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By Edward A. Ingham, Boston,
Mass.
Have you caught your regular
autumn oold yet. If not, why not
-do without it this year?
Colda are not entoyable and yet
thousands of people have the habit
and expect to eaten a more or less
serious told several times each year
and never realize that eolds are
among the most readily preventable
diseases. Even if colds were a
pleasure they would be an expen-
sive one, since a cold so slight as to
allow the patient to continue to
work and to do without a doctor
will, nevertheless, affect the speed
or efficiency of his work, and this
deoreesed earning capacity will be
felt either by himself or by his em-
ployer. Every one of us can recall
times when a stiff cold in the head
has made us slow and awkward in
mind as well ae in body.
More serious and -expensive than
the temporary effects are those re-
eults which come after. Normal-
ly, if the body is in good condition,
our strength should be sufficient for
our needs and allow us to live a,
long and healthy life. On the other
hand, when disease, even the slight-
est mid, gets into the body some of
our strenth must be used in driv-
ing it. out again, and the result is
that the body is weakened and tem-
porarily left with deficient reserve
strength. In this condition other
diseases readily find a foothold, and
this is the reason that we find Pneu-
monia, quinsy, tuberculosis., Ines-
eles, ecarlet fever, and so on, often
following close on the heels of a
cold, especially where the patient
suffers from chronic colds.
Dcatlip; From Cold
Let us consider how serious these
diseases are. From the latesib re-
port of the 'United States bureau of
the census we learn that in the
year 1912 over one hundred and
twenty-five thousand people in this
country died with pneumonia.
Think of it -125.000! If one hun-
dred and twenty-five are killed in a
train 'wreck the papers from. New
York to San Francini.? tell it in
their headlines, bee here wo have a
thousand times as many dying from
a disease which might have been
prevented, and the papers do not
consider it of enough importance to
mention. More.rSeople die each year
from pneumonia, than die from con-
sumption, Bright's disease, cancer,
or apoplexy.
Consumption or tuberculosis of
the lungs is a dote second to pneu-
ea,uses each year and, wita the
ether forms of tuberculesis, it kill-
ed 140,000 in the year. Add to this
the other diseases of the respiratory
tract: bronchitis.. with 18,000 deaths;
influenza with 10,000; cliptheria
with 17,000, and whooping -cough
with nearly 5.000, and we have a
death roll which would rank with
that of the European war, yet; we
take no notice of it, refuse to no-
propriate money for health work,
and care -too little to even look out
for our own personal health.
All of these diseasee are supposed
to be caused by bacteria, and one
might °conclude that there was no
danger exeept when exposed to an
active case of the disease., This ie
net true, The baoteria of pilau-
Monia and influenza are net infre-
quently found in the throats, of per -
feebly wolf permits, • As long ss the
In the •Ruins of BeautifulMalines.
The German garrison at Malities sittiog among the ruins of the once .beautiful eitY.
„to foul with carbon dioxide and
other excretions from ethe system
that the unpleasant odor is quickly
noticeable to one coating into a
roomful of people from the fresh
outside air; yet they continue to
breathe it, though they would be
-nauseated by the thought of eating
tree food from another persons
stomach, which contains no extra,'
tory products whatever.
. Rooms in a house should be well
ventilated duringthe day, and,
thoroughly aired out at. least twice
a day. The temperature should not
go above seventy degrees and, if the
air is pure and those in the rooms
have a good healthy eirculation of
blood, sixty-five degrees should be
sufficient. At night open all the
windows,. if possible. If you can
sleep out on a sleeping porch, so
much the better. - Avoid cold by
wearing outing flannel night
, clothes, if necessary, and using an
extra quilt. The mere breathing of
cold air will not hurt you if you are
in normal health. The old fear of
breathing night air is disappearing
and we now believe in the saying:
"The only night air that is danger-
ous is last night's air. Open the
windows :and let, it out."
. Take Some Exercise.
Get some exercise. If •your work.
is lacteal's, walk to ,your place of
employment and back.. Join a gym-
nasirtin class if you are seated at a
desk all day, or, if a gymnasium is
not available, buy a cord of wood,
An axe,and a, bucksaw,. and have
your private gymnasiumaiitthe back
yard. Exercise in the _open air is
best because there ismore oxygen Why Do Not Brook Fish Get Car-
te supply the increased demand of ried Out to 'Deep Waters.
a stimulated circulation of blood.
A good sweat every day helps to If you watch a °school of minnows
keep the pores of the skin open 'and in some stream that -has a.etrong
the body free from the excretions and swift enerent. you will see; that
which ordinarily ac-Mmulate. Ordi-
nary walking is not sufficient taken it'ahaeysonali7sapYlasinh.ea0ditluypsbtyrecarnone.tanTtlh;
&Dane. It must be rapid and there swimming- against the current can
should be some other exercise -pro- the brook fish remain a brook fish,
vided for the rest of . the body, and mot finally be carried ;oat to
Exercise will stimulatent,he bowels, sea, es the brook emptiesinto a
as well as the skin, and thus be -still river, and the- river empties into the
further be-neficial to health. ocean. -But we'eannot sujipose that
In connection with exercise it is the, brook freh.khotts that this will
extremely imporba:nt to keep the happen: if it- weekly allows._ the
skin clean. litany people lack stream to carry it, along: The young
shower baths and tabs, but the en- minnow is born with the inetinet
tire body °should be wa•shed every to resist the flow of the brook:
day if it is only ,with aeponge or he most natural suPPoeitioh-
wash cloth and a pail of -water. A would be that the instinct amounts
hot bath is a good thing at least to a tendency to push against the
once a week, but a cold bath in the pressure of the water t but experi-
morning will make one feel better ments have shown that it 18 not the
sense of tench, but the sense of
all day, and a bath afterthe work
of the day is 'refreshing and con- sight that plays the important part.
ducive to sound sleep. The instinct of the brook fish is not
Preventing Infection. . to swim ,against the current, but to
keep near the same "scenery" on
, The rare of the health and ..the the banks or bottom of the stream.
preservation of a good oireulation The experiments that proved this
and aotive kidneys, and bowels are were performed some years ago by
of first importance, but we must Prof. E. P. Lyon. He pub some
also protect ourselves as far -as little fish into a bottle filled with
possible from infection with the water, and corked the bottle, which
germs of colds: Probably you have he then placed in an aquarium,
noticed cases where a. cold, started whose sides had seaweed upon them.
by one member of a family, runs When he moved the bottle along by
through the, household until all the the wall, all the fish crowded to
others have caught it. This is part- the hinder end of the bottl•e.
ly due to lack of resistance by the course, there was no current in the
victims, but primarily to the heavy bottle. The fah were trying to keep'
infection spread by the original suf- alongside that part itf the seaweed-
ferer. Hoye you seen a man sneeze covered weal that was opposite
or cough when standing between them before the bottle was moved.
you and ithe light'? If so, you may In another exp,erian.eat, the pro -
have noticed the fine spray which fessor reversed the conditions. He
comes from his nose and meitith. made a wooden box with wire net -
The same thing is true to a less ex- ting at each end. Its bottom ' he
tent when one is talking, and per- covered with sand and its, inner
haps you have felt the fine p.artieles sides with seaweed. Then he put
of moisture on your face when the fish into this hex, and placed
someone was talking to you. Now it in a 'stream. As long as the box
if the man has a cold this spray is *DA kept still, the 'fish 'headed
sure to be full .of dangerous mi- against the current, but as S0,0/1 as
crobes from his nose and -throat. the box was Allowed to float away
The finer particles from this spray in the, stream, thefish inside. Lit
may float in the air for some time swam in any direction. While the
and are breathed Into the nose and box was etillathe fish, unless they
lungs of other persons in the room, made head against th,e stream, we'e
with the result that they catch the carried along peat their landmarks
same cold. Common colds are now on the sides and bottom of the box,
believed to be just as contagious as But when the box fleeted along with
measles and diptheria, and are them, they carried their landmarks
spread in just the soiree way. with them, and so' they, made no
To prevent this contagion always oppeeition to being swept along by
cover the mouth and nose -with a the stream,
handkerchief, Or at, least with the •
hand when eoughirtg.or steezing. If
the hand is need you will gee hoe, Germany ie new drunk with
ratt6h Saliva and mucous are ex- blood, but in the future is it not
pellet' in the proeees, and will prob- destined to .see the travail of its
ably decide that the use of the head- eoul and ready to give birth to new
kerchief tes a, cloaner in,ethod. If you ideas in art and music, iecieitee and
°are talking to 'eomeone who is eo paukatophyl—Rev.„ Dr. Sow,ett.
impolite, or no ignorant as to sneeze Ile—"What are you going to give
in your face, or without eay.ering Eitty and auk for a wedding pre -
his and nose, explain to him sent?" She--t-"Oh, I think I'll send
the dangers of so doing. If he is. "(lay the handl of letters Jack
the room, This $60,0na.fiand alt' is obstinate, Preteot your OWA nose wrote' me when we were engaged," One Cupful of milk, two tablespoon.
body is well and strong it is able to
keep them harmless, but like a
crafty enemy they, he in wait, and
when the defenses of the body are
weakened, they quickly seize the
opportunity to produce disease.
Doctors now believe that almost, all
people are infected with tubercu-
losis at some time in their life, but
in most cases the resistanee of the
body is sufficient to keep it from
spreading. If sickness and impro-
per care of the body give it 'a
chance it is likely to develop, from
the infected area-.
How shall we avoid these dam:
gers? The answer is "Take oare of
yourself." Remember the saying,
"The best way to avoid sickness is
to keep well."
Regulating the Clothing.
Let. us consider some of the mea-
sures which are especially valuable
in the prevention of colds. Winter
is coming and for a while the great-
er part of the country will undergo
considerable variations of tempera-
ture, and a day of cold weather may
be followed by one of nearly sum-
mer heat. Those who cling to the
old tradition of putting on their
heavy underwear on Oct. 15 or No-
vember 1 and keeping- it on are due
to undergo the usual amount of dis-
comfort and to suffer from colds as
usual. If one wears heavy clothing -
on November 2 with the thermome-
ter at seventy degrees merely be-
cause he has always "put 'em on"
on November 1, he may expect to
catch cold on November 3, when
the- temperature drops to thirty de-
grees and his skin . accustomed to
overheating, fails lo protect him
froin the sudden exposure. Wear
clothes to match the thermometer,
not the calendar, and pr•ovide for
the sudden changes by having heavy
outer garments available for use.
The term, "catching cold," is
misleading since the trouble is
caused in almost all cases by bac-
teria and not by mere low tempera-
ture. The men who accompanied
Shackleton and Peary on their po-
lar .expeditions were free from
colds, although exposed to oontin-
ual low temperatures, because the
dangerous bacteria, were nob there
to infect them. In the present day
styles women expose heir throats to
the winter air when men are bun-
dled up to the ears, but suffer no
more from colds than do the men,
because their skin hae become ac-
customed to exposare by a gradual
process. Expoeure is not desirable
and may lead to serious trouble,
but the skin which has been gradu-
ally accustomed to, exposure and
has a good circulation of blood is
much more resistant to exposure
than the coddled and pampered
akin when it .eoines to a trial.
Breathe Fresh Air.
Another important factor in the
prevention of tattle is ventilation
The Man who works in a etarni but
poorly ventilated room all day and
sleeps in a room with the windows
closed at tight catches oold more
easily arid has more serious colds
than the leborer who works in the
open air all day and sleepe in a
cold and draughty room at night.
The popularization of -ventilation
has been held back by the old bogia
of draughts, A breeze outdoors is
pleasant and wholesome,. but
breeze which melee in a. window is
a, "draught" according to popular
belief, 88 people shut the windows
and breathe aad ranee -the the
want, moist air- which has tome out
of the lungs of the other persons in
and mouth by holding' a handker-
chief or paper in front of them.
Our foolish social etiquette con-
demns trimming the finger and
using a toothpick in public, though beth of these are rather
beneficial than harmful processes.
On tho other hand sneezing and
coughing openly is the custom, and
as a result, colds are common. Our
understanding of the cause of colds
of fairly recent date and has not
yet become general, so that most of
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Recipes for Baking Day. •
eSpange.--Ingxedients : Four. and
tinethalf cupfuls of sifted bread
flour ; three capfuls .of mills and w.a,-
ter, one teaspoonfal of salt, one
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our violations of the jaws of hygiene tableepo nful of lard and- butter,
are due to ignorance. Do yetie
part in spreading the •information
as to the true Sacts among your
friends.
•
, The North Carolina state board
of health gives the following simple
rules for the prevention of pneu-
monia, .and they apply to cola
general. "If you don't want poeu-
amnia heed the following wa,y,s of
avoiding it, finale* all alcoholic
drinks alone; second, dress accord
lag to the weather instead " of ac-
cording to the fashion; third, if
getextand cold undresspowseedtoroughwathenam
rioriwf ayrou, fill. of sugar,
one egg, one capful of
room, rub the skin with a coarse lilt sponge, one and *enesaaja eup-
towel go to Seed; fourth, avoid Luis oftsifted flour. Method: Cream
constipation by eating more fruit butter, "SIVEIX and egg until light:
and less meats and pasta-tn. aeld_ Add 'sponge, meesured. carefully.
,drinldng.eaore • water and taking Beat in well, then add the flour and
more exercise ; fifth, keep peer feet beat until, smooth. Cover and let
warm and.your head cool ; and last raise until doubled in bulk. Spread
of all, live and sleep in the fresh air in one large, or two small, greased
all the time." - , • ,. pie tin, -set in warm place for
a about half an hour, then cover with
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MINNOWS' INSTINCT. ° the following: _Mixture for Top of Coffee Bread.
—Ingredients: Three table.spooa-
fuls of sager, three tablespoonfuls
of ground blanched almonds, one-
half capfulof the bread ,orumbe,
three tablespoonfuls of soft butter;
a -few °siftings, .of %inn &mon Method
—Mix a11 dry ingredients, then rub
the butter through so all parts are
well coanbined. Spread over eeke
before placing .in oven and, hake a.
delicate 'brown. This is a fine Sun-
day -morning bread, When serving,
cut in. section's as one would layer
cake:
Gratin:it -Rieaa.—Method In to
the ''remaining spoiage stir one
ta•blesipoonful of -Sugar and two
einsfuls of grahnitt flour. The bat-
ter shotild be rather ,sofa Betvt
well, then Jet raise . again until
double in ulk Pour -into two
email, well-greaped bread tins. Let
stand half anahour, then bake in
raoclerate heat until a straw comes
out deem Do not sift •grah.ara flour
but thalee° it lightly into the cup
. ,
when measuring.
Cariund Creaia Pie.—Ingredients
for paste : One eupful of sifted pas-
try flour, a piech of salt,- one-qua•rt
ter teaspoonf-al of baking powder,
,one-quarter cupfel of lard and hut -
ter, three tablespoonfuls of cold
water, two tablespoonfuls of butter
fOr folding. Method: Mix dr e in-
gredients, -then rub lard and butter
in with finger tips until it crumbles.
Stir the water in with a fork, and
if the flour is still partly dry press
ingredients together, with 'hands to
;loan a ball. Now place on lee or
in cold place for an hour, or; bet-
eter still, mix the day before and let
it get very, cold. When ready to
make pie, roll paste on well -floured
board as thick as' a hook cover.
Take the •two tablespoontute -of
butter, also vertaapld aad out into
thin shavings and- chstribete over
halloi£ the paste, fold' other half,
over, then roll with quick motions
away from you, until quite thin.
. .
Line a deep pie tin with the °pastry,
Perm a little apsteading ring, of
paste around edge, then fill with
mixture and bake until ,cruet; is
crisp. When eold serve with whip-
ped
Iteictrnenatm.
Drop Cakes. Ingret
diente (Two-thirds cupful of .butter
or good butt,eeine, one cupful of
graiittleted ,sugar, two eggs, four
table•SPochefuls of ,cold water, one°
cupfultaf sifted flour, one cupful of
broken peanuts, oxie-quarter tea-
spoonful of allspice, . one-quarter
teaspoonful of eirmarnon, Method
Reanovebtown skins from peanuts
,anct break into rather large pieeett,
Cream butter, sugar and egg, then
add other ingredients and stir well.
Drop frorn spoon into waxed eookis.
tins, placing the little 'mounds far
•enotigh apart ete they will run tea
gether, Bake in moderate beat en -
Ingredients
one yea.s'fr cake, one tableepoonfal
of sugar. Method—Soak yeast in
cold water overnight. In moraitig
pour off the water ,and add the Su-
gar to dissolved yeest.. Mix salt
with the flour, rub in the shorten-
ing and ;then, take equal .portions
:of milk and water. Plate on stove
until' comfortably warm, then stir:
in the yeastand beat into the flour.
Cover and 'setin wenn place until
light -and full of bubbles.
Chinamon Coffee ,Breitile—angre
dients : One quarter Cupful of but-
ter, or good ;butteiine, oneelialf .cup -
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OUS VALUE OF BREAD MADE
IN THE HOME WITH ROYAL
YEAST CAKES SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT INCENTIVE TO
THE CAREFUL. HOUSEWtrE
-TO GIVE THIS IMPORTANT
FOOD ITEM THE ATTENTION
TO WHICH IT 1¢ JUSTLY EN-
TITLED. , -
HOME BREAD'ElAKING, RE-
DUCES 'THE HIGH COST OF.
1.IVINQ BY LE'SSENING THE
AMOUNT OF EXPENSIVE
MEATS REQUIRED TO sop
PLY THE NECESSARY NOUR-
ISHMENT TO THE BODY,
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TORONTO, ONT.
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fats of butter, three taJoleapoonfuls
of flour, six tablespoonfuls ief brown
sager, one large egg, two table-
spoonfuls of eteraxnel syrup. Meth-
od; Heat milk and eyeup in double
boiler and mix all other ingredients
to, a smooth paste. Now pour sone
of the hot inixture over and stir
well, then pour all back inthhisoiler
and let cook until thickeitede
Oaritmel Syrup.—Method
one ,cupful of granulated sugarin
a saucepan until it haanteftedsto a
rich, dark eyrupt but :clo not schrch,
Then add two-thirds -cupful of bait
ing -watet and cook until a rich
syrup. This can be kept in a °cover-
ed glass jar and used as -needed.
'Household Hints.
Rubbing 'with in law out potato
will remove most 'mud stales from
dark ,garments. • •
For very delicate fahrie which will
not take starch, try auger in the '
rinsing 'water.
Squash puddiug will be found as.
acceptable substitate Loi squash pie
—especially fer the 'children.
Housewives should remember to
keep a large proportion of gn
tables in the family diet for win-
ter.
Save the lids of the large tins anclan.
put knobs on ilea:at-they will make
good covers for pots and pans.
Never choose a tarkey too Sat —
the flavor of .a fat bird is never so
good as the flavor of one just mod-
erately plump. •
Root vegetables which have with-
ered can be revived by slicing o'ff
the ends and placing-11min in cold
water for a few hours.
If something you are cooking ha,p-
pens to scorch, set the kettle in
cold water immediately, and there
will be no soorched taete.
It, is said that if, people insisted
on having every meal appetising
and savory, it would make a tre-
raendoue difference to their health.
WON'T MIX'
Bad Food and, Good Health Wou'l
• Mix.
The, human stomach tands much
abuse, bat it won't return Roue
health if you give it-, bad, food.
If you feed right you ,should feel
eight, for proper food and a good
mind is the, sure roatato, health.
"A year ago --I bmaine march
alarmed about nay health, for I be-
gan bo suffer ,alter each mewl, no
matter how little I ate," saye
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"I lost, my appetite, and the very
thought, ,of food grew distasteful,
with the result that I was not tour-
ished, andtgat weak and thin.
$(111y home eares were very heavy, eh,te,h>.
-for betide a large family of my owe,
Inye ,a1 so to leek out for an aged
another. There wits, no one to 'shoul-
der min boatietteld ,burdens„ and
Mane what mighe I Meat bear th,em,
and this thought nearly drota inc
frantic when al realized th at my
health was b r caking' down.
"I read an article in the popee
aboet some one with bajuble like
mite being- helped by GraperNuts
food, and acting on this ituggestion
I gave Greetc-hitaS a trial, The,
first dish of this delicious 'food
proved that I,had .etrueltathe right
thing .
"My unnomfOrtable feeling's in \
Stomach elieapPeare,d as if by magic, ,
and in at incrrxtibly shoat aseeiee oft,
time I wae.again myself. Sin ed then'
I letve gained 12 pounds in weight a
through aletemm.ee •of hard work. and
reellee 1 an a very different wo-
men, .alldue to. the splendid food,
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