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pow.GRANT FLEMING, M. B., ASSOCIATE, SECRETARY
CONTACTS
In discussing the communicable
diseases the term "contacts"
quently used, and it is desirable that,
there should bee a gener'al uind v�stan
ding,.of they'meaning of 'the term.
Thus . co p n r�rcal)le °di ea es; ' i e
- r
caused: by, serms.: Each 'disease has
b,ata own particular,. germ. • Most ybf • the
conirq n c bl
tete. i a,. a di $eases, ale, s, read in
a ;fai :1'....:
r direr manner ;" r ` `
Y t r by t aaisfer
Ouchsooreiiona ass ''
, aliva, from; the
siek •to • tie • •welt , . ,
h Thespread •of %tlte
disease .
re ...rte .,.'
qui • that there. b'e'' suf
ficientl'y•;in"-~ae
t' dontact between_
the -••sigh erson-jand-et-hers-16-situw-
for the transference of •,germ':;laden.
Secretions: Those who , have been
close to the sick person, Such as the'
members • of the , family, • are known
r as "contacts .
Because -,contacts 'hav'e :been, expos-
': ed to. the disease, they 'are as. a.'r'ule
•quarantined''for that•'period• of, til e
which 'the' disease takes to devel ; ,
�1'his .peria3':is'tihe `"n`cu'liatioii. •per=
iod": of the 'disease, and .varies for
the different , communicable diseases;
therefore the period of quarantine of.
contacts variles .Ai -cording' to the
- "` ease: The contacts
are =quarantined
because, 'if they. are. 'developing . the
disease,' they' •may pass it on to oth
•
•
ers before the .appearance of such
typical "symptoms as' a rash. A not-
,
ble example of this,is measles. Be-
fore • the rash appears the patient has
what.seems to be a cold in the head.
During thetime the '.nose is running,
•and the patient is coughing And sriiee'-
•she-s:pxeads-the. disease, .indeed
.the ""disease IS spread most f re. uently
at this time- -before the,rash appears.
Tuberculosis' is a disease ' in, `which
the' -contacts • receiv„e. a great deal. ,df.
attention] '~It `,is' amopgat the 'contacts
Txh'e
-children and, adults wino' have
beenliving with • .i the "se thatone
hca
looks tor "new' hint unsuspected- canes.:
Tuberculosis,_ie. a chronic disease and.
•�asna•11y-leve t,ps-s1YrvVlq; oft is that
.the -'contacts. of..tu.berculosis.:should be_
under, medical' supervision for several
years.
Obviously one 'should. avoid becom
ing a` "contact"; this is another :way,
of sayingthat one' should, avoid 'ex-
posure to disease The, "contact is
Practically •free•-fr.'ona-danger'-if -•pro •
per precautions are taken, It is care-'
leanness, -orignorance; or Contact With--
unknown
ithunknown easesthat ' is chiefly re-.
sponsible for- the spread Of communi-
cable-diseases:
ommunicable-diseases
• Questions concerning Health, ad
dressed -to. -the-Canadian Medical -As=
sooiation- 184 College Street, Toronto
Will be answered personally by letter.°
•
CONQ'UEROR'' OF DARKNESS'
When recent news dispatches re-
lated how , Helen. Keller -had been.. pre-'
, sented_...ta.theirrnajesties at. a Buck-
ingham`Palace garden party• and that
=Queen Mary -and the blind, .deaf-, 'duinb
v. oman had conversed •whenthe lat-
ter placed her fingers on 'her majes,
ty's lips •and throat, the world re=
called 'one of :the most thrilling_ con-
quests of physical tribulation ' 'ever.
imposed 'upon a human being. _ -
Victim of threedread . afflictions,
her. She. would put • this into Hel-
en's hand and spell "d -o -l -1-y" by the
symbols of the •hand -manual alpha-
bet intw`thd child's palm. 'Then she
-Would---hold-one- hand- opera, -and
the, ether, ruove,:Helen''s' 'fingers to
spelt "d -o-] --l" inti the.. pahn again.-
:Because her illness had come at such
an• early :age' it must: be remembered
that the child was, to. all ' purposes,
asif she had, been born blind, deaf
,antl„..dtuli.ki.'��lis' had no • c
ntentetry_9£_everjaving beard a sound
seen a ray of light, or .uttered a
:Helen 'Keller 'yet succeeded in earn- word., ' - • • . .
••ing-o.. Bachelor ,'.of Arts- degree. with .0.11duai.ly',, :by spelling', word's and
" "especial mention for excellence ' in .repeating single letter's, • her concep
English literature." She ,dresses and tion of 'names at entities was bfoken
.undresses herself, types her ownman= down and the idea of. individual let-.;
,uscripts, eats: unaided, plays solitaire ters, out • of .which (words could: be
by using: cards with raised 'markings, :built; was: 'su•bstituted. It required•
plays checkers• on • a' . board whose on the part of Miss °Sullian tremens
squares rare- hellowed eat 'to.hold. the dour patience and ' resourcefulness;
' 'pieces, and walks in the garden ,of on the ,part of Helen Keflex, ''a 'mita_
- her, home 'With no 'one •but Hans, •the cufous, philosophy.
Great I1'ane dog,. to guide fieri-"" Two""iss Sullivan i:hen devised ameth=
years ago, she, spent• the summer at od of speech based on• the classifica-
a Canadian lake. and insisted' on hay- tion of all sounds 'as nasal, labial or'
ing ropes strung along the paths and guttural: Accordingly, the 'chi'ld was -
out into the water in .order that she tar:ght°.to place herthumb on, the
might walk and swim alone.'hssen- speaker's - throat, • the firsttivo • fin-.
tlally-gay and spirited, .she still must' gens "en her lips, and the third•,at the
know intolerable .moments of de'pres- side of 'the nose. By this means, she
siorr. She hides these 'moods •and per- learned.- to' i•ecognize . the . various
mits no one to. express his pity.'. , sound; and • then to pronounce ''them.
• ' Daughter of a land-poor southern. The.. first. sentence she yearned .. to
- er --Helen-K-Slifer:-'was-born-a-normal- - , • vs:---"i•--ani: tet-itinrb--now:"--
ehild:in-June,• 1880. At the. 'age. . of One of those epic sentences, it has
nineteen months, an attack of brain been used in lectures 'and.. recently
fever left her blind, •deaf and. dumb. on the newsreel. It proves an, in
When ' her father became a district., fi'nit'ly moving climax when 'Miss
r -_succi . labor.=
kcar--Keifer-
'r ._ rr aa.Ls in he ,.
iararshaL'.:at-� salary..ai �6t000 -,n-,: l�lk. r �p
:he had the money enough. to provide ing voice: "Ah -See anrmm nnnot ha-
expert..cats for' his daughter. He dummm nnn-moo !",
-wrote , to 'the.. Perkins Institute .at
• Boston and• a young. teacher, Anne.
Sullivan, ' was sent as' Helen's men-
tor and companion. The child' was
•
The rest of her training was ra-
pid. At a women's.. college, n,ye Sul=: ding theatres- mrd haaving--Mis::Macy-
livan 'spelled the lectures into her spell • the action in her palm, Helen
pupil's hand and read assiglunents Keller '•dreams fitfully •and torment-
. thenei ht..The two have been in aloud while Helen placed her fingers edly that night, vainly trying to pie -
separable companions e yer since. - on the Tormer's •`1i:gn. --She- -took --her- -ture•-the - progress •Of• -the .drama_ she• .
Miss Perkins brought la dol', with 0,egroe,. graduated Co the accompani= has been told about but never saw.
WifiltECHtIRCH
1VIr..4nd• ?Ars,: James St. 'Marie eels-
`bratell their silver wedding, Thera
,day, August..,18th.4 We. wiskp thetxli.:
awl 'itioTeeturns' of the
'Miss Gladys Garton returned , to
London after spending her holidays
at -her home 'here: • • •
Miss Annetta Fisher is spending a
week at Brucefield with her friend,
'Miss Molly. Pepper.'• ' •
Mr, and Mrs. Harry Lees and,John
Rantoul. of Toronto, visited 'at the
home -of the latter'$: parents, Mr.
and• Ml:s. Alex .Rintoul. • '
• lVl'r. and Mrs; John Reid '' of *barn
•and, Mrs. Rob.' McLeod and children
of•'•Chicago ,;spent'• an evening with
Mrs A.. •k'ox in the village.,' • .
Miss: Catherine •,Paterson, `had: ' her
tonaila rem
o
ved East :week:in ,Wiii
hanmo-
• Mrs.'a
tt:• •Tailor r' r
`e
omp t•he
we
s
t
•:Askingwth her sist>r and bother
-.Mia.s aria M
Camp bell
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a r
a v
• .:rel t es
'd other, m. be14
end
Mr.' and Mrs. „ Wilbert 'Thom *,-:,of
Auburn-.spent,..sian.ay w.ttrip arm
Mrs. J. S. Craig
.;,Mrs. Green is at the home of :1rer`
parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. Henry, while
Mr: Green had an operation for •'ap-
pendicitis • in, Stratford hospital'. We
hopee' to hear of his speedy recovery.
We :are 'sorry to', 'report the death
of Mr Dan McInnes efuneral Was
__ Pres
bt
e ce' rhe
on . S'unday, s rm Y
er-
ian-ehurch,v.,wiiich was filled with -old -
friends. The-s'mpathy-:
of the .'com'munity. .is extended ' to
his. aged ,partner and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Almer. Alton "of Ash-
field' spent' Sunday `at the .home of
Joseph Tiffin in the . village.
Mrs. D. Gifli'es' and son, Jaek spent
Sunday :with Mr. and 'Mrs. -:Ab. Cam
eron of. Ashfield.. , •
Mr. and -Mrs. Geo: Mowbray' . , and
€ami ly of New Market visited, with..
Mr. and 'Mrs. John. Mowbray during
the week. , ; ' • •
M'r. and, .Mrs. Geo. P.terson ,of .T:or-
onto visited'•with'Mr. and Mrs. Henry.
Petersen.'
WhitTelffi rcl`i• sclsonl-Wilt•"re=-open-err
Thursday, September 1st. ' .
Ment of 'front-page news,. went on a
lecture, tour: In subsequent . years,
she_. wrote' three '• books-"Optilnistn,"
"The Story of My . 'Life" •' and ."TI►e .
World. I Live In." All have” had wide
sales. • '
__#'nne. Sullivan fell • in love _with
John 'Macy, the Poet and critic, .arid
married him::'hle'lerr Keller stayed
with them, but later' Mrs: • Macy and.
her husband separated.• She remained
with Helen, Mrs -Macy is now past
sixty and her own' eyesight is failing.
Ilelen •Keller is still a busy woman.
She ,still' has a heavy daily,. mail.
Cu] iously enough, she holds a strong-
erar -merr: -Strangers--offer-
PP
.to 'guide her through- a factory; the
captain of an ocean 'liner 'sends her
a little compass, its .points marked
in, raised 'type;' a globe-trotting 're-
porter writes 'he'r. of',his• wanderings..
She is now 51. Her hair is - graying.
•She: is;.'stocky rather than tall.. Her
eyes are blue and have none of that
lack -lustre quality usual' to the 'blind,
When she talks,'her eyes'take on an
gird-loci,--at'yoir-as-she
talks. A friend of hers plays his ban-
jo;•'she touches the ,rim -of the instru-,
ment and "hears" the, melodies; she
"listens" to the radio by the touch of
her',fir ers.; recently. -..she. Rent for ,an,
aeroplane ride and was thrilled by
the vibration. One enjoyment, 'how-
ever, has its aftermath. After atteri-
A FAIR EXCI-IANGEI
Do You Want or Can You Supply, Any of These?
Farm "
. _..Honey i' • .
Poultry
Potatoes'
Preaerves. ••
. 'Cordwood ' J
Live Stock
Seed Grain
Young -Pugs '
Baby Chicks
Maple Syrup
Shrubs . or Plants
•
Hay
_Pets
Trucking
Used Piano.
Auto' Parts
Lost Article
Found Article
House and Lot
Money to Loan
Furni'shi+d Room •'
Moveable luilding.
Second Hand Articles
Clerk
Board
Situation
Saleslady
• Housemaid -
Farm •Help,
Stenographer
•Rented House
Money on Mortgage
Business Opportunity
And Many Other Articles
and Services
a Classified Advertisement in
Wily Not Try . • •
no -Sentinel
They Get Results aid Cost But Little
er
CRETE
Mr-' and Mrs. Marvin Duriiin..'spent
Sunday with their aunt, Miss. Letitia
Dreaney; of Dungannon. • ,
Mrs :Clifford Webb of'''Goderieh
visiting her sister, Mrs. Matt:. Shack-
Teton. • `.
Mrs. Gordon. 'of Lucknpw' and. Mrs.
Campbell of Donnybrooks visited the
past week- with Mrs, Crazier.
• Mr. and Mrs.. .George -.Hunter and
family, Mr. and ,.Mrs. : John Bradley
and f, amity, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs, Wilfred Drennan.
Miss : Beatrice Treleaven. iso visit-
Ing friends in ' Lucknow and : Zion..
Mr. -and - Mrs. Raymond,.
. Finn ga
n
an famity„ s ent Sun '-`-wrth�e-
:grave
ffiehds.- '
Mi s' Lorena,.' Crozier' is spending'
a' few days with'her cousin MissJean
Cam
•Mpbell;. P .
l`• - n
'-f� 'arid' .Mrs.. A,berb • Aikens a d
daughter Lou'spent a -lay recently
;with Mit.: and Mrs. Bert; Hrel'eaven:
11xi s.',Co ,a Frani am o!,9411g491,110 •
sp. nt .,te* . day. with he, obnain
Mims Beth' McConnell.'
Mrs.. Rout -Treleaven,--spent-the
weekend with ...her:son.Bert_and,..Mrs.
Treleaven. "
Mrs. Henry Granot of Vancouver,,
is Visiting her mother, ,Mrs. •'Wm:
Durnin. • -
,EVERY
DESCRIPTION:
PRODUCED
AT 'MODERATE PRICES
NEW . AND INFOATION
.
OR T} E USX . AR:IE.
(Furnished by. the Ontario Department of Agriclulture)
Preliminary estimate of the yield
per acre of. various crops. over the
•province• is' as followsi Wheat, 30.1
bushels; fall rye, 17.2 bush.ls; hay,
and clover, tons per. 'acre, 1.37;.• alfal-'
fa, tons per acre, first cutting, 1.79.
Ontario's Pear •Clop.•
Prospects. are' reported to be ex-
ceptionally . good' for a 'large large • pear
"top in Ontario. The trees came :