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_ d, Dr. Harvey w. Wiley, Director of Good Housekeeping Bureau of Foods, Sianita- tion and Health. Furnished by the Local Red Cross Branch.

lGIOTB the World War was won. on France, England. Italy. Rum- la, reece and the United Stat- were all fighting for freedom. re was no lack of bravery, no of fellowship. no lack of it of sacrifice, no hesitation in shedding of blood, but. still my was not conquered. It was until the forces of the Allies placed under one comlnand- i; that tho decisive blow be ck.

ust now there is-s renewed rest in the subject of cancer. ny sporadic investigations have n made by eminent blloglsts, iologlsts and physicians in all [j ts of the world. There have l, n several important researches

that follow, , represent three- fourths of the total mortality in the country froln cancer.

The age ironi ten to twenty is comparatively immune, and the ravages of cancer are less marked in those cancer-free periods of life. During thc'tinle mentioned above, the number of dcnths ovol" ton and under twenty umong boys and girls are almost the same. However little advantage sex has in its susceptibility to cancer. the boys are slightly ill the lend from infancy to ten years and from ten to twenty years. Over twenty the sex susceptibility is distinctly, radically and over- whelmingly cilanged. Tho woman is far more susceptible to tllls disease than the man.

In early womanhood the ponderance is not so very Over twenty and under thirty, deaths from cancer (luring tl|-- five years, inthe registration area, amounted to 2012 men and 2227 women. Over thirty and under forty the deaths nmong men were 5084' and among women 12,144. In lhe group froln forty to sixty, tho immunity of the male is still pro- nounced. From forty to forty-five the deaths among males were R435 and among females 17,003. From fifty to fifty-five death among the nlales we - 12,5215 nnd nlnong the females, 1G7. IProm fifty five to sixty, the deaths were, males, 15. 336 and females, 21.844. ill the grollp over sixty cancer becomes even more .\'Il‘llI(.'lll. and (leadly.

The causes oi’ cancer have been discussed ut great length by medical null statistical writers for

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the factors of this great work o one efficient methodical and istent attack. It is proposed to this under the auspices of the ierican Society for the Control Cancer, a society made up of ..lnent specialists and scientific n from all parts of the United tes with its office st 370

bout a year ago there was erved under the auspices of

s, and others connected with public welfare, were urged to w the attention of the people necessity of some more vigor-

1, Qppggfljon to the 1nrom1t, "f niuny decades. At one tlmu, I1L‘l'\‘,il- ,~ cur, Th0 memcal pfofgsgk)" lty was rcgtlrdc-d us u luosi lln1iort- 1 s fgalllgfl that 1p so “rpm, n ant cause. Tho inter conclusions

based on more accurate statistical dutu. have greatly diminished the importance of hcrodity. it is trur- thnt cancerous parents sometimes 1 g6 the zodiac because one 0g have cancerous children, hut only 1 51g"; 15 cancer, B“, 11m, to a limited (ll-grco. IQIIVIPOIIIHBILI, 1 n99,- 1g mere“, n ,_-,-,,1,_ Tnn Hunlilfillllllikhi! has smul-thiilg to do with , ,- now under ¢0nn1.1n,~,,11n,, '1,,,_,, the prevalence of cilnccr, but not ~,. nwghmg 0g 11,9 pmnerflen n to the extent thnl is iloticed ill 1p crap 1g, 1,, m, “my, norm,“ nlnnyothei" (liscnsos. llovorty and | 1n; to 100k an 1, new non, n, ignorance. sol-m more. immune n and never wants to 16L nu than riches and education. m1"; are mp1 t‘, 1n; m, when n From tho uloliicui point of view, _ “M19,- ntnnn cn,nnn_ but no two fnetll oi’ grout vuluc stnnd out. _|1n(]e|'5|_()r1'|1 cvm- (unnefl to 11,, The fmnule h; |iiii(-ii more lilllljflttt ncgf may gm”, “n, nnnnln to cilncer.thun ihu mzilo ziftcr illu 5lng_ 1g 15 nntuonb, “my “n, zlge oi’ naturlty is reached. The. my um] frenp1,’eron_.,_ 1; nnnc,_-_.ni_3 ninnlulnry glands and tho uterus, ‘ 1,1,9 “Mm-Q 1t glven “n, nn with its ilppenilagcs are the two fgmopngon o; m, connng villllcrablo ill women pnrticulnrllj 19mg m hpve “we to no attractive to cancer. This fuct is ,1 fanny m. environment“ the sole reason of the grczitei‘ death If gng wore allowed to 01,003,, rate ulnnng mature women i e disease which would carry lllllmlg llllltlll" "m" I m 01f, 1g woum 1m n mnmntnnnnn 'l‘he total number ul‘ (lentils for 1d a [lessiniist that would ciliomsc llll‘ Wall llllll lll llll‘ "llll-“llllllllll i ppm; Unfm-hmnufly the 1n“, m- nrozl from (llso s of tho uterus . ture (loos not respect humun 1 ejudices. The man or woman 1 o has no antipathy to cancel‘ is J st asdikely to have tho (liseilso a the one who hates it. Dr. Hoffman Statistician of the "udential insurance Colnpaily _ s published a wonderfully illum- tiug book on cancer throughout e world. As a result of, this . atisticsl, he does not claim they t; medical, investigations, he s: "The main results of tho in. stigation may be summed up ill brief but extremely suggestive temeut that tho actual frequen- of malignant (iii-lease through- t the civllizated world has been ertalned to be lnuch more of n nace to the welfare of mullkind n has generally been ussuuu-d be U10 (IBM. and that in contrast Practically sl ltho countries d largo cities for which trust- rthy data are obtainable." ancer is undoubtedly a (liseusc old age. Unfortunately. old ago l Bins very early in luany people r d it is not surprising, thuroioro _, find cancer attacking infants Ill children under five and inn are as well as (lhililrun bctwoeil ' i] ages of ton and twenty. tatlstics for five years includ. 1918 show that under the age ten years, 1001 boys nn(l 914

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0t 12,1 pcr 100.000 of 1iopuiul.ion and the llflffllflllilill.‘ of total deaths froln all cancerous iliscziscs was 10.1%. For the sillnc 1icri0d and over the slum: arcs the lllllllliftl‘ of deaths l\m cancer of the breast was 60-10, t-quni to 7.4 per 100,000 of population, null 2.9% of ull the deaths fronl cancerous (lis- oases. Adding those tlvo sets uf data together, we have a total number of (lcaths frolu cancer 1ioculizlr to women of 15,022 equal to 10.5 per 100,000 of population nlnl 24.3% of the totul deaths froln cancer of all kinds. ’l‘lius the as- tounding fact is shown that al- most one fourth of all the douths from cancer are from thut iorlil which is peculiar to wunlou.

Tho ncxt organ which is most subject. to cancer is the stomach. The l.ol..'ll number oi‘ (lentils from cancer Ill the regisl tion urea ill tho report. of 1918 is ' u. (if this total iilllnlmr oi‘ ilbntils 211,785! \V.rl‘(l duo in cuncrar of lho stonlucil or Zl7.9% of nil concur llculhs. li‘ \\'l\ add togt-llll-l‘ now llu- porlwoningii 0i‘ (Icntln: due to llli‘ lllolnzlcll in loth next-s ftllil tho pcrcvnihgo of deaths duo lo the cnluzoi- which attacks women nlono, which wn have for tho genital organs oi‘ women and for stomachs of both sexes, we have 622% of ull the . is (11911 0| cancer 1n "n, regmnb deaths from cancer diu- to those v n area of “n, Unmn, stately two sets or organs. in round ~_ cflcgfly the” nun and those number almost two thirds of the people who die of cancer, die

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WINNIPEG, Sent. 28.—Who ‘is Lord Renfrew? Why has the Prince of Wales chosen this title in which to travel through Canada to his ranch in Alberta?

These are the questions puzzling many people. The explanation is simple.

Every student of history is fa- miliar with the origin of the title Prince oi‘ Wales, given to the heir apparent to the ih-itish throne.

11; may be remembered that when Edward 1. endeavored to persuade the rebellious Welsh chieftoins to submit to his author- ity he promised lhoul a prince who could spenk no English. Upon their acceptance of his trrnis he pro- duced his o_wn infant sun, and even since the eldest son of lhu reigning monarch in Britain has been known us the Prince of Wales.

in travelling as Lord Renfrcw. E. P. is adopting one of his three Scotish titles. Baron lteufrcw gets its derivation from tho old Stuart

(lr Stewart ancestors of the Royal family. The Stuarts were simple lairds ill the country of

Renfrew ill the twelfth. thirteenth am] fourteenth centuries, who gave ll long line of Stuart kings to Scot- land, and subsequently to Great Britain. Walter Fitzulan found fav- or with David l., who mode him High Steward of his household, an

office which involved collection and management of the Crown revenues. and posse

the privilege of holding the inst place in the army next to lhu l(ing

1,, hatfln. In addition. the king nave Fitzalan a grant of the lands of Renfrew and neighbor-

uood situated on the Clyde below Glasgow. The accession of Robert,

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of canclarf of the stomach or the genital organs of women.

Causes of Cancer

Almost every assignable that imagination could has been given to (tkplnill the origin of cancer. All over tho world are scattered cancer-invest- igation laboratories, in which hundreds of experienced phy. c- lans, dietitians, bucteriologist-s und teloelogists are working fnith~ fully (lay after day and year ltltOl‘ yeur in their cndleuvnr to IIIHLW light upon this suhjocr One of lhe very common theories which l! Qftilfliillcil is thut of spiv-ific buclovlul genlesis. Malignant tumor land nll forms of cancer nr-a in chided ill this licudl has cr nin tissue characteristics (llscloseil by microscopic investigation distin- guishing this particular form of

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lllnd its zlppellilzlgus was E1802, equal ._

tumor from the benevolent or harmless variety. There is yut to be discovered any germ life in thcso malignant tumors which b_v lhe ordinary process of (levuimi-

lllllllllllvill, can induce the some condi- llion in health

tissues. 'i‘hoso ubuornlal coils. however when grafted in healthy tissue, reprod- their kind. 1ierhzlps, zoilnts for the fact thut thoro lléllflllfi to be direct. hereditary taint which causes in the child the (lis- ease which the parent may have luld.

it ls_ undoubtedly true us iletor- mined by specific cxileriinelltal investigation, thut injury o1’ some kind to the epithelium is the prin~ clpal cause of cancer. This injury need not be violent or slldden._ In fact such injury is not likely to result ill that irritation 0f tho epithelium which ilroduccs the proliferation of cells which isthu beginning of cancer. A slow but continued irritation is iuore likely lo be the cause. There are several instances showing the truth of this iauppositlon.‘ For lIlBlllllUl! cancer of lhe lips. tongue and filers is far more common Ill thnse that smoke than in those who (lolft. This is one of the most striking illustra- tiolls if the injury (lone by smok- ing. For this reason cunoor of tho huccul (mouth) organs lii fur nioro common In men tlluil in wumoll, if women in llcr new frcuilmn sulokc as much as men, she may soon lose this immunity. " it has also boon found that work- ers with X Rays iicquirc. ‘cancer by reason of injury of the epithel- ium and its underlying tissues. An-

other cause of cancer is found among workers in conltur dyes. Therderilaveu of coal tur among

which dyes are the most import- ant from our point of view seem to have n. specific irritant affect upon the epithelium and thus tend to produce cancer. For this rmrou. pomades. and pastes of all kinds. cold creams, and similar 1ircpurn- lions that are used externally on the skin should never be eoiuroil with any coal-tar dye.

'l‘llcro is it WBIl-Ifltllltl-‘JII suspic- ion that csnccrof the lips. tongue. throat and especially by the stomach may be due to tllc coli- tinlled use of very ilot or very cold foods or liquids. Some inves- tigators have thought that they could trace the locality of stomach cancer alonl the tract of the stoni- nch through which these foods or liquids would naturally pass.

One of the most helpful signs of the times is a closer attention to any kind of unnatural growth. ll it is true: that these growths are divided into two classes, Innbcen: and maligant,‘ but even an innoc- ent may develop into a malignant tumor. Even moles. warts, etc. should be treated with respect und consideration, as they are exampl- es of cell proliferation beyond the natural which may easily acquire a degenerative and malignant. character. If a mole or a wsrt should continue to grow. and espechliy if It should become pain fui, the attention of s competent surgeon should be directed to the cue at once-Janey seek the help of llenperhtleedmersons in remov- i" mill" ."l4"!l.\.‘.l.l-'f1'll|.! h. n

I PHINEI IIKE F Iillll] HENIHEW?

seventh High Steward, to the throne as Robert 11. merged ti“, seneschalship in the Crown, but the estates of the stewards after. wards became the appanage of the king's eldest son. By “c1, of Scottish Parliament of 14011, the titles of Prince and High Steward of Scotland, Duke of Rothessy. Earl of Carrlck, and Baron of Renfrew were vested in tho eldest son and heir-apparent of tho Crown of Scotland forever.

it was the second Stuurt king, Robert lii., who created tho Scott- ish titles which the hoir zlpparent holds. Edward ill. of Plnglzlilil had made his eldest son, tho Black Prince. Duke of Cornwall. By the way. this was the first dukedom created in England. Rubi-rt Ii], made his firstborn son lluke of Rothesay.

Tile title, Duke of Rothesay’ re- called the valor of Alexander. the fourth steward, who, when the Norseman seized his wife‘s lands the Island of Bute, roused the country again Hneo and the in- vaders, and defeated them at the battle of Largs. though he fell in the hour of victory. The secolid title was Earl of Carrick, n titllc that recalled the romantic marri- age of the parents of itobert the Bruce. The young Countess of Carr- ick, it is related, fell ill love with the young Earl of Annandule, and when he trespassed on her esates in pursuit of the chase she made him prisoner, and only consented to liberate him on condition that he marry her. The eldest sou of the marriage was Robert the Bruce. The last title conferred on the prince and the one to which most sentiment is attached was that of Baron or Lord of Renfrelv, the old ihome, estate of the family.

highly dangerous proceeding. liven a harmless tumor or grmvih should he. removed by a skillful surgeon with properly sterilized apparatus. The application of pastes for the salve of checking wurls or other growths which is apparently n harmless procedure nlny in tho (iourse of a few years produce such irritation of the outer skin and the tissue lying immediately under is as to promote the forma- tion oi’ malignant grolvllis.

There is another very important feature in early (Ilili-ZIIOSIS. it is new quiet certain that cancer is not a system iliscasc: thut is, it does not arise from nny specific infection of the body. On the contrary. at its beginning it is strictly ioculizcil. if nil the pro- liferating cells cull he removed. there is no reason Io ilxpcct. al return of the ills-lease. Hence, in alli (zasrs where nu operation is possib- le, and this is true particularly of external cancers. and those that

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TRUIRD, N. 3., Sept. 24-—~ ‘Pursuant to arrungelnlent, L. S, Brown, General ‘Manager of the

Altlnntic Region o1 the C. N. li.. accompanied by R. W. Simpson, assistant: General ‘Mane-gar, arriv- ed tn mruro lby the Maritime Empress this afulernioon and men, a delegation oi.‘ idle- Tlruro Board of Tra-llie. accompanied lby Mayor Miurray. Harold Putnlan, M. P., and Oounclllor C. ‘M. ‘Dfliwsflfl, who sou-ghdl actual] figures to show lhow any alleged econlomy or bet-fer efficiency would result by moving ‘nine district offices ironi lib-is place vto llfaiilfax.

‘Mr. Brawn and ~ihis associate. Mr. Simpson, (lid not deem it prudent in give out the figures, but contented itliemscivcs with a Iposlillve elrpllasslon of opinion that there vrciulid "be a subsuimriail economy and an increase :1: effic iency in the iplcposed IlIOl/(Eillfdrt, Tlhe ‘llIellBKlfllIlIOXl, however, was liike the man from Missouri," a-nd are lull-lag Sir ‘Henry Thornton asking ilhnt llhe CIIZIIQYCEXIXQIIL of

uinlull Truro, ‘presumably joined by Brldgelwa/ter, mny ask for the

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APPRECIATION OF THE CANADIAN MONLmlIENT AT ST. JULIEN; “THE EVEN- ING STANDARD," LONDON, ENG. AUGUST 14th, 1923.

Slhoitly after lIC-ZLVIRE Dixlnilde lyre-saw like first of the iuon-u- menls, than: erected lo Guynznlei- lby lilis brciilher-airmlcinffllis is cispeciaily French in ill..- ex- qlrisiteness cif form, and nilso, be it said in this uliushanied r-hrfilrio.

almost Jill-e" dlhe-aitricl-liily. of its lniscrlplfii-on. At like ‘top of a telli and elegant column is a flying stork, neck and‘ legs out- islireltchodi and "supported, one gathers, by llhla (lrc-r-ped wings. Tfnere is a suggestion of the aeroplane ‘h-ere w-b-ich the eagle of our own. ’_ monument on the

EiillIlHTiklTWilh‘, dines not convey. ‘Olll rdhc piinifih. is n bronze ill- scvi-piiion ‘Allllifill Cyrano _de Bergerac might have devise], aoclaiullingi Guyncnler its in- dividual hero "l-l-eros legerldaire itlomib on pied-n -c.ie.l dc moire" but also presenting him as u symboel of the q-uaililties of i-he Frcmh race and an exam-pile “me-ct for t-‘le noblest. corolla-lions." But in resizi-

cnn be reached by cusy-iilcisions, the entire ciluclcution of these (liscnscd coils iiluy Ill? regarded as n. certain method oi‘ sitoppiilg the, disease. i

Radium Treatment.

it has been hoped and expected

thut these cells may be destroyed by tho highly injurious rays of radium and other radioactive bod- ies. Thcrc is some reason to he- lieve that in‘ the early stages of the disease tho radium trestmcn: may be of decided efficiently but it must not be forgotten that radiant energy such use that coming from radium is no respecter of tissues. It is quite us likely to in- jure and destroy the healthy 11B the unhealthy cells. it is perfectly rensonable .to sacrifice some of the healthy cells for the sake of killing those that are, (Ilseasetl. ' It is easy to sec from the estab- lished belief in rcgiird to lhe origin of cancer that the l‘illIIlllll treat.- inont, ii‘ clfcctlve as nil must be ndlniuistoreil ileforo ih~ diseased coils have cxpundml lulo any considerable area or rohc.llc(l any considerable. (lepth. i-‘or this reason the. great hupo of i-iimiilatioll oi‘ onllcor and tho suvilll! "I IIIU M» tho prcsuut iinlc must ho (ronlcrctl ill tho surgeon nud Ibo radiant-on- nrgy physician. 'l‘h-- slH'l.'i‘0n'H knife is the qlllckflsl, simplest and most effective ri-nuviy. 'i‘he radiant rnlergy muy hi- consider-till more desirable for di-(rp-sl-nlieil growths that are difficult io be ri-uched by the surgeon's knife.

Ono thing is certain in the way of curative or prophylactic 9P0» cesses; there is no medicine or drug or preparation of any kind which taken internally has any helpful effect whatever on the cancerous growth. Thoro is no pilstc or ponipililo or (iiiillilunt or other preparation which cull be applied externally thut cull 11051001"- givc any help or relief unless it be a sluhstnnce which cnuturizos des- troys and kills all the tissues with which it comes in eoniurtAit is quite impossible in my illllfllfin l-Ilut any such preparation that is toler- uble could reach all the localities wliero ilic proliilornling cells are

he is ignorant of the fact that cancers have no roots. The victim puts his faith in the (lcrv-vtlvo statements in the iorlil of affidav- its of complete und lasting cures. Ho pays large fees for these so- cailed remedies which uroutterly powerless to help. i do not knew of any other kind of secret-remedy advertising so culpable as the