Sudden
out.
veranda.
He let the low gear motivate
The car stayed and he came
going to be any joy-riding,"” he an-
nounced to one and all. “I just been
reading here in the paper that au-
tomobile accidents is still climbing
to beat the band. What with all
the reckless drivers there is on the
road a body is taking an awful risk
on the highway these days. Thirty-
eight thousand, five hundred people
killed in auto crashes during the
last year, it says here. That's 1,500
more than last year.
“This is one smart cookie who is
going to stay right here at home, off
the streets, where he's sure to be
safe.”
And that was that,
Uncle Henry isn't any different
from millions of the rest of us who
are getting more than a little
You'd think by this time folks
would know better. But they still
start fires—sometimes costly ones—
with kerosene.
alarmed at the increasing motor
death toll. Like Uncle Henry, many
of us feel at one time or another
that we would be better off if we
would stay at home where we are
safe. Like Uncle Henry again, most
of us are entirely ignorant of the
facts.
Home Accidents on Increase.
You have a better chance of be-
ing accidentally killed in ‘your own
home than on the highway! You
have more than twice as many
chances of being accidentally killed
at home than at work at the factory,
in the office or on the farm.
For the first time in eight years
home accident fatalities were
more numerous than motor vehicle
fatalities in 1936. The increase in
home accident deaths over the
1935 total was five times that of
motor vehicle deaths!
The rising accident toll has been
especially notable in rural homes
over the past few years. The busi-
ness of farming is one of the worst
offenders in the accident death col-
umn. More agricultural workers
meet accidental death in a year
than workers in steel, public utili-
ty, trade and service, transporta-
tion or any other industry. In Kan-
sas, one of the principal farming
states, a farmer is killed every
third day in a work accident.
Special attention to the preven-
tion of accidents in the home and on
the farm will be directed as the na-
tion celebrates the sixteenth annual
National First Aid week from May
16 until iday 22. This week, started
by industrial and manufacturing or-
ganizations interested, both selfishly
and altruistically in cutting down the
number of accidental deaths, serves
each year as an excuse for the car-
rying on of educational programs in
accident prevention and in the care
of the injured after an accident.
In many respects the home prob-
lem is more serious than the traffic
accident problem. Traffic accidents
usually occur after a violation of
some standard rule of the road. To
prevent these violations we can
place signs of warning to remind
the driver of his danger; also he
is more conscious of the chance of
accident, for he is at the wheel of
a vehicle which he must control if
he is to protect his person.
Kitchen Deadliest Room.
But in the home sudden death
lurks inconspicuously in the thou-
sand-and-one little things that we
do as a matter of course or habit.
Our homes would look silly, indeed,
were we to paint a sign in the seat
of every chair, reading, “Don’t use
me for a stepladder!” But our ac-
cident lists would be much shorter.
Broken arms, legs and backs too
often follow such misuse of furni-
ture.
Just as there are more fatal ac-
cidents in the home than anywhere
else, there are more accidents
result only
though many of these end in total
or partial disability.
The kitchen is by far the most
dangerous room in the house. We
might well take a lesson from the
highway and hang a little sign on
every frying pan, to read, ‘‘Lift the
lid away, not toward, the face.”
Fifty-six per cent of all the burns
suffered around the home are re-
ceived in the kitchen, and burns ac-
count for 35 per cent of all home
accidents. Many women have been
disfigured for life because they for-
got to remember that fat frying is
a hazardous occupation. Serious
burns often follow the improper re-
moval of a lid from a steamer or
roaster, too.
There are almost numberless
‘““‘don’ts’’ which, if observed, would
prevent painful burns. A few are:
Don't remove a grate top to a
stove and put on a solid lid unless
the manufacturer says it's all right.
Don’t—for the humpeen millionth
time—start a fire in a stove, fire-
place or furnace with kerosene. And
don’t keep gasoline and kerosene in
the same kind of cans.
Don't place an oil lamp on a
table near a window, where the
wind can blow the curtain against
the lamp. It might be upset, ignit-
ing the curtain.
Don't permit a long, shaky,
crooked stovepipe, wired across the
room. Too easy for it to bulge
open, causing a fire, or bruising
someone's head.
Falls Cause Many Deaths.
Don’t leave oily mops, cleaning
rags, etc., on basement or attic
stairways. Remember there's a
thing called spontaneous combus-
tion.
Don’t forget to disconnect elec-
trical devices when you are through
using them, Don’t bend or tie knots
in electric connection cords, and
don't hang them over nails.
Falls are another important clas-
sification of home accidents. Oddly
enough, more falls occur in the bed-
room than anywhere else in the
house. Which only goes to show
that if you're in the habit of falling
out of bed, you'd better sleep next
to the wall. More frequently we
fall or stumble over a chair in the
bedroom at night; some unfortu-
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THE CENTRE
More people are killed at home
than in traffic accidents. Here is
one of the reasons.
chairs.
in electric A person who
is standing in a few inches of water
is not in as secure a position as one
who lights a match to see if the gas-
oline tank is empty.
In the age group over 65 more
than twice as many persons are
killed in home accidents as in mo-
tor vehcle accidents. But here is
the real pity: Five times as many
children under the age of five years
are killed in home accidents as in
automobile accidents.
The National Safety council's rec-
ords show that in 1934 35 per cent
of all accidental home deaths of
children under five resulted from
burns, and another 17 per cent from
asphyxiation and suffocation.
Chances of death from falls increase
with an individual's age. Among
children under five only 7 per cent
of the fatalities were caused by
falls. Yet in the age group from
twenty-four to sixty-five, falls pro-
duce 35 per cent of the fatalities.
Children should be kept away
from pots and pans in which foods
are cooking on the better
keep the youngsters out of the kitch-
en when you're cooking Danger-
ous chemicals such as lye, which
children often mistake for sugar,
should be kept out of their reach,
and clearly labeled. All poisons
kept about the house should be
clearly identified, all kept in one
place and either locked ug or placed
high away from the reach of tiny
arms.
stove;
Farm Accidents Varied.
There are so many ways in which
accidents can mar the peace and
quiet of life on the farm that there
is no room to go into them in de-
tail here. The recent survey con-
ducted in Kansas by the state board
of health recently that
farming is the most hazardous oc-
cupation in the state, accounting for
more than 50 per cent of all occu-
pational fatalities. This is despite
showed
re
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nate people have broken their backs
doing this. There should be a light
near the bed to be turned on, or
lighted, immediately someone gets
out of bed.
The old saw about getting a black
eye from bumping into a door in
the dark is no joke at all. Many
eyes have been put out by a bed-
room door being left jar. Such ac-
cidents wouldn't have happened if
there had been a light.
Second only to the bedroom as a
place for dangerous falls is the
kitchen. Stepping on a piece of
fruit or a spot of grease too often
ends up in a sprained ankle or a
broken back. Climbing on things
that were not meant to climb on
when reaching for an article on a
high shelf frequently brings disas-
ter.
Bath Tub Electrocutions.
Falls in other rooms are not un-
common. Once the bathroom was
regarded as particularly dangerous.
There should be a firm rail on the
wall to grasp when you are climb-
ing out of the tub. Such a rail may
take only a few minutes to rig up;
it may save a life or prevent years
of suffering from the results of a
severe fall,
Probably more electrocutions
all considered hazardous occupa-
tions, are carried on in Kansas.
Accidents to farming Kansans
were varied. Some were killed
pouring gasoline into a running mo-
tor; some were cutting the winter
wood supply with a buzz-saw, when
the saw broke loose from the frame,
some were riding loads of hay when
the load toppled over, catapulting
them to the earth, where they were
pierced through by the tines of a
pitchfork.
A survey of accident causes on
Ohio farms disclosed that falls ac-
counted for the largest percentage;
hand tools were next; stepping upon
or striking objects next; handling
machinery improperly next; then
operating industrial motor vehicles
injudiciously.
A letter to the state board of
health asking for information on ac-
cident prevention in and around
your home will bring plenty of help-
ful suggestions. The state will be
glad to offer instructions in the prin-
ciples of first aid to care for those
who have been accidentally hurt.
If followed, these suggestions may
save lives and limbs in days to
ont Western Nesoaper Union,
“Late for Work”
By FLOYD GIBBONS
girls to tell me about the biggest thrills of their lives, and
follows:
I read an article in a newspaper.”
Well, sir, when I got that far in Frank's letter I began thinking to my-
| self, ‘Hold on, there! Reading a newspaper might give you a thrill now
{| and then, but it just ain't adventure.”
| after all. You see, that newspaper article was about Frank's dad—
| Frank J. Starr, Senior. And it was all about how he almost got fired
for being late for work.
That doesn’t sound like an adventure either, does it? Plenty
of people not only “almost get fired,” but DO get fired every
doggone day, and nobody thinks it's exciting. But this is a special
case. You'll begin to realize that when I tell you that, after Frank
Starr's bosses thought it over, and investigated the situation, they
changed their minds about firing him for being late for work and
decided, instead TO GIVE HIM A MEDAL FOR BEING LATE
FOR WORK!
Frank Heard a Scream for Help.
Boy, that is news, isn't it 7 All my life I've wanted to work for a boss
like that, But being late for work still doesn't come under the head of
adventuring, so I guess I'd better get down to brass tacks and tell you
WHY Frank Starr was late for work. The story that Frank Starr, Jr.,
got such a kick out of when he read it in the newspaper.
Frank Starr—young Frank's dad-—worked for the dock department
in New York City. He lived in West One Hundred Fifty-first street,
not far from where he worked, and he was in the habit of going home
at noontime to get a hot, home-cooked meal. On September 14, 1918,
he had been home for lunch and was on the way back to work again, and
as he was walking along the waterfront at One Hundred Fifty-fifth street
and the Hudson river he heard a loud scream. “HELP!”
“= Frank looked in the direction from which the scream had come.
Out there on the water he saw a head bobbing up and down and a little
arm raised up in the air. A kid out there in trouble! Frank didn't hesi-
tate a second. The tide was running strong out in the river, but he
didn’t even stop to take off his shoes or throw off his coat. He leaped
into the water clothes and all and began swimming toward the drown-
ing youngster.
It was hard going with his clothes on, but he swam on toward
the spot where he had seen that little head go down. Ashe
reached the place, the boy came up again and Frank grabbed
him. He took him under one arm and had started to swim back
to shore again when he heard an agonized voice on the shore cry:
“Save Jimmy-—save Jimmy, too!"
Jimmy Also Had to Be Saved.
Who was Jimmy? Frank had seen but one head bobbing
around in that water, Was there another kid out there? He looked
around. About thirty feet away he saw some bubbles coming to the
surface. With one drowning boy already under his arm he turned
again swam toward those bubbles.
He had a tough job reaching the His clothes—the current—
the boy under his arm-—all of those things hampered him in his battle.
At last he reached the place where the sinister stream of bubbles rose
to the surface. Down under the water he could see where those bubbles
came from-—a still form floating down there. He reached down and
pulled up a second youngster.
Frank tucked the secoid youngster under his other arm. Both
his arms were full now. Two KIDS, as well as a lot of heavy
clothing, were dragging him down. But he started for shore again,
fighting with his feet alone to keep afloat,
He didn't have to swim far. A boat was putting
coming to the rescue. Frank swam toward that boat
when he was half-way in, and he put the two kids i
in himself.
and
eryrt
spot
out from shore and
It rea
hed him
Too Modest to Tell of His Feat.
Both kids were unconscious when they reached After
a long treatment they were both brought around again and taken to their
homes. The doctors wanted to do something for Frank too, but he
refused their offer of medical aid. He-—well--he said he was all right,
«nd he guessed he'd better run along and change his clothes. He was
late for work then, and he'd be a whole lot later by the time he got into
some dry duds.
Frank stowed up for work just half an hour late. The boss wanted
to know what was the trouble, and Frank—well—he just sort of shrugged
his shoulders and said he'd got wet pulling a couple kids out of some
water and had to go home and change his clothes. That report went
down on the record, and pretty soon it came to the attention of Murray
Hurlburt, who was then commissioner of docks.
Commissioner Hurlburt took a look at that report but he wasn't sat-
isfled. Maybe it just looked like a new version of the sick grand-
| mother alibi. Anyway, he decided to investigate. He found out about
| pulling those kids out of the water all right—found out that there was
| a lot more to it than Frank Starr's own modest statement indicated.
So instead of firing Frank for being late he made a couple
of telephone calls and told a couple of people what a brave fellow
he had working in his department.
And the result of those phone calls was that Frank was awarded
| the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Medal of the Life Saving
| Benevolent association of New York-—-for being late for work and, to
use the words engraved on the back of one of those medals, “For sav-
the shore
Spiked Boots Ban Saved
Traverse City Sidewalks
His boots were as sacred to a lum-
berjack in Michigan's boom timber
Traverse City, reveals a Traverse
City correspondent in the Detroit
Free Press.
The city passed an ordinance pro-
viding a maximum fine of $10 or
10 days in jail for the lumberman
who was found wearing spiked boots
in the city limits. In the "80s and the
'80s, there was a good reason for
the rule. Traverse City sidewalks
then were constructed of wood.
After a couple of instances when
the city had laid a sidewalk of
new white pine and three or four
hundred rivermen had come off a
drive and riddled it with their spiked
boots the city decided to call a hait.
The boots, made of the finest kan-
garoo skin and costing as much as
$45 a pair, were purchased in the
fall. Through the winter the loggers
treated them carefully with mutton
tallow, but they never wore them
until spring when the drive started.
Then the boots went on and stayed
months.
Marks of Past Iliness
Shown by Hair and Nails
Signs of past illness often re
main long after the illness has end-
ed. These are to be found where
the circulation is poorest, viz., in
the hair and the nails, says a writer
in Pearson's London Weekly.
After a severe illness, you will
often find that a ridge appears run-
ning across the nail and growing
with it, advancing towards the free
end as the nail gets longer. This
is due to the fact that the illness has
absorbed a good deal of the patient's
strength and the circulation, in con-
sequence, has not been sufficient to
nourish the nails properly.
When anyone gets run down in
general health, the nails frequently
suffer in other ways, especially if
the condition is a chronic one. They
may become brittle and crack eas-
ily, while sometimes they are pit.
ted with small holes as though they
had been worm-eaten.
To restore the appearance of the
nails you must, of course, first re-
store the general health. The prin-
cipal cause of the debility must be
treated, and when this has been
done improvement in the circulation
follows. As soon as the nails be-
gin again to get proper nourish
ment they quickly regain their
There is a meanness that profits
man who possesses it,
stubbornly withholding
One
understand withholding
When in doubt, etiquetie is an
Don't ask your friend to do
something for you he doesn’t want
Your friendship will cool
If you know intimately a suc-
will not tell you everything.
There will yet be a Society for
Among Automobilists.
Sometimes a pessimist is a man
The discipline of children is now
day. Today the greatest severity
may consist in insisting that they
eat spinach.
We're satisfied with any bathtub
Man hasn't done much with fish,
for all his inventiveness. He has
the seeds out of oranges.
My Favorite
y
Gloria Swanson
Film Star
Recipe
Caviar Canape
1 can of caviar
1 egg
1 tablespoonful of lemon
1 tablespoonful of onion
juice
juice
Bread for toast according to the
number to be served.
Spread the caviar on round
piece of toast. Then spread on
this the yolk of the egg which has
been hard-boiled and run through
a sieve. Season with the lemon
juice, although the lat-
ter is a matter of personal taste
and should be used at the discre-
tion of the individual. Trim the
edges with the grated white of the
egg and garnish with small piece
of tomato.
Coprright —WNU Bervice.
Lazy, bored, grouchy
You may feel this way
as a result of constipation
Constipation is an enemy of pleas-
ure. It dulls your enjoyment of the
best entertainment and the best
friends.
To neglect constipation is to In-
vite serious trouble. For your health's
sake, take Black-Draug? the first
sign of constipation. You'll soon feel
better. Heres a laxative that is
purely vegetable, prompt, reliable.
BLACK-DRAUGHT
A GOOD LAXATIVE
Different Viewpoints
Looking from a mountain of vi-
sion or from a valley of self-seek-
ing makes a difference in the out-
look.
KILLS INSECTS
ON FLOWERS » FRUITS
VEGETABLES & SHRUBS
Demand original sealed
bottles, from pour dealer
eye
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The Extremes
There is no worse evil than a
WOMEN 27: WEAK
, Pierce's Favorite Pre
tonic certainly made a