The Cedarville Herald, Volume 48, Numbers 1-26

j E mi |' CiMHMPvflwi £bwdK wms* JteiMBMl ftt fk* Feat-QA**. CiM* f^Ki 0., Octette II, i$W» at# —Xj-^| SUPPOSINGYOUWEREONEOF THE SO-CALLED INSANE? „ taw ro * * # MOT#; YM. 1 * th* UWr* ot * **Hw< t i turtisl*# written to Pr. a**** B- M-eOWUn*. «iMHNruitM#*iit « f th* O*yto* Xtft* H«t-*tt*l. on th * k l. 6 *or. t***tm*ttt *tti ,H‘«Y**tlo» *f i«MiaUty- Jt**d**» nr* »dvit *4 t« pre*#rv* »*ci» af th* arti«l«». tu to*«tj.*r (My will ew^riM *» « 4 ue»ti*miL *eri»» that should I mk i» * v «y hom«.l FWDAY DECEMBEE f t , 1M4 f HATTY HEARTS The happispt te s ts at Christmas- tide are those that hav# dope some­ thing for other*, tho** that Jute Biada **d soul* ehearfal. Thai* I* n* chance to debate this statement It is a safcf-s-ridaat truth and those who have tried it know that R is so. The greatest joy in -life is found in deny, jng ourselves that are ptay do unto others who ar* in need o f our help. Paying a bill that yt u own bring* satisfaction, because it « the hon­ orable thing to do, but being gener- 003 i* carrying a well-filled basket to the door of a borne in which hun­ ger stalks raises you above the level of earth and. set the glow to ting­ ling in your heart. Casting breads upon the waters is one of the greatest promisee made in the book of books. ,Being gen­ erous, helping others, endowing a worthy cause, spreading Christmas gladness, are. the greatest invest­ ments we can possibly make. The electric lights on the gilded Christ­ mas tree in .the home of a rich man are less brilliant than the spark of the glow worm, when compared with the candle you have put in, the window of a home where wane and suffering.dwell. “ Vanity of 'vanities," saitb the preacher* “aji is vanity." Social station^ man-made wealth,, the pow­ er of place, cannot give the lasting satisfaction and deep solace that comes from conferring help. upon the needy. Slowly but,seadily, hu­ manity-}^ working its way toward greater, service and coming to, real­ ize,* that the more we. give'of our, plenty, the greater peace we .find in our good will and good work toward men. - 4' The .man who gives promptly ■when his fellow men are-stricken by. calamity; the man who gives regu- • larly when his neighbor, is cold, hungry, sick or afflicted; the man who responds .-cheerfully1 to every, appeal for the betterment of condi­ tions in his community, is the man who sleeps with a clear conscience and is laying,, stepping stones to success. “ Though I speak with the tongues o f men,arid of’ angels, and have not charity, I am become'' as sounding brass, or a thinkling. cym­ bal." /Let t}# strive this tihri to prat aside- every chain ness, to free 'ourselves from fetters of greed, and reek our holi­ day happiness in doing something fdr someone less fortunate than our­ selves. , . l stmastide of the GOODRYE, KITCHEN ifere ’is great news for -the tired business man find the oyer-worked housewife. The department of sci­ entific research at one of America’s 'leading universities is going to do away with indigestion, and along with ft all the irksome duties of the kitchen. The scheme is very sim­ ple. •We are to. live on tablets. A, slice of roast beef is to he com­ pressed into a little lozenge, an oys­ ter stew will he converted into a pellet and a Christmas dinner wilt be compressed Into ** tablet about the size of a gum drop. , Think what a revolution this will mean in the home and. in the business World. No more pantries, no more marketing; no more argument* with the grocer, and the butcher, and, oh, greatest ' of all, no more dish washing. Just a Httle shelf beside the kitchen dock with a row of jars containing beefsteak, ham and eggs, stewed chicken and gravy tablets. When husband leaves the home in the morning he selects the lozenge that he wants for his lunch and slips it into his vest pocket. He kisses his wife goodbye and goes gaily to his work. She, having Washed down her breakfast pellet, With a swallow of water, ha* the whole day for bridge and neighborly calls. What a great saving In time this will mean to the Rotary, Kiwanfs ana all the other noontide luncheon clubs, The member* may assemble a* usual, and while they are munch­ ing their food tablets the entire hour may be devoted to listening’ to Prof. Know It Alt, who is deliver­ ing hi* address on “The Transmi­ gration of the Soul as Related to the Reincarnated Spirit,” Oh, boyi No waiter# to tip. No jarif on the shirt front. No soda tablets to follow the mince pie. And then when rummer comes, wr don’t have to spread but­ ter on the luscious ear of sweet corn and gnaw It off the cob like a horse. One dear little tablet will contain all th* neurrihment o f lire:} ears of cor* and you can le.( it dissolve fit your mouth while you keep right on jMwktmg at the adding machine. And then, think of the time saved at the golf eoraiw*. You can eat your Sup­ per whik fettiap’"' raff at *tmmb*r eighteen and tha wife won’t be ftj*#- fctg fcaeaai* the ateak is too do**. When you hav# been delayed on th* foN wars* and have to hfcrry fur Cofl#nra*d on totem 5 tile pug*, INFLUENCE OF THE TEACHINGS OF HEREDITY UPON THE PUBLIC, THE INSTITUTIONS AND THE STATE r*;tPN the ear- of the case. The doctor# have to f jiest dawn of P.*#" uiwu the mental ,rerpcnsibil}ty history w e of the case on hearsay evidence and have had with us their own examination wi.hiti a few those who have minutes, and. the decision In that case the greatest o f in those few minute# i* likely to *f- fatalistio feeling feet the whole after life of that 8hout anything patient, In the vast majority of such which is not guite cases the judgment of the probate understood b y court is correct, but there are a few them, We still cases that are adjudged as insane have those who rate the patients are filtfply tglil* believe in predes- perari'y sick and a few day# of cor tination—that is, rest treatment causes.them to clear if a certain things happens, such as up mentally. So to that mail a grave being run over by an automobile, j injustice has been dene in classify- stich persons will decleare “ it was'lng him in such a manner that, his set down in the Great Book many legal rights have been denied him years ago and. just had to happen Iand. a taint placed upon hi* after and no power on earth could haye life. ' . prevented it." 1 All- in all, a huge responsibility is Not manyyears ago* when the placed upon the court that is not belief .wasstrong that the mind was fair to the court, or to the doctors,, coupled with the soul, many, many aid the judge, and certainly not persons had the same fatalistic be- fair to the patient. There i3 a comi- lief regarding the insane, -It seemed cpl phase to the law. here regarding then only -natural, When the best the fees paid the doctors. If' the ' --------------r-w < 1 . 1 . y# to stop and poadwr wbothvr we bavo not bad mtongi e# the false to*riling of h*r*#fcy *ad as bo whether it would art ^ *4#* for -a to find out the .««&** and treat it ** a w teril* ip iiM ^ w rm B S i 5 $ m i i o i a i **w: D*ut (By RKV. V . B. riT*Wjl.T*R. D.D.. XM 4 U of th* Kv*ala* • o j ^ i C J i y B i b l . l i Itttut* of Ghloftgo.) . I O *f ($, mt, w«k«tsi Xmp*.p*t u*io».) Dr, H. H, Mc­ Clellan brains of the age could not account doctors find after due examination for./the sayings of those- who were mentally sick, that they should Im­ mediately saddle the cause of the disorder on something,safe, so de­ cided the mental abnormality was inherited from some relative. This idea of heredity has stood for so many years simply because no one .has been sufficiently interested to actually attempt to disprove it. Now, lot us look at the influences of the teaching of fatalism upon the public. „ THE .PUBLIC: When it was generally understood that a case of insanity was traceable back to some forebear of the patient it immediate­ ly took on the aspect of being very simitar to . disgrace.' Now If it is a so-called .disgrace they would do everything possible ■to shield that .case from public knowledge, for who wants to mention thatwhich was an Implied disgrace. The result of this shielding of the case until it, had become *sq bad that it “ just had" to be probated; oftly meant that very valuable time had been lost in the treatment of' the case—time that often spelled the difference between recovery and vhronie incurable in­ sanity- t ■ Also we notice more recently that when patients are cured 'and. able to Teturn to society, relative*- i| times fear to, take them into their mines hecaus elho- old5 ignorant mperstitious fears - are still pre­ dominant,> We can teadily reo from .lie above, .that the old, Wrong theory regarding the cause of insanity has had a. most unhealthy effect upon so­ ciety and it consequently follows that the sooner the public is set, aright in this matter, it will mean every­ thing, not only for the patient,' but for society as well. THE COURTS: From the dawn of our present legal system /which is an inheritance from the old English law) we have deemed it ad~. vhable to treat the insane as we Would the criminal by depriving him of liberty and legal rights. ,We have, of course, for hundreds of yearE ltalized that the insane are incap­ able of disposing judiciously of property, and we- can Understand where this, phase o f probate court work is a wonderful protection to the patient, buj. to see in operation the present commitment law in Ohio is to look upon an instrument of justice that tends to protect every one else except the patient-—fot Whom the law should'be ccreated. The present modus operandl o f the law in Ohio takes fer granted that every “ insane lunatic" (yes, the term "lunatic" Is still a legal term) ris a potential danger to society and there­ for must be handled with all due decorum. If a person should be treated in one of our modern state ho.-f.itals, some one familiar with the. actions of the patient presents him- •elf before the probate judge and signs a paper to the effect that he believes the raid person to bo a lunatic a«d a fit subject to be bi ought before the court for a hear­ ing. The prebate judge then puts the legal machinery into operation by notifying the sheriff to arrest or; Sppreherkl the said person in ques­ tion. This official tries'to carry out this order as peaceably as possible but peaceably or not, he must arrest the patient and place him in jail. Now,- if the sheriff is not accus­ tomed to the handling of an insane^ patient andris himself afraid of the patient, as many■persons are, ther the, arrest may be accompanied with ;,ueh Inhumane practices such at handcuffs, leg-irons, tear b-. mto, or even to- shooting the patient. Aftes the sheriff has carried out his orders and placed the patient in jail, hr awaits there until the piobaie julgr orders him before the court. diet the ease is one o f insanity they receive a fee of six dollars each', but if, after a long, hard, timeconsuming •xamination, they come to the con­ tusion that the case i 3 not insane .lien' they receive only one -dollar. The law puts a premium on finding the patient insane. After the case ‘ has been passed upon by the court and ah insanity verdict rendered the .sheriff is given the necessary paper and instructed !o convey the patient- to the desig­ nated “institution. Occasionally a ease still, comes into our state in- dituVions with handcuffs on. The rider sheriffs, however, know- better than that, hut the possibility of such 3 practice is possible under the pre­ sent’ law, THE INSTITUTIONS:. The dire­ ful influence of the teaching o f heredity as the cause: of the insani­ ties could"naturally be expected to expend its greatest influence upon Che institutions that have taken care tf the mentally sick. These institu­ tions'were first called asylums—be­ muse the word means refuge—but later they were called “ state hospit­ als” in order to get away from the dium of the older term. Not any ther change was made, however, f a doctor believes a certain condl- ion of the body is due to heredity, fc'-is only natural for him, to not hink in^ renriaffial terms, for- who vould be so foolish as to try to treat icdically other conditions that are mown to be hereditary character­ istics, such as the holer of the eyes, he color of skin, or the stature of a personI , " We may truthfully, state that the influence of the teaching of the fatalistic heredity doctrine made 61 our institutions simply custodica places at first—just the came as the autodial place that they had recently jomo from—the county poor farm or jail. Just the same—only a little nore of it. As long as the medtea’ minds in our state hospitals believed Chat the condition was due to heredi­ ty, then the only treatment was that of taking elaborate history of the family tree, placing the patient in the' grind with other patients and writing to the family Upon inquiry, “John is doing nicely, eating well and sleep­ ing wrajl." •All that might have been very nice for the relative Who was afraid of John and was glad that he was In the asylum, and it was a pretty soft life for the ward doctor who did pot think much on his own initiative, but it was pretty rough on John. In the final analysis it is really not the re­ lative nc-r the doctor for whom the institution was erected, but for John. And it is in John’s interest that these articles are being written. THE* STATE: The state in itself is rather an impersonal idea, hut we must remember that it i» the expres­ sion of it? citizens under our form of government. In n collective way we nay eay that the state pays the bill jut in the final analysis society pay? ;he bill i ?elf. Nt-w the state wi-,‘ live the people only ih direct prd- mrifon fcj the way in which the peo­ ple will b served. The state is the handmaiden of society—state- officials are merely the servants of society. The United States, with a popula- H -n of. abjut 60,000,000 people in 1880 had 00,000 persons in the Vfiri<ir rfi.ite institutions; but in 1920„, when the general population had doubled, the relative number of Hranc was multiplied' by six. If the same relative increase oc­ cur? in the next 40 yean tne can nri'y figure just how many ease? there wi'l he in our state institu­ tions (00,000 times six times tix). Lesson for December 28 THE REVIEW—THE CENTRAL PERIOD OP CHRISTO MINISTRY GOLDEN TEXT—^ Out* hath mm * M* hath a**n the John lt d . ratihtaj,"— PRIMARY TOPjq—Thsta** That J*- sus SalO and Dm, ' JUNIOR TOPIC—J**u* Show* HU •VVUdom and Pow*r. : INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC— IiM*on ot J«*tt*’ Central T#ar, YOUNG PEOPLE AND APULT TOPIC —Cantral Period o f CmUt'e Ministry thy, Bgkjpg »U to prepard oh scb*r to skill-": ring of the The best way to conduct the review for adults Is to present the heart of each lesson. This can bo done by mak­ ing assignment# to theyuembara of the class a week ahead, member# ;of the each lesson and the fully draw the cem lesson from the clas*? The following suggestions are offered: Lesson I. -Having proclaimed the laws of the Kingdom and. wrought miracles"to demonstrate His power to administer the affairs of th# Kingdom,. Christ sent forth the twelve to propa­ gate the Kingdom. He had not only, power over the chief foes of mankind, sin, sickness, demons, storms, etc., hut could give that power to id# disciple*. Lesson II. This la the model prayer for the disciple*. True prayer is the : communion of the human personality , with the <Uytne~personality. The su­ preme need Ja a riglff relationship on the part of the human* He must -be able to Say “Our Father." Without becoming a child of dod through faith, in Jesus Christ, no ode can pray ac­ ceptably. Lesson III. The parable of the sower teaches that rim measure of fruitfulness from the lowing of the Word of God 1# determined by the condition of- the human heart. Lesson"IV. Although Jesus was a real man and therefore needed rest after Hid strenuous day of teaching. He was also divine »• shown by His power to’still the stormy sca by mere­ ly speaking a word. ' . Lesson V. The parable of the Prodi­ gal Son reveals the love Of a pardon­ ing God for a sinning race. The cen­ tral /interest, is -not in the-,return Of * prodigal, but in- the loving heart" of our Father God. , , , Lessen Vt, In this lesson we see Jesus feeding a multitude with very- "scanty provisions. It ahowsThat He pobseases'cTeatlve pqger end therefore 1# God. While ItaSureatlon of the food was th* Lprdwpafrt yet the dis­ ciple* had to distribute the food cre­ ated; and on the part of the people it was necessary that they should obey the Lord;and eat. Lessen VII. The Central teaching of Peter’s confession of Christ Is that Joans Is the Christ the florao f the liv­ ing God. . Lesson Vtll. lb the transfiguration is portrayed the method of the messi­ anic Kingdom as welt as the message of the King to hi* discouraged jdts- clples. He. showed the discouraged; and despondent disciples that beyopd the cross which they, so keenly re­ sented would come idto realisation the Kingdom which they hoped for. Lemon IX. The parable of rite GOod Samaritan teache* that My neighbor is the one who need* my help; and that being a neighbor means to. be on, the lookout for those in'need and to ren­ der assistance to,th%limit of my abil­ ity.- . . Lesson X. The opening of the eyes of the min bom blind is an acted par­ able Illustrating In the physical sphere the workingraf dlvln* grace in the spir­ itual sphere, a# experienced In the salvation ot a soul, , Lesson XI. The raising of Lakatos from the dead not only assures us that there wifi be a resurrection of the dead but that Jesus Christ is the resurrection and Die Ufa; -Leason XII, God became Incarnate tn order to reveal Hlmseif to the world. God can only be known as the Son reveal* Him. Reiigknu Experience Not every man who knows some­ thing about color fir an artist, but a man can hardly be an artist without knowing something -about color. Re­ ligious experience does not make ope competent to deal with, an the prob­ lems of iife, bnt Ope canhot deal With them effectually without religious ex­ perience. That Is why so menf pro­ fessed expert* fa i l .-^ * Oongrega- tioneiist Glad and Hearty Ante to All When, the heart soil 1# right, Culti­ vated by- the Operation of the Holy flplrlt, there is no questioning of God’s dealings, neither direct, nor through His hands (His leaders), but a glad and hearty amen to ail.-—Echoes. S«t»s« o f Duty A sense of duty may not be th* highest motive, but the beet men are moved by tt—Hersld and Pre*byter. . Our Confeuieion We do not receive blessing bemuse of our confession,, but we are,not blessed without It.—-F. K. Marsh/ O.ne-lhlsi of the tax fl "Tar now Finally, the judge cr<lem tl»:. heing spent by the state uuon the • __ _ .. .. patient brought before him and in the company of two doctors, ad- indicate* the mental responsibility ■ustadial enro of these mentally #tel: Ruled The world*!# ruled by reason; the Christian is j tiled by th* Wisdom of God.—-Th# Lttlttg World. people—just think of how much more we Will be (pending fa another 40! year?. Such thought.; an the?c dag1,. te*ptt*d#p«t| *)t }«o|»**n sst) oratrtfl mg ‘fimratt qpMbi «q) «l whjj auto# 'gaoKt stttemtsa * fq p*prati«| eesf mam 4* ft** **doi mat #t tt*pt fwspws ispar **•*!««# pttf *•*•*» <o*N»w-i(«i ip «dpt*«*r *### f J»igtMfttyf *n i***X (Ceratinned from eoluma I this pag*) tiMt wseldy prayer meeting service y*ft can abro^h your sveniag meal undar th* showers and save at l*a*fc half an honr. ®nt the’ greataag relief will com* i the women;- No more argument?, ith Gw conk, and, if she doe* her >wn work, no mpre pans to scrape, no more garbage can* to clean, no eg tcwlh or table linen to wash, no mere stopping up of the drain in he kitchen sink. The ice man, with .is muddy feet, will not track up -he kitchen floor; in fact the old re- rigerator may he split up for klnd- ing, It is going'to put a lot of icople out of business, but it is go­ ng to give us more time to listen in on the radio. W e wi*h to purchnae « lew ata-eJcs o f L O O S E S T R A W Located with*‘n 10 mHe#! c fourmdl . Call Cedarvil-e Phone 39-4 rings, E. S . HAM ILTON , Buyer The Hager Straw Board & Paper Co- ■ CEDARVILLV. OHIO ■M^ipi|l«HllBUiminmUlllHIIIIIIHIlHHIIHIlHlllHllHllin|llil!ll[IIIIIIIIIIHIIlllllllllHmillgllllHBIHIl!! aHtHmHllll> Springfield’s Finest Shop f o r Women am O u t A n n u a l o f W o m e n s and M isse s and DRESSES COMMENCES F r id a y , December 26th A Wonderful Buying Opportunity for these who want the best. The Reductions Range From I S to 33 1-3% FROM OUR REGULAR PRICES 3 / m. FACTS Always TRUTH I .,jeagtesgk SPRINGFIELD, OHIO R I K E - K U M l , D A Y T O N C O . Starts Friday, December 26th * READY-TO-WEAR FRO>, SECTIONS i t T 7 MI MUi^J Ipcludcd in this sweeping clearaway are—Women's Dresses, Coats, Suits, Blouses, Millinery, Shoes, if a ' -------' ---------'"T ’ dl Corset*, Lingerie. Men's and Boys' -Suits, Over­ coats. Girls' and Infants' Wear, Ready-to-Wear, Millinery and Accessories from the Downstairs || Store. H EXTRAORDINARY REDUCTIONS In many cases prices have been cut fully one-half. V Sec Thursday's Dayton newspapers for full details V o f this great clearance. ™ Share These Saving i i Comelia WiU Shop for You Here i* a personal shop­ ping service for men and Women. Phone, write, wire or call uponCornelia. Free Delivery Merchandise purchased In the store will be delivered or mailed, free o f charge, to any place within the United States. Eev. yisitirg .over Sai ing Ssb the com Rev. St< rmt*f'if 1 John 1 U. for t Fi«so II la, O., is Among vacation of Xenn PeeWe.';, Mr, an Willard i Mrs, T, 1 Prof. , for Clevc Holiday Mrs. I Denver, with her family. The Hi week tha Christum other fol Mrs. C the sick ’ Fred T after a s Dean I wifehav Michigan Candy trees at 1 HIG1 The Co ful, Chris 19, given Sixth gra o f pmsi^ play enti driiljin m are recei’ in their i was appr The F j held- their Deri 20 r Robert H> jClaus ant Printz. T ‘ which hat The most ney’s pro After a f , “ yells” v ed Jeclar: ful time. Mr- • and party. The Ct basket-ba 0 H COI c SPI Cf PU1 CJ ICR ci