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Your Health,
The First Concern.
The predominance of acid-forming
foods produces more systemic harm
than local stomach harm for they
lessen the alkalinity of the blood and
Dring on the condition called acidosis
which may lead to serious metabolic
ills. When starches and proteids are
taken at separate meals or are ac-
companied by plenty of green vege-
tables or fruits which have an alka-
line ash, a normal acid-base balance
of the body is maintained.
Bread is the most prominent of the
«carbohydrates, so much so that it has
long been called “the staff of life,”
an unfortunate phrase. Bread has its
legitimate place but its place is not
at every meal. Overweight persons
should of course eat very little bread,
mot only because it is starchy but also
Ibecause it tempts them to use too
qmuch butter. A well-known author-
ity on obesity says that nine out of
ten patients had grown too fat be-
«cause they were immoderate in the
consumption of bread and butter.
Bran bread and straight bran are
being advocated entirely too reckless-
1y. Self-diagnosis, always risky busi-
mess, has led many persons to take up
‘the eating of bran when it is the very:
thing they should avoid. Only about
one third of it is digested, and the
residue irritates the intestines.
“Therefore it is not advisable in cases
of colitis, enteritis and ulcer. Bran
may be good for atonic constipation,
but it is very bad for spastic consti-
pation. The rule about bran is: con-
sult your physician before making it
:a regular feature of your diet.
Roughage is a fad today and this
dietetic cry is doing much harm to
deluded souls whose individual need
js for a low-residue or smooth diet.
Dr. Alvarez of the Mayo Clinic has
:said that a person with a digestive
‘tract is that is irritated, narrowed or
«contains reversed stretches should
avoid eating cellulose-containing foud,
such as bran, spinach and coarse
string beans, for much the same rea-
son that we avoid putting bits of wood
or cotton down a drain that has a
poor drop or an uphill stretch.
A change of attitude has lately been
made with reference to pie and fried
foods. ' As to pie, the Journal of the
American Medical Association com-
ments that “tirades against the di-
-gestibility of a well-baked mixture of
“flour, fat and fruits no longer make
a universal appeal to the devotees of
dietotherapy.” I myself am some-
‘what skeptical about pie.
That foods fried in fat may not be
-as damaging to digestion as has been
‘hitherto believed appears from recent
Studies of potatoes made at the Uni-
-versity of Chicago. Tests were made
on ‘the stomachs of normal human be-
Jugs, after eating potatoes fried and
potatoes boiled. It was found that
potatoes fried in the pan or in deep
¥at were in some cases more readily
digested than boiled potatoes. It ap-
‘peared that heating starches with fat
caused more thorough cooking, be-
cause the temperature is higher. The
amount of fat taken into the stom-
ach with the potato seemed to have
a good deal to do with the digesti-
bility. It was apparent that some
persons were more susceptible ‘than
others to the action of fats in the
stomach. .The conclusions were that
“4n the average normal person fried
potatoes, unless steeped in fat, are no
more likely to cause digestive dis-
durbances than boiled potatoes,” but
“this statement is not to be construed
as advocating the wholesale use of
fried foods for health.” Those with
feeble digestions or pathological al-
Jmentary tracts must still avoid all
Fried foods.
‘ jt *Life, which health departments
and physicians are doing so much to
conserve and prolong, is being daily
thrown away through the seasonal
enthusiasm of the vacation time on
the part of the individual,” said Dr.
"Theodore B. Appel, Secretary of
Health.
: “It does seem a shame
thoughtless people will deliberately
cross crossings incautiously, pass mo-
tors on hill and do many other foolish
driving tricks, the result of which is
serious accident or death.
“It is also a pity that a number of
so-called expert swimmers are doom-
«ed to go down for the third time ev-
sery summer during the vacation
months. Swimming, while one of the
“healthiest sports, should always be
“handled with care; strangely enough,
‘it is the person who is sure of him-
self who often goes to the bottom.
"This kind of an ‘expert’ will venture
-where the less experienced will be ex-
‘tremely cautious.
* To keep the roadside eating stands
sanitary, to insure healthy drinking
water by the side of the highways, to
‘insist upon cleanliness and proper
“facilities at motor camps all go for
naught if the vacationist permits his
enthusiasm to overcome his judgment
and an accident or calamity results.
“According to available statistics
more people were killed through mo-
tor accidents in the last six month’s
period than ever before in the history
of vital statistics; and Pennsylvania,
with its dense population, occupies a
‘high position in this unenviable rec-
ord.
: “With respect to swimming fatali-
ties the statistics also disclose that
depite bathing beach protection too
many will venture away from it, eith-
er because of their swimming conceit
or desire for exclusiveness, and drown
in consequence.
that !
FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
DAILY THOUGHT.
“1 don’t know whichever is worst, to see
the beautiful times that there are in the
world, and not be in’ em—or to see the
people that might be in 'em and ain't.”
—Mrs. Whitney.
—1I will apperciate it very much if
you will give me information as to
the proper way a married woman
should sign her name. :
Ang I appreciate the opportunity
you give me for explaining this in-
formation again in my column. For
one of the items that are most im-
portant give-aways in the social life
of a married woman is the way she
signs her letters. And how few wo-
men sign their names correctly—
whether of “high or low degree.” |
The fundamental rule is that no
letter, whether formal, informal, of
a business or social nature, to anyone
whatever, should be signed with the
Mrs. in the direct signature, unless
that Mrs. is enclosed in parentheses.
That is, it is absolutely incorrect for
a married woman to sign a letter,
either:
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Mary Brown
or
Very truly yours,
Mrs. John Brown
She should sign her business let-
tems like this:
Very truly yours,
Mrs. Smith Brown
(Mrs. John Brown) i
Ang this is the form for her signa-
ture for all letters that need the ad-
dition of the formal name: for in-
stance, her letter to me, (if it were |
necessary for her to sign her name
to the letter), for I would not, of
course, know her formal name. i
Instead of using the first and last |
names of her maiden name prefixed
to the last name of her married name, |
many women prefer to use—and cor- |
rectly—only the first name of the
FARM NOTES.
—Many farm jobs can be done in
the next few months to relieve the
busy calendar of spring.
—Colony houses for winter use in
the northern States should be banked
with manure or cornstalks.
—There’s nothing a hen, with her
simple tastes, enjoys more than a
wallow in dust. It’s her own remedy
for body lice.
—Capons will stand confinement
very well, will grow quicker, put on
weight faster, and will not consume
much more feed than the average
rooster.
—The general-purpose American
breeds are considered the best breeds
for capons—Wyandottes, Plymouth
| Rocks, Rhode Island Reds and Orp-
'ingtons.
—It is best to treat pullets and
place them in permanent quarters.
some time before they begin laying,
to avoid checking egg production by |
‘handling them. |
—Well fed and sheltered, the Bor
red Plymouth Rocks fully deserve the
| reputation they have so long sustain-
‘ed as the ideal, all-round fowl for
the farm home. i
—Poultry keepers who have or can |
get bright third-cutting alfalfa hay .
or clean, bright alfalfa meal have a |
good winter substitute for green feed
‘ for the laying flock.
—Lots of us neglect the two big
little things, lime and gravel. Fine-!
ly ground limestone or crushed oys- |
hen must have it to make egg shells.
As for the gravel, that’s the hen’s
teeth.
—Pullets cannot be expected to lay
many winter eggs unless they are;
kept free from lice and mites. The |
lice may be destroyed by dipping the
chickens into warm water containing
one ounce of sodium fluoride to each
gallon of water.
—There is much difference of opin-
LITTLE DANGER FROM
LIGHTNING FLASHES.
The next time the lightning
flashes and baby cries and moth-
er shivers and you swallow hard
and tell Johnny, “Pooh, pooh, there
is nothing to be afraid of,” and then
duck your own head under the bed-
clothes—don’t. You are right. There
is nothing to be afraid of. The chance
of a person being struck in his home
is one in several million.
And if you chance to be at your
desk in some down town skyscraper.
"the lightning cannot reach you.
You have the assurance for this
from R. M. Spurck, an engineer of the
"new switchgear plant of the General
Electric company at Philadelphia, in
charge of the high voltage testing of
circuit breakers, were arcs of arti-
ficial lightning at from fifteen to
twenty feet are played over apparatus
to make sure there are no defects and
that it will withstand conditions when
put into service out in the open in
natural lightning areas.
“Shooting a million volts into cir-
cuit breakers to thoroughly test them
before leaving the factory is not mere
guesswork. The fundamentals are
based on studies made in the com-
pany’s laboratories, field observation,
and the classic work of the late Doc-
tor Steinmetz,” Mr. Spurck said.
If you reside on the top of a hill
with no trees about, you are in a com-
paratively perilous position. But if
you live in the average city home,
with houses of equal height about
you, lightning is likely to single you
out about once every thousand years.
As for the residents in the house
perched upon the hill, the chance iz
one in several million that they will
be struck by the bolt that comes once
every hundred years.
The bolt might tear up the roof, or
even set it afire, but likely would get
no closer to you. It would encounter
the electric house wiring and would
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married name:
Very truly yours,
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(Mrs. John Brown.)
For her social letters, the married
woman uses the signature appropri-
ate for the letter being written. To
some friends it would be “Mary;” to
others, it would be “Mary Smith
Brown;” ‘to others, “Mary Brown.”
On her checks, the married woman
usually signs “Mary Smith Brown,”
or “Mary Brown,” if she prefers. The
former is more often chosen. It is
not correct for her to sign her checks
with a “Mrs.;” either “Mrs. Mary
Smith Brown” or “Mrs. John Brown.”
The bank official usually explains this
when the application for the first
check book is made out.
On her visiting card the married
woman has engraved her formal
name: Mrs. John Allington Brown.
And every detail of this is true for
the signature of a widow. She uses
the same form for her signature
that she used when her “asband was
living.
—From the New York American.
—Brassieres and bandeaux are now
to be found in many styles and ma-
terials and made to suit the require-
ments of evening clothes, sports cos-
tumes and daytime apparel. When an
afternoon dress is worn that has a
deep neckline, requiring a bit of lace,
one of the new bandeaux with a plain
net inset may be worn. These are
made of white, flesh and ecru net and
fit snugly, avoiding the trouble that
ordinarily arises when separate pieces
of lace are worn, which have to be
either pinned or sewn in place. By
wearing this type of bandeau the pin
may be placed to best advantage and
the neckline properly adjusted with-
out causing an undue strain on other
parts of the garment.
Under sheer frocks for either af-
ternoon or evening the new lace bras-
sieres are very desirable, for they fit
the figure snugly and may be had
without straps. Some are made of
lace and crepe de chine, others en-
tirely of lace with a net foundation.
For wear about the country club
with the semisports type of dress
there are new open-mesh silk stock-
ings in pale shades. These stockings
are to be had either plain or with
clocks, both being equally stylish.
—Perhaps you’ve wondered wheth-
er to. match shoes and costume, cr
costume and hat, in completing your
summer ensembles. From a good fash-
ion source comes information that the
shoes and hat are smartest when they
match each other.
—Removal of ashes from the fur-
nace, a disagreeable and often ne-
glected task, is rendered quick and
easy with a new device styled an “ash
uplifter,” which places a can below the
furnace and brings it out for empty-
ing at the turn of a crank.
The ash-lifting device is installed in
a pit lined with concrete which may
be waterproofed where conditions re-
quire. Whenever the fire is shaken
the ashes drop into the can through
a hole in the floor of the furnace ash
pit. This pit is automatically closed
when the elevating mechanism is op-
erated, preventing the can pot from
becoming clogged with ashes. The
door may also be kept closed except-
ing when the ashes are shaken, in the
case of a forced-draft furnace.
The trapdoor of the device may be
placed either in front or at one side
of the heater. For convenience in
trundling the cans of ashes a small
Sind cart is furnished with the out-
t.
—To use pieces of soap put them in
the stareh on wash days and they will
give the clothes a sweet, lasting odor
when ironed and prevent the starch
from sticking.
—Light-colored rag rugs may be
made to look like new if one-half cup
of flour and one-half cup of cornmeal
is sprinkled over them before sweep-
ing.
—An easy way of doing up sash
curtains: After washing slip them on
a curtain rod. Then either pin or
throw rod over line to dry. When
taken down they will be perfectly
straight and can be ironed without re-
moving the rod and will be very sat-
isfactory.
—Subscribe for the “Watchman.”
So far as ease of keeping
‘clean combined with cheapness and
ilong life are concerned, probably
jpg can compare with concrete,
and if it is given a rough float finish
it is not slippery. However, the
, concrete floor is apt to be rather
| chilling. The ideal floor would be a
concrete base with a cork brick or
| prestoe creosoted wood block upper
layer, but this type is more expen-
sive.
—Offal and blood which is ordin-
arily wasted by the farm butcher can
be made into tankage or fertilizer
without much trouble, according to
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture.
one. The offal and blood can be thor-
oughly cooked in an open kettle. Af-
ter it is cooked it can be dried out
and ground as tankage for hogs.
| This residual tankage will give good
results in feeding as a supplement
with corn for hogs.
f it is to be used for fertilizer it
can be cooked and then ordinary 16
per cent. acid phosphate can be added
at the rate of 35 to 50 pounds of
phosphate to 100 pounds of the cook-
ed offal. This mixture can be air-
dried by raking it over' occasionally:
After it is thoroughly dried it can be
ground and used immediately or stor-
ed for future use. The phosphate will
prevent putrefaction and flies do not
breed in the mixture. This usage of
the offal leaves only the squeal to be
wasted.
—Practically the entire State out-
side of the Japanese beetle quaran-
tine area will be watched for new
manifestations, the Department of
Agriculture announced today. The
check is necessary, it was said, be-
cause of the danger that a few bee-
tles which slipped through the quar-
antine lines have established colonies
in other sections.
The scouting crews will have head-
quarters at Altoona, Pittsburgh, Mon-
toursville, Bushkill, Liverpool, Scran-
ton and Chambersburg. Other crews
to check the extent of the beetle in-
festation in nurseries and green-
houses within the quarantined area
will have headquarters at Lancaster,
Bloomsburg, Oxford, Norristown and
Allentown.
The State has been divided into
five districts, each of which has a
supervisor. The supervisors are lo-
cated at Norristown, Lancaster, Har-
risburg, Milton and Scranton. The
district scouts report to their super-
visors who in turn report to the State
headquarters at Norristown.
Department officials suggest that
persons finding beetles will aid in the
work if they will take them to the
nearest scouting crew.
—After the sows have weaned their
pigs and have been re-bred for fall
litters, they can be easily and cheap-
ly handled on pastures. While upon
pasture they will consume about one
pound of grain to.each 100 pounds of
live weight. Brood sows will man-
age to live upon pasture without
grain, but it is a mistake to graze
young pregnant sows on pasture with-
out grain. Both the sow and their
pigs wil be stunted. How much grain
and when to feed it requires feeder
judgment. Young sows and sows thin
in flesh need more grain while on pas-
ture than do mature sows and sows
that are strong and in good flesh.
The kind of grain is not so impor-
tant if the sows are in good pasture
like alfalfa, clover or rape. Many
successful hog men feed one-quarter
to one-half pound of tankage daily
to each brood sow before farrowing
in addition to the grain and pasture.
The addition of tankage is more nec-
essary if the sows are upon a pasture
like bluegrass, bromegrass, rye, etc.,
which are not legumes.
About ten days to two weeks before
the sows are due to farrow, they are
removed from the pasture to the place
where they will finally farrow. This
places them under closer observation
of the feeder and he can feed them
especially prepared rations which are
both nutritious and laxative. Such
management makes for more vigor-
ous pigs and it puts the sows in bet-
ter condition for farrowing and for
the care of their litter.
Now is the time to plan for your
hog pastures.—B. W. Fairbanks, Ex-
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be carried impotent to the ground.
Or it would hop on to the plumbing
system and docilely speed off into the
earth.
The safest place in your house is
anywhere except where these light-
ning conductors are centered. Most
plumbing and heating pipes run up
and down in the middle of the house.
Keep away from the walls in which
they run. Do not stand between two
metal objects, such as a heating ra-
diator and the plumbing pipes. There
is nothing wrong with the supersti-
tion that the bed is a safe place.
lightning can’t even get the roof.
and are purposely brought in contact
ries off any lightning that may chance
to shoot down.
of lightning rods has never been fully
rods are now to be seen chiefly in the
country. There is a lightning rod on
nearly every house in the cities,
though it may not be visible to the
eye. Every plumbing system has an
air vent—a pipe—that runs upward
to, if not through the roof. It serves
exactly as does the lightning rod
which pricks the air on the farmer’s
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