New Britain Herald Newspaper, December 10, 1928, Page 2

~ CHRISTMAS SEALS WAR AMMUNTTION Bat the War Is Against Increase of Tubercalosis The patient lay on the bed in the sick room. The house was strangely quiet. Only a few minutes before the hearse had driven away from the door. The cortege had borne to his last resting place the wage earner of the family, a victim of tubercu-| losis. Tomorrow the ambulance would come to carry the wife and mother to the sanatorium. The county home seemed the only the children were concerned. The future looked dark, and it was dark. A vear later the three orphaned | children followed another procession to the graveyard. Tuberculosis had | claimed another victim. The years passed on and the chil- dren were married and had families| of their own. History repeated it- sl and again the head of the fam- i was found to be scriously ill Yamily fortune had not been so prosperous and the call for a doc- tor was delayed as long as possible Finally father's congh becama alarming, the family physician called in. One glance was enough, the word “tuberculosis” echoed through that household like sledge hammor blows upon the hearts of | its members. Too well did the hus- band and father remember the pas: ing of his parents. Often had th little wife been told how her h band became an orphan The fear of the white plague had been drilled into the breasts of the chil- dren almost from the time they first toddled across the nursery floor. But the physician also knew the story. He had attended the hus- band’s parents. “This time, we are not too late. We've still got time’ he added. Arrangements were made immediately to send father to a sanatorium. There he gradually gained his strength. But the story does not end there. The wife became ill. veloped a cough which racked her whole body. The physician shook his head. “You'vo got to have some ex- pert help here,” he sald. “We can't lot this thing get another start.” Her fears confirmed, the mother visioned her children becoming érphans. The physician reported to the board of health. “Another case—a mild one.” The health department passed on a report to the Tubercu- losis Relief association. Miss Ventlie answer 8o far as| ! needs She too de-| nurse in charge, her assistant, Mra. Salina Anderson, or Miss Bernadotte Labadee, the board of health nurse, called at the stricken home. The mother ill, the home neglect- ed. Remnants of the last meal stood on the kitchen table, drawing flies. An odor of stagnant air filled the house. The bed clothing had not been changed for scveral days. The floor was untidy. The mother real- ized the situation, but being too sick to help, only worried. The nurse took off her coat and hat, and rolled up her sleeves and | thinga began to move. Three young- { sters stood around, eyes wide open. mouths open in astonishment as they saw this strange woman heat water, take a bucket and scrub brush and attack the Kitchen floor. But nurses_especially Visiting Nurs- es and T. B. Relief nurses, must do many things besides take tempera- tures and hold patient's hands. The house was cleaned, baby's milk was warmed, the bed clothing was changed, warm broth or a cup of then the older children were cleaned up and sent to school. Yes, all this is part of the regu- |lar job. Even more. The nurse takes the patient's daily health rec- ord for the information of the doc- tor. The windows are opened to let in fresh air and permit the escape of the poisonous bad air. Instructions are left for the chil- dren to appear at a clinic for ex- amination and advice. “We can cure the parents, but we'll prevent the children from being ill, and stop this T. B. from going through the family,” says the nurse. And so the work goes on. Patients ar> cared for according to their every day if necessary. Twice each | week the children call at the clinic where they are examined and ad- vised how to grow up to be strong healthy men and women. Dr. Ernest Shoemyen, an expert on internal af- | fairs of the body, is on hand to ad vise and care for the sick and to | help keep the well from getting sick. | | Later when father comes home }Irom the sanitarium, cured. and | mother again is able to resume her | housework, Dr. Shoemyen decides jwhat father or mother's capacity is | for work and how far they may go |in taxing their strength. But administering curative treat- ments to patients and preventive measures to incipient patients, does not end the nurse's job. Not fre- quently the family income is cut off when father becomes ill and it is the nurse’s job to get into touch | with the Welfare association and the department of public welfare to sec that there is no interruption in the supply of food, clothing !warmth to the family. Often the physician's prescriptions must be hot coffce was made for the patient, ' The nurse visits the heme and | NEW RRITAIN DAILY AERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1928, |This is the nurse's job also. To take care of all this work, New B.itain people now are being asked {to purchase Christmas stamps. More than ever before is help needed in fighting the spread of tuberculosis. All agencies are cooperating. The United corporation aids; the board of health provides one nurse; the superintendent of the New Britain General hospital, Dr. T. Eben Reeks, is vice president and th: business | manager of the hospital, William S. Cannon, is treasurer. The situation is serious. During th: year now drawing to a close, 350 New Britain people have faced the fact that they were suffering from th: disease; 65 sorrowing, heart broken gamilies followed 65 hearses | t the cemetery—65 victims whom !the Tuperculosis Reliet association | cannot bring home again. But there are hundreds of others | who can be saved, thousands children who can be shielded against tle disease. The liberal purchase of Christmas seals will help. | In New Britain lust year the United Community corporafion raised a paltry .,500 to aid in this work; the health board contributed $100 and the salary of one regular nurse; the sale of Christmas seals brought in $2,400, making a total of enly §8,000. | 'The efficers of the association are making an appeal to New Britain | people to purchase Christmas stamps and save lives. HIDZS RINGS IN CAR, BUT BANDITS NAB AUTO! thone. Ind, Woman Thinks She Fools Chicago Hold-up Men, But Was Entirely Wrong. Chicago, Dec. 10 (#)—Mrs. A. L. | Ikubel of Laporte, Ind., had heard all about Chicago. So she knew just what to de when two villainous look- her husband had just brought to a stop for a traffic signal. ing men approached the sedan which | 'LUCITN KLOTZ UPSET OYER NEW YORK STOCKS Minister of Finance In Clemenceau’s Wartime Cabinet Collapses After Hectic Selling. Paris, Dec. 10 P — Tremendous losses on the New York stock ex- ! change during the last few days were said today by associdtes of Lucien Klotz, minister of finance, in Ciem- enceau's wartime cabinet, to have resulted in his collapse. M. Kiotz who is the owner of a large perfume cstablishment is a patient at La Malmaison sanitarium. The former minister is the fourth I'rench statesman to be received since the armistice at the sanitarium which was once the home of Na- poleon’s divorced empress, Joseph- ine. Paul D'Eschanel, former presi- dent; Rene Viviani, former premier, and Stephen Pichon, former for- cign minister, have been patients in the institution during the last ten vears. WARRANT FOR ARREST FOR CHICAGO SANTA Irate Kris Kringle Aims “Haymaker” | For Youth, Misses, and Cohen Loses Teeth, Chicago, Dec. 10 (®—If all the children are out of the roem, here's bit of news for the grown folks: here's a wartant out for Santa Claus. Jolly old Kris Kringle punched a man on the jaw and knocked some BEWARE THE ‘What Mrs. Rubel krfew was that these men were avaricious to the point of larceny. With unerring feminine instinct she quickly took her ringi d other valuables, worth | 8600 altogether, and drcpped them |ina door pocket of the car. ! Mrs. Rubel was right; the men were footpuds. They demanded money, and got $20 from Rubel and | $2 from his wife. Mrs. Rubel smiled when she thought of how she had come from Laporte and flim flammed the Chicago gutter-and-yegg men at their own pastime, Later, however, she was much chagrined when the rohbers ordered her and her husband from the car, Togan, executive secretary and head filled and needed supplies furnished. | got in themselves and drove away. teeth out. The man, Albert (‘ohn.' went te the police about it and inas- much as he didn't know 8t. Nick's real name, the warrant simply called for the delivery to the jail house of “Santa Claus.” Cohen was sfanding at Btate ana Randolph. 8o was Santa. 8o was a little boy. The little boy was con- sumed with an irresistible urge to investigate 8anta Claus’ whiskers. He ; wanted to twine his little fingers in | the snowy mane and pull. He did. The whiskers, -attached to a rubl lband. left a great gap below Santa’s: | chin, then suddenly snapped back {into place. When they snapped back, Santa howled. Hot under the collar did | not describe how Santa felt. He alse was hot above the collar. The previously jolly old 8t. Nick cut loose with a haymaker at the little rascal with the irresistible urge. The lad ducked neatly. Not so Mr. Cohen, who was standing directly be- hind, smiling broadly. Cohen's fail- ure to duck was responsible for the loss of several of his teeth. | Santa, with whiskers askew, fled. 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