LEE > ; x = re, 8
; i TOWN WEEKLY MAGAZINE SECTION Sve .
| 0 J OAR
‘TER AND SUE by BEULAH FRANCE, R. N. GOOD HEALTH by C. N. CHRISMAN, M.D.
PETER GETS A LETTER BATH AND ALCOHOL RUB
RELIEVE SCIATICA
RID-IN' DOWN
~ FROM NEW YORK
] TER! Peter! Here's a
for you!”
san ran up the path from
mailbox waving a white
“Who from?” Peter called
he window.
don’t know but I think
rom New York!”
h goodie! It’s from John
orter! Momie, I've got a let-
r from John.”
From John?” Mrs. Stewart
ed up from the book she
‘reading. “How can John
te letters?”
He can’t! But—You read
ud, will you Momie?”
rs. Stewart laid her book
‘table took the letter
‘began to read:
hort note. She said she
ld. T'Il tell her what to
~ I'm feeling fine, going to
chool for "the blind and
ng to read raised letters.
n some lessons off Vie-
records too.
Last night a blind man with
Seeing Eye dog spoke about
s at our church. Daddy
. me to hear him. His name
‘Morris Frank. He had his
g, Buddy Second, with him.
“Buddy never had been at
church before but she got
ng great; led Mr. Frank
ound where he should go.
dy said Buddy had ‘on a
less that is stiff and stands
on her back. Mr. Frank
s hold of that and Buddy
es him. Then she wears a
sh too—that’s a long leather
~ When Mr. Frank takes
e first one died. They both
e Shepherd dogs. Mr. Frank
a Shepherds are best because
y're a good size. They are
sy to keep clean too. He
mbs his hair. They know a
There are just three words
a blind person uses with his
Seeing Eye dog: ‘Right’;
‘Left’; ‘Forward’. >
“The dogs can’t tell colors
of lights but they won’t take a
blind person across a street
when they see a car. is coming.
They even look up and don’t let
a man bump his head. Daddy
said they had motion pictures
and showed a dog leading a
man around the iron rod of an
awning.” >
“Gee!” Peter exclaimed. “I
never knew dogs would do
that.”
“Go on, Mommie,” begged
Susan. ‘‘Read some more.”
Mrs. Stewart continued:
“The Seeing Eye buys dogs
from people. Do you know
anyone who wants to sell one?
The dog has to be a year and
two months old but not yet two
years -old.”
“I know,” broke in Peter.
“Dr. Thompson’s German Shep-
herd just had puppies! Do you
think he’d like to sell some of
them to the Seeing Eye?”
“I don’t know,” replied Mrs,
Stewart. ‘“The dogs have to be
very clever and have good dis-
positions. Not just any Ger-
man Shepherd dog will do.”
‘““Read some more, please,”
said Susan.
to teach the dogs.
quickly.
They learn
It takes only about
three months.”
“Three months?” Susan re-
peated. ‘‘That’s a long time,
seems to me.”
Mrs. Stewart read further:
‘““A boy or girl can’t buy a
Seeing Eye dog until he or she
is fifteen years old. That
means I've got a long wait.
But it’s something to look for-
ward to. Daddy promised to
buy me one for my fifteenth
birthday.”
“Gee whiz!” burst out Peter.
“That will be a big help to
John!”
I
OUTH'S BELIEFS MERIT
MEMBERING that her
ung nephew had been to a
nce the night before and
u a jitter-bug, Joseph?” It
1d have been of no conse-
But
Hence her surprise when the
uth considered the question
ously. After a moment, he
aid thoughtfully, “I guess you
d call me that.” Appar-
t y the question had never
en put to him and he had to
hink it over before answering.
More from an impulse to be
riendly than from actual inter-
t, aunty continued, “Did you
“have a good time last night?
Where was the dance held?”
Joseph replied that the dance
d been given in a neighbor-
g town. And since she ap-
ared interested, he volun-
ered that he did not care for
e way they danced there. In
s own town, the Big Apple
danced somewhat less
iolently, it seemed, and he pre-
rred it.
Joseph was discussing good
taste and esthetics earnestly.
3ut aunty, looking at the mat-
ter from a different viewpoint,
could not see this at all. To
her mind, the dance itself was
acrobatic, silly and unrefined.
Later she was overheard tell-
ing a group of adults, “Did you
know that Joseph by his own
confession is a jitter-bug?’’ The
conversation they’d had to-
gether was then repeated.
Joseph could have kicked him-
self for furnishing them with
such a luscious topic upon
which to hang the usual con-
demnations of the younger
generation. In the future he
would try to be less communi-
cative.
Adults think nothing of be-
traying a child’s confidence be-
cause matters which are im-
portant’ to him are unim-
portant to them. Young people
yearn to be understood. Each
generation faces a world that
never existed before. Without
an appreciation of youth’s prob-
lems, or youth’s fads and foi-
bles, we are indeed worlds
apart from him.
YOUR CHILD
by
“JANE H. GOWARD
Ry
i
“Mr. Frank said it’s not hard”
HOME SERVICE
It’s Fun to Sing
~ Cowboy Songs
HEART-WARMING Western
songs that almost sing them-
selves! Gaily you join in as
the crowd warbles RIDIN’
DOWN THAT OLD TEXAS
TRAIL:
“Pretty gals that are so sweet
Sweep a man off his feet
If he’s ridin’ down that old
Texas trail... &
What a thrill to learn all the
words and tunes of such radio
favorites — and_ you quickly
can! You love to sing this one:
“Lonely little Prairie Mother
I'm thinking, dear, tonight of
you.
Fun to yodel cowboy style,
GOIN’ DOWN TO SANTA FE
TOWN:
‘“We’re goin’ down to the rodeo
We'll rope all day and dance
all night,
And in the mornin’ we’ll look
a fright,
Per-ka dee-dle di do um twee
twee vi?
OUR new songbook con-
tains 19 cowboy favorites,
complete with words,
music, . piano accompani-
ments. Sing at parties,
evenings at home with
friends.
Send ten cents for Book- .
let 167, “Popular Cowboy
Songs,” to TOWN, Home
Service Bureau, P. O. Box
721, Rochester, N. Y.
Also available at ten
cents each are:
Booklet 127, “The New
Way to a Youthful Fig-
ure.”
Booklet 130, “World's
Best Loved Poems.”
Booklet 146, “Home
Course in New Ballroom
Dances.”
Be sure to include ten
cents for each booklet or-
dered.
HERAT
PROFILES . ..
Dame de Serk
RULER of the tiny island of
Sark in the English Channel is
Dame de Serk ... The 300-acre
island was given to one of her
ancestors by Queen Elizabeth
in 1565 in return for driving
a bunch of pirates out of
English waters . . . La Dame
de Serk married Robert W.
Hathaway from prosaic East
Orange, N. J., and is now Mrs.
Sibyl Hathawdy . . . However,
Mr. Hathaway turned British
and so he is the Seigneur de
Serk: and a member of the
Royal Flying Corps and what
not . . . The Hathaways preside
over a tiny parliament of 40
farmers who meet three times
a year to decide such monu-
mental problems as what should
be done about cattle diseases
. . . Main industries on Sark are
raising Guernsey cattle and
catching lobsters.
I OFTEN wish that I would
never hear or see the word
‘‘sciatica’ again. Letters say-
ing, “Doctor, what can I do for
my sciatica?’ are numerous.
They might about as well ask,
“What can I do about the
weather?” :
The symptoms of sciatica are
first a pain along the course of
the sciatic nerve. This is
usually felt in the buttock,
down the back of the thigh,
along the outer side of the leg
to the foot. It tends to be
worse at night and may be only
a slight discomfort or a severe
pain.
Tenderness is felt on pres-
sure along the course of the
nerve, or it may become numb
and the muscles of the thigh
and leg get soft and flabby. The
leg will sometimes shrink and
become smaller than the other.
Sciatica may be due to a neu-
ritis or inflammation of the
nerve. gain it is a simple
pain «= without inflammation,
which is due to some trouble
or toxic condition in other parts
of the body.
The symptoms are much
alike in both conditions and it
may require much investigation
and study by the physician to
find the underlying cause. Too
often, the patient and also the
physician passes off a pain in
the lower part of the back or
down the thigh as only a little
lumbago, or a ‘touch’ of sci-
atica.
If that were all, it might be
all right, but too often, ‘““a little
lumbago’” may be strain or in-
flammation. of the muscles of
the back, an infection of the
kidney, a spinal arthritis, or
some spinal cord trouble,
Neuritis is an inflammation
of the nerve and its sheath,
which is caused by some focus
of infection, such as diseased
teeth and gums, infected ton-
sils, diseased appendix or gall
bladder. Indeed, any infec-
tion may attack this nerve, as
well as the heart, kidneys, and
blood vessels. So, in searching
for the cause of sciatica every
possible source of trouble must
be sought for and removed if
found.
This is far from being a
simple problem and unless the
cause is found, treatment is
likely to be unsuccessful. Solis-
Cohen, an eminent Philadelphia
physician, often asked his stu-
dents, “When is sciatica not
sciatica?” Then he answered
his own question with the quip,
“Nine times out of ten.” Mean-
ing that the cause of sciatica
was to be found some other
place than in the sciatic nerve.
To cure the trouble, the
cause must be found.dnd re-
moved. For the relief of pain,
heat, preferably moist heat, is
the most effective. A hot sitz
bath, heat on the affected leg,
and an alcohol rub are very
soothing. Counter irritants
such as liniments composed of
equal parts of oil of winter-
green and oil of eucalyptus
rubbed in and covered with
flannel and a heating pad
give great relief.
The physician can inject a
weak solution of novocaine or
alcohol into the region of the
spine or sacrum where the
nerve emerges. This will afford
relief~“for some time.
Sugars and sweets should be
eliminated .from the diet, and
milk, fruits and fresh vege-
tables with an abundance of
water substituted. Sometimes
it is necessary to stretch the
nerve under an anaesthetic and
apply an extension to the
limb. The cause is usually
found some place outside of
the sciatic nerve.
HEE EERE ARES
DON'T POSE AS CENSOR
OF MATE'S ACTIONS
DO YOU CRAMP your hus-.
band’s style? Does he cramp
yours? One of the unfortunate
traits wives and husbands de-
velop is making themselves
self-imposed censors. How
many couples do you know who
are ill at ease and who are
never at their best except when
they are apart? Here's a let-
ter from a wife who has my
sympathy:
“My dear Mrs. Martin: I
wish you would tell me what
you think of a husband who
drags his wife away from a
party just when she is begin-
ning to enjoy herself. This has
happened not once but many
times and I am fed up with be-
ing treated as a small child
who has been naughty.
“My husband, a fine man, I’ll
admit, hasn't one speck of fun
in him. He does not know how
to play. I am by nature very
fun-loving,
“Please give me your views,
as mine don’t impress my hus-
band.
“Hilda S.”
MODERN WOMEN
by
MARIAN M.MARTIN
Has it ever occurred to you
that your husband may be
jealous, not of any special man,
perhaps, but just jealous of
your popularity or the fact that
you can find so much enjoy-
ment independently of him?
He is to be pitied, really.
Anyone incapable of gayety
should be. It seems hard on
anyone with your temperament
to be linked to one of his. The
only thing to do is to make the
necessary, if somewhat painful,
readjustments.
I suggest a little punishment
on your part. Refuse to go to
the next party and tell him
why. Be very frank about it,
tell him that you feel humili-
ated by his attitude and that
unless he can bring himself to
a less critical frame of mind
you prefer to remain at home.
Insist on his coming out in-
to the open and explaining his
position, and refuse to go places
unless you both feel you can
conform to the social order.
Husbands and wives who
quarrel in public or create un-
pleasant or embarrassing situ-
ations are never popular. It
will only be a matter of time
before you are left to your own
devices. So it is really good
policy to retire before you are
dropped from your favorite
circles. :