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By ELMO SCOTT WATSON AY 10 is the day this year when America its mothers, In accordance with a resolution passed 1( by congress in 1014, desig- honors nating the second Sunday in May Mother's day and asking the President to issue a proclamation calling upon government officials to the lag upon public buildin Wo drow as display citizens similarly to dis- play flags at their homes as “a public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.” Since that time the day been generally observed hroughout the United States and there has grown up the custom of sending to our mothers letters, telegrams, flowers, candy and other gifts on that day ad well as hon- oring them by wearing a white carna- tion if one’s mother is dead and a col- ored carnation if she is still All of which expresses a pretty senti- ment and the origin and regular ob- servance of Mother's day in the United States are facts in h Americans take considerable pride. ut to offset this pride in the pretty sentiment is an ugly fact of which many Americans are not aware. And that fact Is that the mortality rate anaternity causes In United States is highest in the civilized world, and that 10,000 of 16,000 American mothers who die each year from childbirth canses need not die if they are given adequate maternity care! Do you doubt that statement about the mortality rate among American mothers? If so, look at these official fig- ures, compiled by the children's burean of the United States Department of Labor for 1027 (the latest year for which figures for most of these coun- tries were available) in regard to the maternity death rates, per 1000 live babies, for the following countries: has uving. wi from the the a 95 UrtgURY sevesesvocescrnsnsss 22 MAY sovcetsnnsnnsssnsses 20 JAPAN +2v0v0ss « 28 The Netherlands .....c.c00... 29 FIRMING .onsseianesvessess 3.0 HUDERIY vovsseosncsness. . 30 Denmark ....oeevuese «31 Czechoslovakia ...... 36 Switzerland ... av 39 4.1 4.1 45 4.8 4.0 50 56 hs bo 6.3 6.4 6.5 sane England and Wales Esthonia Irish Free State Northern Ireland New Zealand Lithuania Canada Chile .. AUSITRHR sevvesnncscnssnssse BalvRdor ..cvsnvs.. Beotiand .cocssvncsevisienines Tinited Bates ..ccoevasiiine:. FABER BEES R saan PRB IR AIA ssa CEASA SER sens EEE In the light of these statistics and the custom of wearing white carna- tions in honor of mothers who have died, some one has asked this very ap- propriate question, “Does It not seem that 10,000 white carnations, one for each mother who needlessly died In the last year as a result of mother- hood, represent too grent a toll in pain and sorrow to be paid for by senti- Yment alone?” However, an answer to that question may be found in a movement which is already under way. For this year the observance of Mothers’ day marks the beginning of a nation-wide educational campaign to reduce the mortality rate among American mothers so that 10, 000 shall not dies In vain each year. This campaign has been started by Mrs. John Sloane, president of the Maternity Center association In New York eity, and it has the indorsement of high government officials, At a recent White House conference Prezident Hoover said, “When moth- ers understand the standards of care, they will demand protection,” Sur of ¢ health service geon-General United the in indorsing the campaign as a new form of Mother's day has clared, “The high maternal death rate is a disgrace to our profession and I am that efforts far toward * Simi Cumming H. 8 States publ observance de- such improving Abbott, chief of the children's burean, stated, “There are convinced wiil ns these go conditions, y Grace deaths thar and 1 feel Uo more tragic of mothers in childbirth, that, if It were by the people of the United States that to a very large extent these deaths are preventable, they would be prevented.” Typhold fever, smallpox and diph- theria have yielded to selentific con- trol In the last quarter century, and tuberculosis has been reduced to half toll, as almost everyone knows death causes con- with maternity not been ywered at all during the period for which records are avallable, Italy, Denmark and five tions have maternal death rates less than half that of the United States, which, as has been seen, is twenty-sec. ond on the roster of the nations of the world. In many of these countries have been achieved by legislation requ dience, but In the United States provement cannot be expected by such drastic action unless opinion back of it. “We have refused selves effectively to this problem for at least twenty-five years,” says Dr. taiph W. Lobenstine, a noted obste- trician of New York city. to improve conditions we must face them, not rationalize. The humiliat- ing conclusion Is that this national dis- grace can be removed when, #4 a peo- ple, we set out to remove it.” sure understood its from ut the rate I nected has le other na- the results commonly there is popular to address our “If we are “The idea of going to a physician at once,” states Dr. Frank W. Lynch, a leading obstetrician of San Francisco, “may seem ridiculous to the ordinary woman. She would not think so if she realized the value of taking things In time. In nearly every hospital in the land, It will be found that most trage dies occur in women who were not un- der medical supervision during the pe- riod of the child's development.” “Perhaps the root of the difficulty,” states Carolyn Conant Van Blarcom, in her book, “Obstetrical Nursing” “lies In the fact that childbirth, as well as the attendant suffering and death, are so familiar that they are regarded as being normal Incidents in the ordinary course of affairs. One of the most dramatic of all human events, the birth of a new being, Is ac cepted casually, almost without econ. cern, because it is so frequent—so commonplace, “Moreover, we are all accustomed to hearing stressed the fact that child. bearing Is not a disease, but is a nor- mal physiological function. Net so WRRRLTRBRRRCRRRERRR RRR. OUR MOTHERS AEE A A AA AAT ELE AS EAA AAA AAA ARR RRR RRR RR RR. Hornsby Ferril Ma ssssssstsssussssnsnnsnsll EEA ASA AAA SAE SA EA AEA ARAL RAAA ARAMA RRR RRR RR. «vs } np sph important of physiological and that organism suits a between generally, assis put fact that infection while are in subject however, do we hear ¢ upon the equally there is extreme danger these functions progress, they must the entire ¢h a strain that rously narro th and discase. Here maternity care § Louis I. Dublin, Ph of the Metropolitan company, and an expert internationally known, examined the records of 4,726 mothers the Maternity Center association over a period of six years in a certain section of New York city. He con what h here re is ti Insurance 1 cared for by pared results with appened to mothers in the same of the This showed group have al the section city not receiving sucl that those the three times as good a chance to survive as the others. “The result,” says his report, “is In- of the saving of lives that ht be nccomplisl were every mother the of ade. quate th ry RIGL = odd benefit As ted States ev to receive maternity caire the Un from more 15,000 women in ery year die causes related to maternity, this means that more than 10,000 deaths are preventable, dition, 30,000 of the 100,000 babies who in the first saved. Infants, are protected Care, now would be mothers, die month of ns well by “us maternity “There is nothing peculiar to the m of the United States to ac. that civilizatic count for the fact such countries as Denmark and Netherlands, where records are kept fas carefully as they are here. This nations of the world is because there is a striking absence here of trained moderate children, “We have allowed things to go on with indifference to the waste of lives of mothers and babies, assuming that circumstances who have not. en for a remedy.” servation, care and instruction by doc time the woman thinks she may be pregnant until she is able to resume her regular activities and to care for her new baby, according to Hazel Cor Center association. Commenting on the work done by this organization which adda: register as early as possible with the who will deliver her so he may direct her care during pregnancy and know all about her when it comes time for the delivery and care of the baby. Each mother is helped to select, from the facilities available, what is bes: suited to her condition, “The nurses, working with the doc: tors and reporting to them each time they see the mothers, visit each moth. er at regular intervals during preg nancy, They help the doctor or mid. wife during delivery and make regular visits afterward and give, or teach some responsible person to give, the necessary care to mother and baby, as well as see that the household is runs ning smoothly so the mother ean rest as long as necessary, and gradually, ns the doctor advises, resume her usu al activities and Increased responsi bilities, “The alm of maternity care is to secure for every mother the minimam of mental and physical discomfort dur. ing pregnancy; the masimum of men tal and physical fitness when the baby comes; the reward of a well baby and the knowledge to care for herself and ®, 1931, Western Newspaper Union.) ¢ “Personality” of City Matter of Importance A city can win world fame by de. veloping “personality,” Dr, Ray Lyman Wilbur, secretary of the interior, deo clares In a symposium of the eity and regional of American Architects, “The Individuality and charm of cities,” says Doctor Wilbur, who Is president of Better Homes in Amerien, “depend a great ting and natural topography, bays, hills, planning committee Institute of the deal upon thelr set Rivers, ledges, and an outlook to the mountains may give ¢ ity to a city, “Nevertheless beauties a possible thr centers, areas, and the city a char “The plann vante of attr planting of appropriate s) of nn of st ne active all residential streets f civic ition to appropriate; ir ¢ lity to a city quire national or i and upkeep of the hom: and of resid acquires that which It kee irchi however ps tions of may to its citizens, even after have found It necessary to other commur doubt the finds expression that good taste Incorporated In the home ar dens are reflected : *- ice, iy in Plea for Gardens on Unsightly Ci: es out of 1h y Spaces Th noved from those pie ed the best to gaining a foothold up should think of gn of rellef measure them In time of calamity? But nothing is more that most Ame fit Immensely by exchanging sightliness of the iy tillage. Let let again, and instead of attaching them associations hard necessity, Beers energies of their certain rican cities would the un ir environs for order rive to with and may Detrolters revive the charm at get 1} tion that comes from quaint with the soil. Let and fertile growing vegetables and fruits take the place of rubbist heaps and worthless weeds And best of all, may there come with the order liness and thrift of production a love for civic and charm lent by well-kept troit News, e inspira- renewed se flower heeds 108 plots est hetis De neatnions the gardens Cottage Homes Urged of Cities with in cottages spacious the open under a municipal plan of Thomas Adame, consultant to the dertaking the homeowner nent of these fields, Every city engages in real estate, develop He believed it superior to that for the provision of modern apartments for those who ean. He advocated the condemnation of on to a city development, Odd Sloping Wall An owner who wanted a wall on a sloping hillside adopted a novel method of securing the structure. Be. cause of the position of the wall be. way and a cement gutter some 10 concrete or other material would have entailed an expense too great for the owner, 80 he proceeded as follows: At points about every 12 feet along this stretch between the curb and the gutter, cement piers, 18 inches In width, were built and laid into the earth, Next, between these posts ordi. nary chicken wire of small mesh was ald, and upon this wire, between the piers, 2 by 4 inch timbers were nid, finishing the wall at a very small cost. Ornamental Fences Popular Fencing the yards aad gerdens has become popular by reason not only of its usefulness, but for its ornamental value. White fences, matching per golas and arches, with climbing roses over them add to the charm of the garden and give it also an air of seclu- sion. An attractive type is designed in squares with a border along the top, with white posts at regular inter vals, and the gate is hung in a grace ful arch. In formal gardens oid-fash. joned low ornamental woven wire fencing Inclosing the flower beds is ef fective, Scientists Find Bones of Prehistorc Beasts Important discoveries of the skele- made in Ecuador by the scientists of the American Museumn of Natural History, Excavation was carried on in the deep ravines of Chalan, in the prov- ince of Chimborazo, and in Alangosi, in the valley of Chillos, where the scientists have been working since the middle of December. Skeletons found at Chalan were of the glacial period and those at Alongosi of the post-glacial period, The bones of the glacial period are gald by the sgelentists be from twenty-five thousand to thirty thou- gand yeurs old. Skeletons complete, in part found there of a mastodon, a camel, a various species of deer and rodents, “The finding of skeletons of horses and ca may = port, tained to or were horse, mels, which to ma em an anomaly,” “proves agair by well-info gists that the in America and Africa others such a of wh horse ton fO1 Nor INDIGESTION GOES—QUICKLY. PLEASANTLY heartburn, ally stomach, gus or ludigestion too much acid in your The quickest way to stop your trouble is with Philhps’ Milk ot Magnesia. A spoonful in water neutralizes many times its ach acids itly. disappear volume in ston The symptom Milk of Magnesia, yw yourself to It is ¥y again rstore has Unique Record hh nf KSvr around the aveled by rail NO MORE Curled or Wrinkled Collars need be i warn. 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Continue with Castoria until the child is grown! « Soviet Theatricals It is said that a spontaneous ama. teur theater movement has up in the Soviet union, Perform- ances take place in factory towns, Village ¢lub workers write, produce and fct their own plays. There are some 35,000 of these club theaters in cities and towns and about 30,000 in villages, Troupers, known as Blue Blosser, travel about the country, performing before local trade unions and peasant clubs. Their repertoire includes songs, acrobatics, dances and satirical sketches, There are about 10,000 of these. In the spring For sale by all druggists. Be sure to get the genuine product with Chas? H. Fletcher's signature on wrapper, and this familiar name- Biv dA A ———— fh i —— of 1928 there were 8,767 motion ple- ture display places in the Soviet union, Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the orig- inal little liver pills put up 60 years . They regulate liver and bowels. Adv, Didn't Know George Caller—Is George in? 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