Since men of science first began to
study the effect of wars upon the hu
man races it has been admitted that
whenever the best physical examples
of a nation went to war to be destroyed
the physical manhood of that nation
suffered. Then it was discovered that
for every man killed or fatally wound
ed four died of disease. As warfare
approached its present modern charac
ter the number of killed and wounded
in each engagement decreased, while
the number who died from "natural
causes" Increased. Army physicians
say that the percentage of mortality
from wounds in the present conflict is
likely to be far less than it has been in
the wars of the past
But the scientistsboth medical men
and anthropologistsadd to that state
ment their belief that the loss of the
men killed in the war will not detract
from the physical welfare of Europe's
future sons one-hundredth part as
much as will the men who return un
wounded from the field, because war Is
no longer primarily an annibilator of
life, so far as the calculations of science
are concerned, but a shatterer of nerv
ous constitutions, a creator of neuras-
REASONS WHY MEN DRINK.
'Toothache," "Heavy Cold" and "Stom
ach Trouble," So They Say.
Columbus. lud.A survey of the
causes that take men into the city
court here shows that toothache is to
blame more than anything else. Next
to "toothache" is a "heavy cold." and
"stomach trouble" runs a poor third.
Nearly every man who is arrested on
an intoxication charge has some such
excuse. There are a few. however, who
admit they get drunk Just to be drunk
and have no excuse to offer.
thenic wrecks, weakened mentalities In the future to automobile racing and
and sapped vitalities.
EDISON BANS CIGARETTES.
