Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1928, Page 18

wWoM AN'S PAGH’ BY LYDIA LE BARON W A mother can do much to keep her family well. not by dosing them, but by ive measures. The medical pro- fession is stressing the idea more and more of stopping disease before it has gained a foothold ra an curing it ¢ the system. This phase is called by various names simplest is preventive medicine TO TAKE of root. Fear is to i the Ik of g0od to dilate upen of those in a he reverse of mistake. and DIET AND HEALTH WHO REMEMBERS? KE BY DMCK MANSFIELD. Registered U. S, Patent Ofce. | family is to make the listeners miser- able in mind—unless the listeners are unsympathetic — and this misery of mind may, as it often does, stimulate misery of hody Instead of emphasizing this negative side, stress health. Instead of saying to a child, “Youll take a cold if you go out in this rain without rubbers and an umbrella,” the same idea can be more pleasantly put by saying. “Re- member to put on your rubbers and| take an umbrella. You are so well you | THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, want to keep so. worth this little bother.” ther way of stressing health mulating children, and older folk o have good postures posture.” Persons who are ms of money ju the bad postures that iy take through habit e tots. in normal health stand and walk well watch any tendency to stand on one leg, hrows the whole body out Mothers should themselves be ot to hold A baby in such a at one hip is larger than the as is often the case, for the hip clp support the arm as a child is ther when she is standing that each hip is used and so they are apt stoop, or children. who grow so fast ult for the strength to ve to be helped in a most tectful way. They are it is at just this period 2 good posture is essential to good Round shoulders contract the for one thing, and each poor nding or sitting has some i wake. g adolescent child to lie on_his back for half an hour each child is proverbially tired to object. The besi and there must be no t him to stand several times his back and shoulders st the wall while his heels ainst the baseboard and are at his side. Put a hori- bar in a doorway and encourage to grasp ng through pillow and do it helping him to keep a methods men- not curative My Neighbor Says: tablespoons of cocoa are to one square of choc- this when you ite cocoa for choc- g-beater as water from the metal dish towel the part faucet run then drv Before putting any gelatin or jelly into a mold case the mold with butter ready to take out plunge i into hot water. If not ned the first time try again cranberry or the m Never throw away bones left from a roast or shoulder. Put them on in cold water and cook hours and vou will have v good soup if you add diced vegetables BY LULU HUNT PETERS, M. D. Answers to Mothers. Reflex Cough. of a year and a half is a exeept that ls bowels are it had a cough ~fed baby, and < 3 think cause for worry in this MRS. J." to a chil Mrs, J to surmise that the 1o some reflex irri- adenoids ing him?> A baby aned by the ninth ¥ one and one- ting 2 lot of of whole milk. ated because he solid foods. Swollen Glands. P.—Do not wait for your little o outgrow any abnormal condi- she may not do so. There is bt that children do develop more tance as they grow older. and some eonditions are apparently outgrown, but you must not depend upon this Swollen lymph glands—kernels—may r may not be of serious import “My baby Mrs | Glands in the necy may become enlarg- | ed from infections caused by scratching, from injuries or skin diseases on the head and face. from bad teeth. bad tonsils or adenoids, other infections in the mouth: they may be tubercular or due to general enlargement from some svstemic disease. You can see from this that the thing to do is to take the little girl to a clinic_or to a children's specialist to have her thoroughly examined and the cause of the swelling treated. Remov- ing the cause will be the treatment. unless the glands have gone on to the point of suppuration or are very large, ur doctor may have to give some treatment directly to them Pacifiers. Mrs. J.—Never, never give a baby a pacifier. It is apt to distort the baby's mouth and nose, cause enlarged ade- noids and tonsils, with their train of pernicious symptoms. Cases have even been reported of strangulation from swallowing pacifiers. Pacifier sucking is a very vicious habit, and if you have allowed your baby to contract it, you must break her of it immediately. You will have to let her cry herself to sleep for a while. The Daily Cross-Word Puzzle (Copyright. 1928) Down. anguage Southern Btate (abbr.). Mountain nymph building Atmosphere Plaything Observe Ostrich Ch e hird address Guido point n of of Puneral p Cutter Before Kot 0 common Musica) instrument Southern constellation Playing card Exclamation. Dance step West Indian Openings Recent Note of Upon. 1 witeheraft ) | 44 | 46 148 the scale. Wiy I know you think it's| is Much 1ll- | ness today is laid at the door of “poor ! il _spend t learning how to in- Mothers in them te which of Ve D8 ruens )l lom—i—tng When nearly every girl in Washing- ton owned a heart bracelet and each admirer gave you a gold heart for the ornament? | Today in Washington History BY DONALD A. CRAIG. August 17, 1858.—President Buchan- an and Queen Victoria have exchanged messages of congratulation and good will over the submarine electric cable which at last connects the Eastern and Western Hemispheres. ‘The texts of the first messages were made public here by the Government loday, prov- ing that the great work is successful The message from Queen Vivtoria, sent_yesterday, is as follows: To the Honorable the President of the United States Her Majesty desires to congratulate the President of the United States upon the successful completion of this great international work, in which the Queen has taken the deepest interest “The Queen is convinced that President of the United States will join with her in fervently hoping that the electric cable which now connects Great Britain with the United States will prove an additional link between the nations whose friendship is founded upon common interest and reciprocal ! esteem | “The Queen has much pleasure in communicating with the President and renewing to him her wishes for the | prosperity of the United States.” President Buchanan replied as lows: The President cordially reciprocates the congratulations of Her Majesty the Queen on the success of the great in- ternational enterprise accomplished by the seience, skill and indomitable en- ergy of the two countries. It is a tri- umph more glorious, because far more useful to mankind, than was ever won by conqueror on field of battle. May the Atlantic telegraph, under the bless- ing of Heaven, prove to be a bond of perpetual peace and friendship be- | tween the kindred nations. and an in- ! strument destined by Divine Providence fol- | to diffuse religion, civilization and law | In this view, | | throughout the world. will mot all nations of Christendom | spontaneously unite in the declaration that it shall be forever neutral, and | that the communications shall be held sacred in passing to the places of their destination, even in the midst of hos- tilities?” The British and American directors of the cable company also exchanged messages. Telegraph dispatches re- | ceived here today from all American cities give accounts of loud demonstra- tions of joy on the announcement of this great triumph of science. Bells have been rung, cannons fired, flags flung to the breeze. etc.. and in most places the celebrations are continuing today. THE DAILY HOROSCOPE Saturday, August 18. Good and evil stars will contend in tomorrew’s horoscope, according to astrology, which reads the signs in the skies. Although it is not an auspicious rule under which to begin new ventures, it is a promising sway for promoting any sort of enterprise The seers point out that, even in a new era. ancient human prejudices per- sist. and, for this reason, women must | often contribute to the fame or success {of men instead of obtaining prizes for themselves Uranus is in a place presaging much | confused thought and many muddled impressions, The mind should be emptied of prejudices and outworn | ideas, it is declared Tomorrow’s is not a lucky sway for aviators, who may be disappointed in the carrying out of important plans. | Travel is subject to rather unfavor- | able conditions. Delays may be en- countered under this rule Again diet is to become of prime in- terest, and it will be discussed from new angles, since nutrition s to be scientifically watched. voung folk are now subject to aspects making for better understanding of their aspirations and Inclinations. Reactionary influences will increase as the Autumn advances, it is prophe- sied, and the tempo of the fast sets will be greatly reduced Bables that come into the world this year have the best possible chance to become beautiful and brilliant, as- trologers announce. Persons whose birthday anniversary it may meet with heavy losses in the coming year. if they take any risks. and they may be sorely tempted Leo people seldom take advice how- Keep Your Face Young Looking When the pores are sluggish and the skin dry and parched, the face becomes worn and haggard, To re- move the discolored skin and cleanse the pores, use datly a little pure mer- colized wax. The wax absorbs the Aged, hlotehy. soiled akin, & littie at - time, uniil treckles, tan and hiack hehds digappear and the under skin blossoms forth clear, fresh and vel v Mercolized wax hrings out the heauts nkies and rest a5 an AstrIn anxolite and 1 half pi 1 punce pow witeh Al all drig and dept. stores Adveriisement the | D. U, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1928. Says Weak Mothers Are Cause of Way- ward Children A Woman's Duty Toward Her Children SDbrothyDix | Need Patience, Foresight and Kind of Courage! I That Can Ignore Cry for Aid or | Plea for Indulgence. HAT does it take to make a good mother? The popular definition of a good mother 15 one who practices the rite of child worship. A woman | who prostrates herself before her children and lets them walk over her rough- shod. One who offers herself daily and hourly as a living sacrifice on the altar | of motherhond. A woman whose iove for her children crowds out every faculty | of common sense and judgment, and makes her too blind to see their faults and ! too weak to correct them. | You never see a girl of a respectable family who goes to the bad, or u} drunken, loafing, no-account boy that some one doesn't sigh sympathetically | | and say’ what a “good mother” he or she had. In almost every murder trial | the tragic figure is, not the prisoner at the bar, but a broken-hearted, saintl looking old woman. The “good mother” who is going to the foot of the gallows with her prodigal son or daughter. ‘l Undoubtedly the mothers of criminals have nearly all thought that they were good mothers. Assuredly every mother who is spoiling her children thinks he is a good mother because she puts her children before herself, and because | she works her fingers to the bone for them and never censiders her own pleasure {or comfort where they are concerned. But these are not good moshers, they are the worst possible mothers. They are their children's most deadly enemies. |and in their blind devotion they do their children a greater injury than malice self could invent. HO, then, is a good mother? A good mother is a woman who prepares her | children for life. For example, look at Mrs, A. Mrs. A. considers herself a | z00d mother because she adores her children, and since the day her first baby | was born she has never done anything but hang over them. and worry about them, for they are not naturally robust children, and they are always having colds and catching infactions But Mrs. A isn't a good mother. She isn't doing her best to give her children health and strength with which to fight the battle of life. She can't bear to deny her darlings anything, so she lets Johnny munch candy and drink soda water all day, which so destroys his appetite that he never eats a sub- { stantial, nourishing meal. And she lets Janey, who is thin, hysterical and overwrought, go to the movies three or four times a week, and sit up as late as the grown-ups. By the (ime they are 35 or 40 they will break down with some stomach disorder and nervous prostration And there is Mrs. B, who Is sure she is a good mother because she will not admit to herself that her children have a fault Still less does she try to correct them. When Johnny quarrels with the teacher and won't go to school it is always because the teacher doesn't understand him and is unjust. When Bobby starts half a dozen different things and never. finishes any one of them if is because he is so temperamen When Tommy gorges himself on ple and | makes himself sick it is because he has such a sweet tooth. When Sammy flies into unrestrained rages and strikes out blindly in his anger, it is because had.bhmwd the Thompson temper that mother is sure he will outgrow by and by. | another And because mother was too good. too sweet and tender to discipline her | children and to teach them to curb their appetites and to hold them with a strong hand to their duty, Johnny grows up an uneducated boor, Bobby is a quitter, Tommy becomes a drunkard and one day when he saw red Sammy committed murder And look at Mrs. C. Such a good mother herself to her daughters. Why | hat since she began buying real Look at the way she sacrificed she has never had a single decent dress or lace to put on her first layette. Wears the cast-off finery. Siis up nights darning their silk stockings and laundering their lingerie. Does all the cooking, washing and scrubbing so Mamie's and Sally's hands may be soft and manicured ws over the kitchen stove while they are lying on the couch reading the novel But the result of Mrs handiwork is that she turns out on the world two or three pretty, selfish, spoiled. extravagant girls, who have never given a thought to anything but their own personal appearance and thelr own pleasure ‘They marry. and are a curse to their husbands because they have not been taught anything about how to make a home, or been given any sense of re- sponsibility. They quarrel with their husbands because they are expected to act like reasonable human beings ead of pampered babies. Nine-tenths of | women's disappointment in marriage is the result of their thinking that their husbands would go on spoiling them the way their mothers did. INJ©: the good mother is not the overloving. overindulgent. soft mother. The | good mother is the woman who recognizes that life is a fight from start to finish, who trains her children for it. and who puts into their hands the | weapons with which they may win through to victory. She hardens them. She vr:rh"h( them endurance. She breeds strength and courage and determination into them. You can teach a babe in the cradle to bite back its cries, or to howl to Heaven for the moon. You can teach the little toddler how to take care of itself and stand on its own feet, or else you can make it & weakling that will hang on to somebody's hand as long as it lives. You can teach the smallest child to earry on after it has become discouraged and wants to quit. You can | teach it to be efficient. You“can teach it habits of industry and thrift, and {how to handle money, cven when it has only a few pennies to spend. You | can teach it to control its appetites and its temper. You can teach ft con- sideration for other people, and politeness, and good manners, and when you have done these things you have fitted it for life. You have insured its success | and happiness. And no mother i< a | DOROTHY DIX That is what every woman ecan do for her children good mother who does not do it (Conyricht PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICE BY WIL] 1928 BRADY, M. D, { cap'in Bentlly say | do much dond—he : | challenge | farmsides, | colleges and churches, { ent These | One Family Has Hard Luck. A man residing in a city of the near West contributes this interesting ob- servation: “If my memory is correct, in one | of your recent articles you expounded | the theory that cancer is not heritable If you have a few moments to read this letter the facts set forth may in- | terest you. “My grandmother died in 1882 with cancer of the breast. Her second daughter died in 1898 with cancer of the intestine. Her oldest daughter, my mother, died of cancer of the liver in 1906, Her third daughter was cured of a cancer on the back of her hand by Dr of this city by radium treatments. Her fourth daughter is| now in hospital, where she has had a cancer of the breast re moved. Her third son died in 19 with cancer of the bladder. Her grand- | son, died in 1926 with in- testinal cancer exactly the same as his mother had in 1898. Last month an- other grandchild, Mrs. . died | in Washington with cancer of the breast. Another grandchild. Mrs - is at present in a hospital in | - ~ suffering with a cancer. “If cancer is not heritable, then this family history is certainly a curious coincidence. “You may well imagine that 1 am very deeply interested and would be pleased to receive any advice you see fit to offer. By the foregoing you see that I have lost my grand- mother, my mother, one aunt, one uncle and two cousins through cancer | besides having at this writing an aunt and a cousin in hospitals with cancer, and the aunt cured of cancer on the hand by radlum. If this family his- tory is of any use in combating this disease you mey use it s vou wish.” This is indeed an extraordinary fam- ily history. 1 am unable to say whether it is the most extraordinar: | one on record, but unquestionably few iamilies suffer so much from cancer We don't know anything about the inheritance of cancer. We don't know the nature or cause of cancer, and we | can only base a surmise upon the char- acteristics of the disease or diseases we | call cancer. That surmise, the con- ensus of medical opinion, is that can- cer is not inherited. In the overwhelm- | | ot ing majority of cases, cancer appears to be a casual happentng, though the malady is universal and a case occurs now and then in every family. Were it available, the family history of the grandmother would be {lluminat- ing. Were her forbears afMicted with cancer? | The remarkable frequency of cancer in this family may indicate some un- known factor or cause to which the family has been peculiarly exposed. Three of the cancer victims have res slded far from the home community, | at least iately, but that would not ex- | clude the unknown local factor. for it may be that cancer develops only after the lapse of an interval 5 If all of these vicfims of cancer had suffered from diabetes or tuberculosis or lead poisoning instead of cancer, the family history might not seem so im- pressive as a manifestation of bad in- | heritance. We should rather deduce | that the family traits of living, cus- | toms, habits probably had something to | do with it. We are not warranted in | taking a differgnt line of reasoning, on the basis of our present knowledge of cancer | Dr. Maude Slye has shown that cer- | tain families of mice inherit cancer, | and certain families inherit a degree immunity against cancer, that is, | mouse cancer. Her work is of great | value, but we have no good reason to | believe that the condition called mouse cancer is the same thing as cancer in man, Without scientific proof of the tdentity or even a striking similarity | of mouse cancer and cancer in man, | Dr. Slye's studies cannot be accepted applying to human cancer, and so far as I know no medical authority on the subject has accepted Slye's work as applying to man Of course, we may be wrong about it it is only our theory. Cancer may be | heritable, though surely it must be only feebly heritable, for otherwise the dis- ease would annihilate the race in time. Maybe it is fortunate for the race that cancer does not develop, as a rule, until the victim has had sufficient years of adult respite to raise a family. (Copyright. 1928 The longest non-stop airplane flight made by a woman, Mrs. F. T. Courtney, was accomplished in an &00-mile jour- ney from Friedrichshafen, on Lake Con stance, to England N ot only is Black Flag the deadl sect=ki also get twice & for your m iest liquid in- Iler—but yon much oney. Only 43 ‘ cents for a full pint. Other ligquids cost BLACK Rome prefer Binck Flag Kidquid to kill Aying pe e files, mosquitoes, ete. — i | only a half-pint. 30 cents for (Money back if not absolutely satisfied.) FLAG Risck Flag Powder Millernwling pe reaches, ants, stc. @ 1938, B. 7. On SONNYSAYINGS BY FANNY Y. CORY. 2 Y PO I'm spittin’ on my bait fer luck; at'z the fing to do, but I don’t know will plain white spit its brown (Copyright, 1928.) A Sermon for Today RY REV. JOHN R. GUNN. America’s Prayer Today. Text: “Pray ve therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest."—Luke. One of our poets pictures America as | she stood before the first footprints of civilization were made upon her savage shores. He represents her as lifting her eyes to Heaven in carnest prayer to God and saying monntains. my plang purpose Bine prayer has been marvelously But. somebody else has rep- praying today answered resented America As prayer me men to maich my devils: me men to mateh my evils th conscience in their bosoms tions in their he Surely America needs to pray thi prayer today, and pray it very ea nestly. The answer to that first praye was the Pilgrim Fathers and their early successors. Brave and men were these pioneers. lenge they had to face was a wilderness desert, the wild beast, the Indian and his tomahawk. How well they met this is witnessed today by a mighty empire teeming with cities, busy mills, factories, crowded marts of trade and commerce, schools, We of the pres- face a challenge of another kind one requiring even greater courage and daring. The evils of citles are worse BEAUTY CHATS Coarse Pores. now and then examine your skin for blemishes. The daily routine such as I suggest from time to time | shonld keep your skin so clean that it would not blemish. But there are some- | { times reasons of health or temporary physical reasons which produce coarse | pores and ugly marks. Watch for them and cure them as soon as they appear. | The daily routine s to cleanse the Every BY EDNA KENT FORBES My idea is that yow dry up the pimple at once so it disappea: D. A. B. R—For the enlarged pores over the nose follow carefully the in- structions_given above. B. G.—~Dampened laundry starch rub- bed into soiled pores and left te dry will cleanse and bleach the skin some- what like the packs. Any such method of cleansing should be followed hy 2 thorough massage of cream or oil tn make up to the skin the loss of the natural secretions that have been ab- sorbed by the starch x.2. | face last thing at night with a light| M J. P.—It would be much better cleansing eream, and to wash this from | for vou to have the doctor prescribe for the skin by holding over it a cloth | you than to continue taking tablets that wrung from hot wafer. After this a|are thinning to your blood. when that nourishing cream should be used if the may not be what is causing the trouble complexion is dry or if there are|with ycur skin wrinkles, or a mild astringent if the R. V. W.—Try massaging vour scalp pores are noticeable. In the mo a v and include a good hair tonie | quick cold cream rub, a thorough wash- every other day ing with soap and hot water. a hot and B.—Massaze the thin places on your leas, using some nourishing oil cold rinse. This should be enough a thoroughly cleansing and mildly| G. C. M.—The proportions for an | astringent. treatment, but if there are a | Epsom salts bath are from twn to three lot of very coarse pores a cloth should | handfuls of the salts to hal a bath- be wrung from hot water at bedtime | tubful of hot water and held over the face for at least three iscouraged Brunette —Sage tea is | minutes Then the cleansing cream is | made by steeping the herb in boiling rubbed on, being doubly effective ba- | water. The effect of this tea on colar- cause the pares of the skin are opened | ing grav hairs is so slight that it is un- | by the heat. The cream should be rub- | satisfactory. A henna shampon will | bed in thoroughly and wiped off with | not harm your hair and will tint these | a cloth wrung from hot water. and then | stray white hairs o they are not no- | the skin should be examined again for | ticeable when combed into the rest of | blackheads, and if there are any these | your hair. | should be squeezed out, this being an . | ideal time to do it. | Coarse blackheads can be kept away by this means and the whole texture of | the skin made fine and clear. Pimples are a harder problem. As soon as a | pimple_appears you should go on a | fruit and vegetable diet for at least one day to clear the skin, and you should also take a laxative. Meantime a little | wad dipped in solution made of acetan !ilide and alcohol should be put o | each pimple and kept there, being wet | occasionally as it dries. As much ace- tanilide is used as the alcohol will hold. | D Cream Doughnuts. Beat one egg with half a cupful of | sugar until light. add half a cupful of cream and milk, a pinch of salt, and one teaspoonful of vanilla. Mix well then add about four cuofuls of flour sifted with two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, using a little more than four cupfuis of fiour if necessary to make a dough that can be handled. Roll out and cut with a douzhnut ter. Prv in deep fat on paper and roll e~ch doughnut in powdered sugar. sturdy | The chal- | } | | | than those of the wilderness. Civilized | devils are harder to conquer than wild beasts and uncivilized savages. match the devils and evils that chal- lenge us todav_we need to pray for men devoted to the purpose of making America a righteous as well as & pros- perou. nation. and to this end ready to make any ger. More this is than any other, | the’ prayer Ameriea needs to pray. (Conrrizht MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. 1998) To Make a Neat Bed. One Mother Says I could not get my little daughter to take any Interest in making her bed well. One day I conceived the idea of playing “Hospital.” She was the nurse and I the superintendent. This plan worked remarkably well and now she succeeds in getting her “hospital cor- ners” and also in making a bed which is free from wrinkles and in which the imaginary patient may pass a restful night. Fresh Peach Pie. Line a pie plate with pastry rolled one-eighth inch thick. Peel ripe peaches, cut in half and remove pits. Place close together cut side up in the pie_pan with one tablespoon of flour and sprin file over hot oven for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to a moderate oven. or 375 degrees, .and continue cooking 20 to 30 minutes longer or until the crust is well browned and the peaches tender Chill and serve with a garnish of whipped cream, or with a meringue made from the stifly beaten whites of iwo eggs mixed with four tablespoons of powdered sugar I Saved a $2.50 Cleaner’s Bill “Those spots on the sleeve were all that needed cleaning. So L spent a few cenrs for a Jar of Solvite dry cleaning soap and saved the cost of having the whole suit cleaned and pressed. Solvite will save me many dollars around the house.” (e Everything (hat wauld be harmed hy ardinary w0ap and water ean he made 10 loak like sew A dry cleaning with Salvile, the marvelous new dry cleaning soap. dissalved in gasone, Sui b g Sk g bty B g many other things come out hright and newlnok= ing. 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