
each year, and the section has been 
doubly unfortunate the present 
Spring. 
For many generations the freshets 
have caused damage of millions of 
dollars, but never in the history of the 
country has such devastation been 
wrought to life and property. Which 
brings up the question of the possibil- 
ity of curbing the torrents. It would 
seem that man had confessed his in- 
ability to find a way out of the situa- 
tion. It is one of the most difficult 
problems of his existence that he has 
to cope with. 
It may be possible to reforest the 
hills and plateaus that should be made 
to hold back the floods; the levees 
which have been more or less success- 
ful in the South might be used to ad- 
vantage if the system were extended. 
It may be necessary to build great 
reservoirs to hold back the waters 
for distribution when needed. What- 
ever the answer is to the problem it 
is a pressing one, and will give the 
scientist food for much thought and 
work. 
THE New Dances 
During the past winter all sorts of 
capers have been cut in the name of 
dancing. The standard of the art has 
been lowered to that of the cheap 
dive. This same style of dancing 
would have spread to the White House 
had not Mrs. Wilson placed a ban on 
the “turkey trot,’ “bunny hug” and 
other dances of questionable worth. 
If the stand taken by Mrs. Wilson 
was emulated by every mother in the 
land and every other woman who be- 
lieved in decency, dancing in its pres- 
ent state would not have to be elimi- 
nated. ; 
It should not seem prudish to object 
to such dances when it is seen that 
“the habit” works its way into the 
assemblies of the high schools and 
colleges. It should not be necessary 
for the officials of a school or college 
to prohibit the students from enter- 
taining their friends simply because 
a sensible set of dances can not appease 
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the hunger of those participating. The 
past winter has shown us about all 
there is in dancing excesses, and a 
cessation of the indecent practices 
cannot come too soon. 
AMBASSADORS NEED THE MONEY 
The time has come when naught but 
millionaires can represent the United 
Sates at her embassies abroad. ‘The 
habit of apeing the lavish and gorge- 
ous entertainment of the countries in- 
to which our ambassadors go makes 
the salaries of $10,000 to $17,500 lit- 
tle enough on which to keep up the 
embassies. We must now have multi- 
millionaires to represent us if we 
would keep up the reputation of en- 
tertaining in princely style. 
Very often, because of this fact, 
many men who would be much better 
able to represent this country abroad 
are unable to do so because they can- 
not afford to expend so much money. 
Well qualified men, from a standpoint 
of real statemanship, are few and far 
between in the collection of million- 
aires who represent us abroad. ‘Those 
who are qualified are obliged to count 
themselves outside the circle of citi- 
zens from whom the ambassadors of 
former generations were selected. 
The latter represented the country 
with dignity. They added to their 
own prestige and reflected credit on 
the country which sent them. 
That the entire country is sympathe- 
tic and working on a common basis 
to aid the sufferers in the Ohio valley 
has been demonstrated during the 
past week by the sources of the con- 
tributions which have poured into the 
stricken district. Millionaires and 
working men have contributed their 
portion, factories and all kinds of 
mercantile estabilshments have been 
generous with their money. AIl- 
though the American may be justly 
accused of being a mere money-mak- 
er, he is a liberal spender as instanced 
in this case. A disaster such as that 
of last week makes the entire coun- 
try a unit. 
It is now grimly recalled that on 
March 24, just as the waters began 
to rise, the Dayton News, Gov. Cox’s 
paper, said: “Once again Dayton- 
ians have full cause to thank the fore- 
thought of the pioneers who stood up- 
on the hills and located the city safe- 
ly protected on every cardinal point 
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