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Your Health,
. The First Concern.
A child may be born with what is
known as “heart disease.” In the
structural formation of the heart, if
nature failed to produce a normal or-
gan, defects are present which pre-
vent the normal passage of blood
through the organ and we have the
condition, “congenital heart disease,”
symptoms of which are manifested in
different ways. The so called “blue
baby” typifies the condition and
means defective heart construction.
Cases of this sort are comparatively
rare and children so afflicted rarely
reach maturity; although I have
known a few to pass through adoles-
cence into adult life and live for
years with but little inconvenience,
What interests us particularly in
this communication is the acquired
type of heart disease that develops in
«<hildren usually before the tenth year
and is one of the frequent and much
dreaded ailments in the young. It is
dangerous in its immedate possibili-
ties as to the life of the individual
and because so few cases are entirely
cured the remote result is chronic
heart disease and is of such a nature
that the child is damaged for life.
Acquired heart disease in children
‘means that there has been or is an in-
flammation of the lining of the heart
cavities and valves and the condition
is known as endocarditis. The valves
become thickened, contracted, scarred
and fail to perform their function and
what is known as a “leak” occurs.
The blood is hampered in its passage
or there is a failure of the valves to
close completely at the proper time.
The action of a normal heart is ac-
companied by certain sounds which
may be interpreted by what is known
as auscultation. In the diseased or-
gan the normal sounds are replaced
in whole or in part by abnormal
sounds which are known as “mur-
murs.” Heart disease thus means that
through agencies from without, the
heart has been attacked and injured,
damaged for life, its functions are in-
terfered with and there results a
weakened organ to which the future
life of the individual must in a mea-
sure be adjusted.
On account of the frequency of
heart dsease in children and its bane-
ful effects, different types of so-czlled
cardiac societies have been formed for
treatment and protection of those
afflicted. Cardiac clinics have been
established in different cities, socie-
ties for the study of heart disease in
children have been established and
homes for the care and protection of
children with heart disease organized
in different cities of the country, all
of whch emphasize the importance of
the ailment as influencing child life.
Children with heart disease should
be under constant medical supervision
as supplied by the family physician,
the clinic, the hospital or the ‘cardiac
home. While it is true that few of
these cases are actually cured much
may be done in the way of preventing
further damage. If the Phil has had
an attack of endocarditis with a dam-
aged heart resulting he is quite liable
¢ further attacks if the source of the
trouble is not removed.
Further the child with the damaged
heart should have his activities regu-
lated by the physician—violent exer-
cise such as basket ball, wrestling,
competitive running, speed contests
or stressful efforts are to be forbid-
den. In short, children with heart
disease are not to be permitted to in-
nature. This does not mean the so-
called cardiac child may not indulge
in healthful exercise. Each case,
however, is a law unto itself, and
general directions may not be laid
down. His activities must depend up-
on the nature of the case. If there is
unnecessary curtailment of activities
they rebel, disobey and muck: harm is
done.
Who among children are the poten-
tial cardiacs? Who among them
stand in danger of contracting disease
of the heart?
Endocarditis referred to above is
due to a bacterial infection immediate
or to bacterial products and the
source of the infection in a vast major-
ity of cases is in diseased teeth, dis-
eased tonsils, the presence of ade-
noids and infected sinuses. Every
child so afflicted is a potential cardiac,
It is of course true that thousands
of children who have diseased teeth,
tonsils and adenoids do not develop
heart disease for the reason that
their protective barriers against
this kind of an infection are suf-
ficient to spare the organ. On the
other hand there are many who pos-
‘Sess poor resistance. Their protective
Bellefonte, Pa., December 21, 1928.
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i Stratton Porter
{ author, and Zane Grey was preferred
dulge in physical competition of any |
| the following books
? | order
i Beauty,” “Treasure Island,” “Uncle
i Tom’s Cabin,” “Keeper of the Bees,
; divided among his books that not any
| scattered among all of the books by
‘barriers are easily pushed aside and |
we have a transference of the focal
infection to the heart, the joints and
the muscles.
rheumatic inheritance possess poor
resistance.
. the Limberlost,” “Covered Wagon,”
Children of so-called Thousand Leagues Under. the Som
Growing pains and joint and mus- |
cle soreness in a child mean that he is |
in immediate danger of developing
heart disease and needs medical ex-
amination and advice at once.
The epedemic of septic sore th¥oat
which raged in a small Massachusetts
town, where over an eighth of the en-
tire population suffered from the dis-
ease, is one more good argument in
town, where over an eichth of the en-
the United States public health ser-
vice. The infection has been traced
to a single cow that had mastitis, a
disease of the mdders. As soon as the
milk was pasteurized, no more cases
were reported. Pastenrization would
have prevented the entire outbreak.
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BELLEFONTE HIGH STUDENTS
PREFER ADVENTURE STORIES
Gene Stratton Porter a Favorite
Author
As a part of the program for Book
Week, in the Bellefonte High
school the students in the English
classes were asked to prepare lists
of their ten favorite books and to
name their favorite author. Stories
of adventure and those with an out-
door setting led in popularity, with
Gene Stratton Porter and James
Oliver Curwood heading the list of
favorite authors.
In the freshman classes, there was
a marked preference for books of the
juvenile series type. Of these, the
“Pony Rider Boys” seemed to be most
popular, with “Tom Swift” and the
Alger series following closely. Gene
was the favorite
to Curwood.
In total number of votes, however,
“Little Women” led all others, with
ranked in the
“Black
named: “Freckles,”
“Laddie,” “Girl of the Limberlost,”
and “Robinson Crusce.” : ;
A year of high school life apparent-
ly alters tastes, because few of the
sophomores expressed a preference
for the serious type. In this case Cur-
wood was the favorite, and Gene
Stratton Porter held second place.
Although Curwood was the favor-
ite author, the votes were so widely
one received a large total. “The Cov-
ered Wagon” by Emerson Hough, re-
ceived the mosh Votes in gus class.
Other popular books were: “Treasure
Ta “Wings,” “ other,” “Tom
Sawyer,” and “Pilgrim’s Progress.
In the junior class Gene Stratton
Porter was again a favorite while
Grey and Curwood ranked second and
third. Again the votes were widely
these authors, so that none led in to-
tal number of votes. id
“Beau Geste” was the choice s
class. Others were ranked as fol-
lows: “Ben Hur,” “Ramona,” “Girl of
“Mother,” “Little Women,” “Twenty
“Last of the Mohicans,” “Sea-Hawk,”
and “Scaramouche.” |
The seniors tastes seem more vari-
ed, but apparently are influenced to a
great extent, by. motion pictures. Al-
most all of the books preferred by
this class have been shown on the
screen during the past year.
Again Gene Stratton Porter was
the favorite author, while “Ben Hur”
was the preferred book, Other pop-
ular books were: “Little Women,”
“Beau Geste,” “Girl of the “Limber-
lost,” “Ivanhoe,” “Light of the West-
ern Star,” “Covered Wagon,” “Moth-
er,” and “Lilac Time.”
A startling fact revealed by this
survey is that many of the freshmen
and sophomores read very few books
besides those required in school. Some
freshmen even admitted that they
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(By an Unknown Author.)
boss i have seen mehitabel the cat
again and she has just been through
another matrimonial
experience
she said in part as follows
i am always the sap archy
always the good natured simp
always believing in the good intentions
of those deceitful tom cats
always getting married :§ leisure
and repenting in haste
its wrong for an
a free spirit has
live her own life
artist to marry
gotta
about three months ago along came a
maltese tom with a
silver bells on his ne
mehitabel be mine
black heart and
ck and says
are you abducting me percy i asks him
no said he i am offering marriage
honorable up to date
campanionate marriage
listen i said if its marriage
theres a catch in it somewheres
i’ve been married
again and again
and its been my experience
that any kind of marriage
means just one dam
and domesticity alwa
kitten after another
ys ruins my art
but this companionate marriage says he
is all assets and no liabilities
its something new mehitabel
be mine mehitabel
and i promise
a life of open iceboxes
creamed fish and catnip
well i said wotthehell kid
if its something new i will take a
chance there’s
in the old dame yet
a dance or two
i will try any kind of marriage once
you look like a gentleman to me percy
well archy i
was wrong as usual
i won’t go into details for i ain’t
any tabloid newspaper
but
the way it worked i rustled
grub for that low lived bum for two
months and when the
he left me flat
kittens came
and he says these
offsprings dissolves the wedding
1 am always the lady
i didn’t do
i removed his
and i says to
aristocrat id rip
from gehenna to
the next four flusher
archy
anything vulgar
left eye with one claw
him if i wasn’t an
duodenum
that
says marriage to me
1 may really lose my temper
trial marriage
or companionate
marriage or old fashioned
with no thursdays off ns
they are all the same thing
marriage is marri
age
and you cant laugh that curse off
had never read any books until they
came to High school.
As a part of the work in the Eng-
lish classes each student is required
to read and report on six books every
year, in addition to those studied in
class. This means that at the end of
four years of high school, every stu-
dent will have read at least twenty-
four books besides the twenty stud-
ied in classes.
That the juniors’ and seniors’
tastes are formed, to a great extent,
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by motion pictures was also revealed.
The local
more books than the out-of-town
pupils, which is doubtless due to the
fact that they have access to the Y. |
M,C. A, a in addition to the
school library. In
it is to be regretted that the
of Centre county failed to vote
the Bellefontian.
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CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS.
The very first evidence of a feast
having been held in honor of the birth
of Christ was in Egypt, about the
year 200.
Chldren in France look for the com-
ing of Pere Noel with the same plea-
sure and impatience as ours do for
| the coming of Santa Claus.
i _ The children of Italy are taken to
the churches and cathedrals where
they receive their gifts from the
Bambino, which means the infant
Christ,
| “Wassail™”—“your health” __ was
the Anglo-Saxon drinking pledge,
taken with the wassail bowl, contain-
, 11g a concoction called “lamb’s wool,”
, made of ale, apples, sugar and spices.
{ In Spain the children seek secret
places among the shrubs and bushes
in which to hide their shoes and on
- Christmas morning they go out to
j 2nd them filled with fruits and can-
| dies,
| The children in Bohemia are taught
to listen on Christmas Eve for a
chariot, drawn by two beautifui white
horses, bearing ‘the Christ child and
the gifts He will dstribute among
them.
According to a Germanic legend,
"all trees blossomed on Christmas Eve.
To make fact agree with legend,
small cherry twigs were properly
cultivated at home so as to bloom
' about Christmas time.
The first Christmas celebrated in
our land was when the Puritan fath-
ers finished their first house at Ply-
, mouth, having spent more than ga
month in wandering about in search
' of a place for settlement,
There are many quaint animal
{ Superstitions connected with Christ-
| mas night. One of them is the legend
that the oxen kneel in their stalls to
| worship the infant Christ at mdnight
|
|
on His birthday. ;
The _ mistletoe and kissing are al-
| Ways inseparably connected in the
i minds of Europeans, and as far back
; as tradition and history can go the
i quaint berried plant and kissing have
‘always gone hand in hand together.
| Christmas is celebrated in almost
, every country in the world, possibly
; In every land, since our missionaries
iand travelers have found their way
(into almost every heathen land, car-
i rying the Christian customs with
, them,
There is an old superstition that
i nine holly leaves tied in a handker-
: chief with nine knots and placed under
i the pillow on Christmas night will
‘cause the sleeper to dream of his or
| her future wife or husband.
The modern Christmas tree can be
traced back to the Sixteenth century.
It originated on the banks of the
Rhine. Sixty years later the fir tree
was used to carry gifts in celebration
of Chrstmas all over the civilized
world.
As a time of feasting the Christmas
period is one of the oldest in the ecal-
endar. The ancient sun worshipers
probably started it with their cele-
brations and rejoicing over the re-
turn of the sun, signifying the begin-
ning of the end of winter.
A Germann legend is that on every
Christmas Eve the Saviour comes to
earth in the guise of a very poor boy,
who asks alms at every door, testing
the kindness of human hearts. Natur.
ally on that day no beggar is refused
food and shelter.
In the center of his Christmas table
the Russian peasant places a bundle
of straw, symbolic of the manger
and, before the meal, each guest
draws from the bundle a blade of
straw, the one who draws the longest
being destined to live the longest,
There are several Santas, including
Kris Kringle and St. Nick or Nicho-
las. The original St. Nick was a bish-
op who is said to have lived to take
part in the historic Council of Nice.
This is disputed by historians, but he
certainly lived prior to the reign of
Justinian, in whose time several
churches in Constantinople were dedi-
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