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tU. Tv.':* ' Ji<jB«jf«w«irP<M>pi»S«»U»«i B«raw«il, 8. C, n«)tHii>»rMt MM SUICIDE CASES UP TO “ DefaMwi Stir* Healing Profession Called On to Reduce Rate. Whfit la a tree? Don’t be too sure of jour answer, because oven the foresters and botanists are. not agreed on "it Everyone way \ be* agreed that a mature elm Is a tree, "but bow. about a sumac? Is that a shrubt gome authorities place the dividing line at IQ. feet—but does that make a foot-high maple any leas a tree? f B. E. Ferno^ pioneer American forestry teacher, places the empha sis on seeds and branches, tie says: “Trees are wpody plants, the seed of whlch/bss Inherent capacity of pro ducing naturally within their Umlta one malp erect axis, .continuing to grow for a number of years more vigorously than the lateral axes, the lower branches dying off entirely.” Other authorities state that shrubs have branches clear to the ground and trees do not Usually trees In tbe forest lose their lateral branches. except for the crown, but many trees Ilka the blue spruce growing in open spaces will have brunches dear, to the ground. _ The Ndw York State College of Forestry st Syracuse university says: **A tree Is n woody plant which at maturity repches a height of at least 30 feet and normally possesses s Very litOe is known about suicide, In spite of the fact that the Impulse of self-destruction claims about 23,- 000 lives in the United States each year. The customary attitude Is to attribute deaths from this ciuse to the complexity of modern life and assume that nothing can be done about them. Popular belief in a relationship between economic conditions and the number *oT“suicides ir t5" Some extent upheld by the findings of Frederick L. Huffman, consulting statistician. The drop In the sui cide-rate for 100 cities from 21.3 per 100,000 persons In 1932 to 19.1 In 1933, he says, reflects- Improved dr- ^ cumstances/“which has a direct "Turing on a measurable proportion of the suicides due to the unemploy ment, business failures, general dis couragement, etc.” ' Many other factors would have to be considered, however, to obtain a full understanding of the problem. In the heyday of prosperity the sui cide rate was only slightly lower than It was last year. Excessive t, rates In 1908, 1914-15, 1931-32 Indi cate a direct relationship between self-destruction and cataclysmic events that tend to destroy social stability. The prevalence of—sui- ./ Determined to make a good Jib 10 It. the prophets of gloom art now re viving the rumor that the buatla Ji coming hack.—Springfield Union. ..-cKf, X 'M --^3 »**'; SAFEST TIRES ii PRICES REMARKABLY tie WORLD! 0W1 , r ^proof of safety \ x v~ cldes in post-war Austria and Ger many confirms this point. But when It is accepted much that is mysteri ous remains. The highest ratio*, of suicide to population are not found In tie large cities, where the strains oj modern life are supposed to be most severe. Davenport/ fowaT" in’ the heart of our greatest., area, has a suicide rate nearly ten times that of Troy, N. Y., an Indus trial center. Washington residents Indulge in twloo-as much self-mur der (relatively, of course) as the people of Chicago, Detroit and Phil adelphia. Carrying the anomaly a step further, Switzerland has a sul clde rate of 25 per 100,000 persons, while the Irish Free State maintains a rate of about 3.4. Perhaps ennui Is as much a cause of self-obliteration as is economic failure. On a basis of ratio, suicide may Indeed be more prevalent In Ore palaces of raltilanalres than te Ahe hovels of the unemployed. It seems to result from a state of mind that may afflict individuals In all strata of society. Heredity and dis position are doubtless Important fac tors. Suicide la often a result of mental disease. Medical science cannot be expect ed to bring forth a remedy for a cause of death that is so complicat ed. But the suicide toll could be greatly reduced by proper psycho- mmi TWO BREATH-TAKING ENDURANCE RUNS ON SAME TRACK-A DRAMATIC COMPARISON OF SAFETY! READ BOTH LETTERS BELOW! y - - ~ THE proof of leadership is performance! Many claim it, bat Firestone prove* it. Never before have tires withstood sneh severe, continuous, grinding torture, breaking 77 records' for 3,000 consecutive miles at 137.2 miles an hoar. 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