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’s from Albert’s Grand-
h hurry, Momie. Let's see
Stewart was washing the
She dried her hands
and tore open the en-
e. Susan stood on her tip
clapped her hands
citement.
ndma Allen says that Al.
been very sick.”
sank onto a kitchen
he’s much better now.
an attack of scarlet
s why he hasn’t writ-
claimed Susan.
ma Allen says: ‘He
ant his
He said he felt sick to
mach and his throat was
knew there had been
ever around. His face
d and his tongue had
white coat on it.”
oat on his tongue?” exe
Susan.
Stewart continued. *‘1
temperature. It was
dred and three. I put
‘bed and called in a doc-
and oh, how I did wish we
back near you again.
s eyes filled with tears.
sh so t00,” she said. “But
ert all right now, Momie 2”
was sick in bed for four
, dear. His ears and his
ys were infected. Here
i Daddy. Harold! Albert's
kl He's had scarlet
u don’t say,” Dr. Stewart
“Wonder how he got
he quite all right by
dma Allen says thers
lot of it oat there but
the cases were mild.
Albert was the only one
n ew who had serious
Daddy,” Susan suddenly
Sing
ANY PARENT which of
children he loves the best
e generally will assure you
all hold an equally high
in his affections. Many
who have a favorite
~ recognize the fact them-
es but will be unwilling to
ledge it to others. Most
‘do not wish to play fa-
Yet, whether he knows
among his children.
is not intended as a crit-
of parents. It is a state-
fact, rather, which all
ought to be willing to
ankly for the general
f the family. Parents and
react to each other just
other people do. Some
on traits have a special
al for us, others rub us
ig. If you don’t happen to
a bully or a sissy and your
Ay be as devoted to him as
ar as to make comparisons
ill show him up to disad-
>~. he will see a difference
gard anc treatment of
supper one”
and the others, Jealousy 3
ke
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by BEULAH FRANCE, R. N.
cried. “In school a nurse came
to our room and asked the
teacher if we could have some-
thing done to us to see if we
could catch searlet fever.”
“Take the ‘Dick Test.” Dr.
Stewart explained. “Did the
children have it done?”
“No, the teacher wouldn't let
the nurse do it. She said we
would have to ask our fathers
and our mothers first. What
would it do to wus—hurt us,
—hurt us, Daddy?”
“No, a doctor would probably
do it; not the nurse. He would
take a sterile needle and prick
the skin on your forearm and
and put in a very few drops of
a liquid called a toxin.”
“But wouldd’t it make us
sick, Daddy?”
“Not at all. It merely would
show whether or not you would
catch scarlet fever if exposed.
It is a very valuable test.
“Two doctors, a man and’ a
woman, a husband and a wife,
in fact, worked out™ the test,
and it is named after them. It
is known as the ‘Dick Test.”
“That’s right!” cried Susan.
“The nurse called it the ‘Dick
Test.” If Albert had had the
Dick Test,’ would he never
have had scarlet fever?”
The doctor smiled. “Well,
Susan, the test does not keep
‘you from getting scarlet fever.
It merely shows that you are,
or are not, likely to get it. If
Albert shad had the Dick Test,
then his doctor would have
known that Albert was not safe
against the disease. The doctor
would then have told Grandma
Allen and she might have kept
Albert at home where he would
not come in contact with other
children, or else the doctor
might have given Albert some
Dick scarlet fever toxin.”
“The same as you gave him,
Daddy—the pin pricks in his
arm?”
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WEEKLY MAGAZINE SECTION
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by MARIAN MAYS MARTIN,
MODERN WOMEN
WOMEN CONTINUE TO ENVY MEN
DESPITE OWN ATTAINMENTS
JUST SO LONG as women con
tinue to regret being born wo-
men, just so long will they feel
complimented when told that
they have a man’s mind or a
masculine viewpoint. And most
women do envy men. Just why
has never been quite plain to
me, since there is a good deal
“to be said for being a woman.
If it’s responsibility one hun-
gers for, there are plenty of
ways for a woman to assume it.
If it’s adventure, there’s a way
open for women. If it’s the am-
bition to have a career, there
are no barriers to keep women
out. Just why, then, do women
envy men?
Here's a correspondent who
evidently resents the implica-
tion that women are compli-
mented by being likened to men,
It’s a refreshing attitude.
“Dear Mrs. Martin:—If insult
is highly effective, let a man
assure his wife or sweetheart
that she has a ‘man’s mind.” As
an incentive to homicide, such
an oblique compliment cannot
be underestimated. Incidentally,
it might act in the opposite di-
rection and convince the lady
that life’s handicap was not so
great, after all.
“Men think they are pinning
a posy on a woman when they
tell her that she has a brain like
a man’s, but they never explain
why a man’s brain has anything
to recommend it. Women are
often much brighter than men,
and to generalize in this man-
ner is an insult to top-notch
minds of the feminine persua-
sion,
“I can imagine the reactions
of a wife who has been support-
ing a husband upon being in-
formed that her brain is almost
as good as a man’s. And the
type of man who would make a
remark like that, as likely as
not, has practically no brain of
his own. There are times when
I think that women should rebel
and call some of the threadbare
bluffs used by men.—A. S.”
I am not so sure that they
are “bluffs.” -Man-* has every
reason to consider himself a sue
perior being. He has, for gene
erations, been privileged to ree
gard himself as superior to woe
man, and several generations is
plenty long enough to form not
only a habit but a conviction.
Men and women do think dife
ferently and arrive at their ree
spective conclusions by different
processes. It is generally concede
ed that women jump to cone
clusions and that men figure
results very carefully. Whether
or not this is so, the fact ree
mains that 4 woman’s method
is the quicker and, in most
cases, the surer of the two.
Man, instead of admitting
that woman is quicker mentally,
accounts for the speed with
which she arrives at a conclusion
by attributing to her a mystee
rious force he calls intuitions
Perhaps it is. Of one thing 1
feel sure, that not all women
are endowed with it, nor all
men lacking in it. There are
many men who are intuitive and
who reach conclusions through
hunches rather than by a longe
drawn-out process Hf reasonings
There is a fusion of masculine
and feminine in both men and
womeri, There are women whe
not only have a man’s mind bus
a man’s tastes and preferences,
Then, there are men, usually
the intuitive type, who are most
sympathetic and understanding
of women and have many of
their talents. Such men are ofte
en to be found, and usually as
outstanding successes, in the
arts.
There have been women sciene
tists and women artists and
writers who have ranked with
men. All of which makes i$
absurd for any woman to cone
sider herself either compliments
ed or insulted by being credited
with a man’s eyes or mind, , &%
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ESTEE
ANCIENTS BELIEVED THAT BIRTHDAYS
WERE-RENEWALS OF LIFE
WHY DO we have birthdays?
As with most of our venerat-
ed customs such celebrations go
back to the ancient world and
primitive ideas of magic. An-
cients thought each anniversary
was a renewal of life, another
birth. (It is significant that we
still use the word, “birthday,”
when we really mean annivers
sary of the birthday.)
As the anniversary meant re
newal, to aid such renewal the
person rested and thus conserva
ed his vitality or life, and thus
the day became for him a holis
day. Similarly, to aid in renew-
al and prolonging of life, the
person feasted on his anniver=
sary. The birthday of the ruler
became an occasion for the
populace to join in his holiday
making and feasting.
In some places social birth
days were celebrated. The whole
community *renewed” its life.
Our New Year’s customs arose
thus, In Japan the individual
and social birthdays are combin-
ed. Everyone adds a year to his
OLD CUSTOMS
by
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official age on New Year’s Day
rather than on his anniversarys
The Chinese consider sixty,
years as the normal life span,
With the sixty-first year a pere
son begins a new life. (This
may be remotely related to our
expression, “second childhood,”
applied to the aged.) i
Among ancient Greeks birthe
days were celebrated with prays
ers, sacrifices, banquets, and
giving presents. Our modern
birthday parties thus had an
ancient origin.
Many nations have digs
tinguished lucky and unlucky
days. Sometimes infants born
on unlucky days were put te
death, since the gods were supe
posed to hate them. Among
Mohammedans it is a good omen
to be born on their sacred day,
Friday.
The early Christians objected
to birthday celebrations, partly
because of pagan amusements
connected with them, and parte
ly because their life was so full
of persecution and suffering as
to make them prefer deaths
Thus they came to celebrate the
anniversary of a death, espee
cially the death of a saint. The
birth into heaven meant more
than birth on earth, and so,
many churches observe saints’,
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