FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN.
mam COMPENSATION
When my luck seems all out
And I'm down at the mouth,
When I'm stuck in the North,
And I want to go South;
When the world seems a blank
And there's no one I love,
And it seems even God's
Not in Heaven above,
I've a cure for my grouch
And it works like a shot—
I just think of the things that
I'm glad I am not:
bird in a cage,
fish in a bowl,
pig in a pen,
fox in a hole,
bear in a pit,
wolf in a trap,
fowl on a spit,
rug on a lap,
Bellefonte, Pa., May 80, 1930,
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Your Health
THE FIRST CONCERN.
Dr. Brady warns against whole-
sale removal of tonsils by surgery.
Among 1,000 tonsils examined by |
a good pathologist after their re- | A horse in a stable,
moval in a typical dispensary (the A cow in a shed,
pathologist published his report in A plate on a table,
the medical literature, and I should j The sheet on a bed,
be glad to give any physician his The case on a pillow,
name and the reference) 139 had A bell on a door,
“large pieces of muscle attached.” {A branch on a willow,
) {A mat on the floor.
PEPER
That’s the answer fo all the fine
sounding talk of the nose and When I think of the hundreds of things
throat surgeons about ‘complete | I might be,
enucleation” and all that sort of (I get down on my knees and thank
thing. God that I'm me.
Only 70 of the 1,000 tonsils ex- { Then my blues disappear, when I think
amined contained true abscesses.| What I've got,
Scars were found in 220 of the !{ And quite soon I've forgotten the things
tonsils, and the pathologist concedes I have not.
that scars are evidence of previous
serious infection that has cleared up.
If the infection has cleared up, the
scars can be no sound indication
Of recent years, it has been the
| fad for milady to become as tanned
that the tonsils require removal or ops a upha
treatment. | on
Out of the 1,000 tonsils examined | * Seuss at He, Sgamery. Badin to
930 were “not seriously affected.” | femininity Ei on the ideal
3 3, Woda Seem ih hme = hi | and the fair-skinned charmer is to
sile “be the favorite this year. Girls will
I ; | now try to foster a peaches and
However 21 this happened naj; eam complexion. There are sever-
un ensary, in a typical American, al methods of doing this. Oneis to
city. | : :
: | golf, play tennis, boat and swim in
508 need 3 2.103 Sisbensery, | the cool of the morning and evening,
one’s tonsils out ny Here | while the sun’s rays are not violent
ia 3 > Tor (and to keep in the shade between
That is, if one wants ’em cut out. | times: another is to swath one’s
I haven't looked at my own tonsils >
: ile. i self in lemon and cucumber lotions
for 8 long while] musi bave a | at bedtime; and still a new one,
look at ’em some time. But let me 3
tell you sore throat brothers and orersd BY Sloe is fo choose: the
sisters, if mine were troubling me, igh iki gown that Shrimrn
or if I had a reasonable suspicion bon ler dots woven
that they harbored a focus of in- ;
fection that was injuring my health | fabrics much more readily than
: those of loose weave, with inter-
in any way, I'd give all these ever- : 3 :
ay tons wide berth, in-' Spaces which entangle the violet
ray.
deed I would, and look up a good.
dotcor to obliterate my tonsils. i
Good doctors are doing it in a
painless, safe, mayhap slow but
sure way nowadays. How do they
do it? By diathermy—electro desic-
cation or electrio-coagulation. And
Tll stake my health and reputation
on it, that this new method is aS 4." peter protection. It takes
effective as any surgical operation 1
longer for tan and sunburn to go
can be, no matter what the pee-| 4p, silk and wool than to pene-
wees and the organization clique gate” cotton and linen. This may
may say or think about it. ‘ overturn the habitual custom of
Then, too, one may have one’s 3 : ¥
ar 3iiie : wearing cotton and linen in the
tonsils obliterated by raidum emana- .o pics. There is sense in the ob)
tion today. The doctor implants in Sqmmer. Suit,
i Vegetables fibres, such as cotton
and linen, are better conductors of
heat and light rays than animal
fibres, such as silk and wool, and
consequently they let the light and
heat rays through the material to
the skin, while silk and wool hold
these rays and this gives the
the center of the tonsil a minute
radon seed, a measured bit of =
radium emanation, in a platinum 1, Would you kindly tell me
needle-like case, having a wee silk how a married woman should sign
thread attached. This remains in
place several days, and is then with-
drawn by the thread. The Imyphoid
tissue of the tonsils then begins to
shrink or atrophy and in a month
her name when writing a business
letter ?
2. Should a lady remain seated
when introduced to a gentleman of
her own age, or older?
or longer the tonsil has practically 3. Should a lady rise when a
disappeared. host, either younger or older than
All painless, bloodless and per- she is, enters the room for the first
fectly safe, Of course these mod-
ern methods cost more and they're
time?
This is the correct form:
worth it. I am not familiar with the Very truly yours,
Mary Smith Jones. '
cost of radon seed treatment, but I
know numerous doctors who use Paul |
the fact clear when I do give my (M5 Pad Jones.) : iol
clectro-desiceation with uniformsuc. , The only detail in which this
cess and the entire treatment usual- form may deviate and still De cor.
ly costs the patient little or no more rect is if the woman wishes to omit |
than the average tonsil operation. Une Surname of her maiden name
Tonsillectomy is rather a scanda- 30d use as her informal name Mary
lous practice, however you view it. Jones. But the letter musi on mo!
But who wants tonsillectomy any. 2ctount be signed Very Truly yours, |
way ? : Mrs. Paul Jones. This at once stamps |
Ti. several recent talkie about ton. LS INL 8s Uninewing of the ways |
sils I have cited the report of Dr. of social forms.
Albert S, Welsh on the results of & 2. Ves, 'A woman does IL rige }
pathologic study of 1000 tonsils Jcustion should read: Rather than,
nich he examined ofier thelr re. Wuen u lady is introduced 102
moval ina dispensary In a large WAeR 8 man Is introduced to her.
city in the middle west. That report And. by the way, this is how your
was published back in 1927. I wait- gentleman,” “the gentleman is in-|
ed over two years to make any troduced to the lady. |
comment on the matter here. { 3. No.
In the interim I have sought the
views of many representative physi- |
cians and a distinct reactionary feel-
ing is unquestionably growing in
the medical mind, towards the re-
moval of tonsils and adenoids. I
want readers who may have confi-
dence in my teachings to under-
stand that I am striving earnestly
to present here, not just my per-
sonal notion— Talways try to make
opinion of the best physicians.
I may say that the views ex-
pressed in confidence by some ex-:
cellent physicians have astonished
me; epecially of the candid ability
that he believes he sees as much
rouble, both in the throat and in
the general system, in patients af-
ter they have had the tonsils re-
moved by the best nose and throat
specialists as the patients have had
before the operation. Several other
‘good physicians who heard this com-
ment seemed inclined to agree with
it.
Altogether, I think it is fair to
say that the chapter on the era of
wholesale tonsil and adenoids re-
moval has not been a proud one in
the history of medicine. Indeed I
should not dwell on it here, but for
the fact that some of the profes-
sion seem disposed to continue it.
Have you a little tin doctor in your
community ? A social service worker,
nurse, maybe a teacher, who rounds
up the children of the poor and the
uneducated, takes ’em to the clinic
or dispensary and has their tonsils
and adenoids (if any) removed?
That is the kind of criminal
malpractice that thrives where the
general public is low in intelligence
and the medical profession is cor-
resnondingly weak, and that Sweet
soul, Lady Bountiful takes charge
of public health and what used to
— Goose, duck and hen feathers
are usually used in pillows. Goose
feathers are the most expensive but
give longest wear and best satisfac-
tion, Down is made from goose
feathers from which the quill has
been removed. It makes a very soft
pillow, but is expensive and mats
easily. Split feathers have a part
of the quill removed. Gray feathers
are slightly less expensive than white
ones. :
The pillow is usually about 22 by
28 inches. It should not be packed
so full as to make it hard nor be so
flimsy as to lack comfort. A small
pillow will allow the head to lie in
a more straight line with the body
and is less likely to produce round-
ed shoulders. An old person, with
a tendency to high blood pressure,
demands a high pillow. The pillow
case should cover the pillow loosely
or it will make the pillow seem
hard and will wear out quickly with
the strain put upon it.
The feathers of a pillow may be
removed and cleaned by profession-
als, or they may be placed in a
large bag, and be washed and dried
outdoors on a windy day, then
placed back in the tick which has
also been washed. Frequent brush-
ing and vacuum cleaning of the
pillows will help to keep them clean.
They should often be put out in the
sunshine and fresh air. To beatand
toss the pillows distributes the
feathehs and prevents them from be-
coming lumpy and musty. Do not
put pillows out on a damp day,
but take care to keep the feathers
dry. A musty odor, when once es-
tablished in a pillow, is almost im-
possible to eradicate. If a guest
room is left closed for weeks and
the bed is not disturbed, air the pil-
out from England by Sir Walter
i under the general head of “Solanum.”
be private practice. lows freqeuntly.
FARM NOTES,
__In order to grow chicks well
they must be supplied with an:
abundance of a suitable ration. 2%
least one hopper four feet long is
needed for 100 chicks. As they,
grow larger they will need more |
space. |
__Grass cuttings or old leaves
make an excellent mulch for newly |
planted shrubs and trees. The mulch !
conserves moisture and controls
weed growth.
—The brooder house for turkeys
should be moved away from other
buildings to ground known to be
free from contamination with chick-
en diseases,
—— |
— Dipping the flock shortly after |
shearing will kill ticks. These pests |
if not controlled, will attack lambs |
and prevent them from putting on |
good finish before marketing time.
— Bees need plenty of room for |
storing honey or they will swarm. |
First put on shallow supers and then |
section super to provide Storage |
space.
— Fifty-six percent of the ton
litters grown in Pennsylvania have
been purebred and 94 percent have
been sired by purebred boars. In
six years no scrub litter have |
reached the ton goal at six months
of age.
—Ducklings may be overfed upon
concentrated foods. They should
have some tender green food in
their ration and sand for grit. A rec-
ommended ration is equal parts of
rolled oats and bread crumbs, with
a little sand, moistened with water
for the first three days after
the third day equal parts of bran
and cornmeal added to this mixture.
After the first week, two or three
parts of bran, one part each of
cornmeal and wheat middlings, 5
per cent (one-twentieth part) high-
grade meat scrap and 10 per cent
(one-tenth part) chopped green food.
A little sand should also be added.
—_Fowls heads turn dark as the re-
sult of any one of several internal
diseases, the nature of which would
require an examination of the or-
gans to disclose.
—Do not set eggs that are older
than a week or ten days. Hatching
ability decreases rapidly after the
eggs are ten days old, and the
chicks hatched are apt to be low in
vitality. A room temperature of
about 50 degrees is best for eggs
which are being saved for hatching.
To lessen the work of turning eggs
while saving, they should be placed
in a 15-dozen case which should be
turned over one side a day. This
means work, but it pays well in the
end.
—_Geese generally mate in pairs,
though a young gander will some-
times mate with more than one goose.
Later he will usually pick a favorite.
When mature the easiest way to
tell a gander is to listen to the
voice. A gander has a voice which
is a cross between a whistle and
whisper. A young male hatched in
June has an excellent chance, but
if he is kept in a pen with a lot
of other birds of different ages he
probably will be ready by February.
~The Spaniards are given credit
for introducing many vegetables to
the civilized world,
In 1553 the first mention is made
of an esculent called “battata” or
“papa” which Hieronymus Carden,
a monk, found being cultivated by
the natives of Quito, Peru.
The English writer, Professor Ed-
ward Morren, declares that the po-
tato was introduced from Santa Fe
into England in 1563 by John Haw-
kins, whose discovery of it was sup-
posed to antedate that of the
Spaniards, but, according to Sir
Joseph Banks, the plant carried by
Drake and Hawkins to England was
not the common white potato, but
was the sweet potato.
— The Irish potato, so-called, is
the product of America. It was
carried to England from North
Carolina in 1585 by colonists sent
Raleigh, and the vegetable was first
cultivated on Sir Walter Raleigh's
estate in Cork.
Nine hundred species are given
Of these perhaps only six are use-
ful for general cultivation.
The Irish people make whiskey
from white potatoes. Their cele-
brated “poteen” is made from white
potatoes and is high in alcoholic
content.
— Growing turkeys by artificial
means is beyond the experimental
stage and the production of these
birds is now a well-established
branch of agriculture, according to
County Agent Mitchell.
Turkey eggs Should not be more
than 10 days old when they are set
in the incubator, which is the best
way of hatching them. Incubation
requirements are similar to those
for chicken eggs, with the tem-
perature one-half of a degree lower
and the hatching period one week
longer.
For a satisfactory brooder unit
100 to 125 poults are needed. This
number can be handled in a 10 by
12-foot brooder house with standard
brooding equipment as long as they
need heat. A temperature of 93 de-
grees to 98 degrees at the edge of
the hover is desirable for the first
week, but the temperature may be
reduced as the poults grow older.
Young turkeys start to roost
when 10 days old and some broods
sleep on roosts when three weeks
old. By placing roosts about six
inches above the floor, close to the
hover, the poults will be encouraged
to roost at an early age and crowd-
keep the house heated until the
ing will be controlled. Tt is safe to
| WHY
i up on the screen.
birds are 6 to 10 weeks old, depend-
ing on the weather.
Reflection in Spoon Shows
Upside Down
When a person looks into the bowl
of a brightly polished spoon he alway
sees his reflection upside down. This
is because the concave part of the
spoon acts like a lens. If the spoon
were flat it would reflect like an ordi
nary mirror. To illustrate, in focus
ing a plate camera images are thrown
on the ground glass upside down.
when rays of Jight are passed through
a lens they converge on each other
until they all meet at one point. From
the point where they cross and con:
| tinue their journey towards the eye
| their positions are reversed.
That 18
why stereopticon slides and moving
picture films must be put in the pro
jecting machine upside down in order
to make the pictures appear right side
Any hollow reflect-
ing object, such as the polished bowl
of a spoon, acts in the same manner.
The rays that strike in its exact cen-
ter are reflected straight back, buty
those that fall on the curved sides are
turned inwards. Hence all the rays
cross at a point and the reflection ap-
pears upside down. A flat surface,
such as a mirror, does not reflect the
light rays from a point and according-
ly they do not meet. That is why the
veflection is right side up.—Exchange
Why Slit Is Necessary
in Formation of Nibs
All pen-nibs have a slit runnng to
the point from a little round or oval
hole which is cut in the middle of the
nib where it begins to taper. Were it
not for this slit, and the fact that
the whole body of the nib is curved,
we should be unable to write. The
curvature causes the nib to hold a
considerable quantity of ink when it is
dipped in the pot, and the slit causes
the point of the nib to open into two
sections when it is pressed upon the
paper, and the ink between these sec-
tions is then left on the paper, form-
ing a line or letter, as the case may be.
Steel nibs also have two little slits
in their sides or shoulders. These are
to give greater flexibility to the nib.
Gold nibs, being softer, do not need
these side slits.—Montreal Family
Herald.
Why One Is “On Wrong Tack”
We see, hear and use the phrase
“On the wrong tack” so frequently in
its well-known sense, indicating “the
wrong direction” or “the wrong idea,”
that it probably never occurs to us
that it was not at first part of the
language of landlubbers.
In the parlance of the sea, whence
we have this phrase, a tack is a rope
used to fasten the corner of a sail.
Being on a certain tack refers to the
course of a vessel in regard to the
trim of her sails.
Hence being “on the wrong tack,
for following a wrong direction or
chasing a lost hope, or, again meta-
phorically, indulging a mistaken idea.
—Kansas City Star.
Why “White House”
White House, the name of the offi-
cial residence at Washington of the
United States President, derived its
name from a warlike action on the
part of England 115 years ago. Dur-
ing the War of 1814 an English force
captured Washington and set fire to
the Presidential residence, which had
been erected only a few years before.
When it was restored it was found
that the walls were so blackened by
smoke that it was necessary to treat
them with several coatings of white
paint. From that paint the house ob-
tained its now officially accepted
name. :
Why Skirts Are Doomed
Only three years ago a leading cos-
tumer of Fifth avenue, New York, on
his return from a trip to Paris, told a
ship news reporter that within ten
years a women would not wear skirts
at all and that he was preparing his
business plans accordingly.
“The skirt,” he said in substance,
“jg almost a thing of the past. A
kind of clout will be devised to go
with tights and we shall see women
parading every street of the world
unhampered by a skirt, and it will be
all right when we get accustomed to
it, as we will.”—Detroit News.
_ Why Geese Fly in Wedge
Wild geese, flying through the sky
in V-formation, use the wedge shape
to increase speed, says Popular Me-
chanics Magazine. As the leader
forges ahead, he displaces air which
fs thrown obliquely backward in two
diverging surges. Properly spaced
behind and to either side the follow-
ing geese are pushed forward in some
degree by the surges which strike
their bodies at an oblique angle.
Why Province Is “Brittany”
Brittany, or Bretagne as the French
call it, received iis name from the
fact that it was settled in the Fifth
century by the British people who
fled from the Saxon in’acGers under
Hengist. Previously this part of Gaul
was known as the province of Armo-
rica.
Why Gardening Is Advised
There is scarcely any better all-
around recreation for men as well as
for women than intensive gardening.
Not only does it give exercise, but it
adds to the beauty of life and keeps
one out of doors.
Why Radio Fades
Weather conditions and electrical
current are two causes for fading om
a radio.
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