The Brussels Post, 1919-3-6, Page 2WHY CONSUMPTION GETS COUNTRY FOLKS
People 'Who Live on Farms Are Just as Apt to Fall Victims to it
as Anyone Else if They Don't Take Care of Themselves.
By John B. Huber, M.D.
The dec.tor mimeses in every case
possible that the sufferer from con -
sun ption shall` be tont to the country,
because the hmashine and the pure
air, feat and n'tritious food, offer
the patient the beet chancy of recov-
ery.
Thee; eouree we.e deemed beet even
twenty eentureee ago. Coleus, Nedo'e
physician --•the rinse Nero who fid-
dled when Rome barbed--,vho wrote
that if men hu.ve a consumption the
beat thing' L for hen to do i4 to buy a
caw, talo his purel•,•aso up to the top
of a hiil, and. live on the fr^aft--that
is, the ,Iflic. -t.nd, of eottvse, the con-
sumeptive dces 'steed the hest chance
of reeov "y under• such heelthfni eon-
ditior e.
Yet many uatit•ee, oe rural districts
die of tnl.ereulosle. The reason has
puzzled many doctors. I for my part
have got some prett;; good light on
the sn'hject. When I was sixteen I
taught wheel in the backwoods dis-
trict, and "bearded ro r.d." This was
for sixteen woeke, and in the sum-
mer time, became, the children could
not ;get to eelerel through the winter
drifts.
I recael that the fee.: was very
bad, Although a fair terming coun-
try and o they good dairy country,
meats other than bacon were almost
never seen during the =miner. Moat
of the batter, milk, an -1 eggs were
sold in urban markets. What milk
I got teas weak, and I at it mostly
with weaker tea. The fend was poor-
ly cooked, indigestible, and for the
most and did me no good.
That was nearly forty years ago.
Of course, so primitive a rural dis-
trict is rarely come upon in our day.
Even at that time, no doubt, my ex-
perience was unusual. Whether there
are any •such communities to -day I am
not sure; yet, if there are, there need
be no wader if tuberculosis is rife
in them.
There was much dyspepsia among
those rrral folk, who should have had
the digestion of ostriches. And for
the relief of it they took what seemed
to them a harmless procedure—all
sorts of stomach bitters, some brand's
of which contained as much alcohol
as whisky does. Even people who
held the dn'nkine et whisky in ab-
horrence con unred doses out of bot-
tles highly charged with alcohol,
which were labelled "Take a table-
spoonful to a wineglass, or more as
needed. How was this different from
the whiskey -drinking which all too
often lays the foundation of consump-
tion? Hard eider does the sante thing'
Also, there had been in that region,
through several generations, inter-
marriages between families living
within a few miles of each other.
And, say what we will, such mar -1
sieges result oftentimes—though, let
us thankfully observe, not always—in
"poor stock," weakened, non-resistant
bodies, which all too easily become
good soil for the tuberculosis germ to
thrive and multiply in.
Such things explain how many of
our country folk contract tuber-
culoses; why idea, many do not get
well of this disease, but die of it in
the country. We may indeed observe
with Doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes:
God lent His creatures light and air,
I g t ,
And water open to the skies;
Man locks him in his stifling
lair,
And wonders why his brother dies.
The great pioneer of the modern
treanrtment of tuberculosis, Dr. Breh-
mer, who was himself a consumptive,
declared that tuberculosis in its early
stages is always curable. What may
wo consider the first or the early, the
incipient stages of tuberculosis?
These exist when one complains of
the following symptoms:
1. A cough lasting more than a
month— except whooping cough„
which lasts six weeks, and oftentimes•
more. Such a cough may not, of
course, mean tuberculosis, but it ter-
tainly calls for a thorough medical
examination. No household remedies.
no kindly suggestions of one's neigh-
bors, will do in such a case, 2.
Hoarrseiness that has lasted several
weeks. 3. Poor appetite, especially
in the morning; inhgestion—+with the
"stomaoh cough," though I know of
no stomach ailment that has a cough
'for a symptom—boss of weight and
strength, paleness and generally mune
down condition, which Is so often
spoken oe es "that tared fooling." 4.
Hawking and spitting, especially with
a cough in the morning. 5. Night
sweats` 6. A streak of blood in the
sputum. Thfe sign should not frigh-
ten one unduly, for auu'it bleeding may
come from many other things than
consumption, and yet such a sign
calls for a careful investigation by a
reliable doctor. 7. Afternoon fever,
ahowing by the flushed face, alternat-
ing with ehilly sensations. The epitthe
,has to be examined for the tubercul-
• esis gealn, which is the essential
cause of consumption. But it must
not be concluded that there is no
tuberculosis of this germ ie not pres-
ent, even after several examinations.
The teat is abeoluto if it is "positive,"
trot so if it is "negative." When the
Odor, after a thorough examination,
!remains in doubt, on IC -nay of the
phest should be taken; and this Null
!surely revroal any latent tubereuiosis
(process in the lungs.
Try the principles of the ,So-called
onodorn treatment of tttberouios;.
It c
trrtt earl;' -MOs ata getableM r
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many even advanced eases aro arrest -
rd In their development, so that the
sufferer may live as long as his neigh-
bors if he will observe clean habits,
be temperate, avoid stress and strain,
and will remain free of the unhealth-
ful condition in which his disease be-
gan. And by this treatment comfort
and relief from suffering can always
be assured even the incurable.
First, there must be careful dis-
posal of the sputum, which is practi-
cally the only means by which thi
disease is conveyed from the sick t
the well, A handkerchief or clot
must always be held before the pa
tient's face when he coughs o
sneezes or spits, for thus is a droplet
or a spraying, or an atomizing infec
tion avoided. The patient's handker
chiefs, towels, linen, and the like mus
be 'boiled by themselves before :been
added to the general wash. Whateve
can be must be burned. The cuspid()
must contain some fluid (water wi
suffice) so the sputum may not dr
and become inoorporatedl with 'th
dust of the atmosphere. And t
spittoon must be scalded to dextro,
all the tubercle bacilli. This is un
pleasant but very necessary readin
and it applies equally to all infec
tions from the upper air passages
such as pneumonia, whooping eougb
grippe and diphtheria.
Secondly, there must be rest. Ther
is otherwise no hope for the sufferer'
emaciated body, an organism on th
verge of bankruptcy. It is a gray
error for such a sufferer to go ou
into the fields and work, as woul
any farmhand. Rest there must be
especially when there is fever, an
at least until the patient has recover
ed from the exhaustion which has a
too often been the prime predisposi
tion of the disease. For the consume
tion germ fattens on exhausted tis
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In any family where there is a con
sumptive a clinical thermometer must
be bought, and the use of it learned
from the family doctor. The rest has
got to be absolute if the body temper
ature reaches 100 degrees by the titer,
mm
oeuter, and the patient must go
to bed if the fever has gone beyond
this.
The rest should if possible be out
doors at Ieast with open windows.
And when the air is cold, warm head-
gear is to be worn, or the woollen
helmet which comes down over the
collar -bone. The footgear must at '';
least be warm er.d comfortable as the ",
headgear. The hotly must always be
warmly clothed, and then any amount
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of cold weather can be endured. Tub -i, 1,':_
erculosis patients properly taken care INTERNATIONAL LESSON
of get well more surely in the winter MARCH 9.
than in the summer. ._...
Sleep is an important part of the
rest. Nowhere else should "nature's
soft nurse" 1.e so sedulously wooed.
Insomnia is most exhausting in such
a disease as this, when it is so neces-
sary to build up the strength. Nor
has any restorative, any tonic, ever
been invented that will compare with
sleep. Insomnia, with fatigue and
overexertion, has brought on tuber-
culosis in many a case. We try to
induce sleep without pills and powd-
ers if possible. It may 'he induced by
drinking hot milk after the patient
has been tucked in—with hot waiter
bottles at his feet --for the night.
The patient should breathe fresh
air, and be in the blessed sunshine so
long as there is a ray of it. At night,
no matter how cold, the windows
must be open. The colder the air the
surer the cure. Patients have done
well et a temperature of forty below
zero. Drafts are to be avoided by
means of a screen or a bl'an'ket -draped
clothes horse, appropriately placed.
Only twice, from day to day, should
the patient's windows be closed. A
member of the family shuts the wine
dew half an hour before dressing
time, and opens it again when the
dressing .is completed. And at bed-
time the same thing is done,
Tuberculosis calls for plenty of
nutritious food and good digestion,
so that all the fuel taken into 'the
body can bo converted into healthy,
getmeresisting tissue. The doctor
must decide upon details for indi-
vidual cases. But, in general, we try
for the most nourishment 'with the
least labor for the digestion. The
patient s'houl'd ed.yoasted or broiled
meat (beef, mutton or iamb), fowl,
fresh vegetables and fruits, cereals
with cream, plenty of sugar, good but-
ter, table salt, and at or between meals
six eggs and a quart of milk a day.
Sweets, pastries, and dainties mast .be
avoided. Between meals plenty of
water should be drunk.
Use no medicines without the doe-
tor'G prescrilvt,tun. Cut out the patent
medicines.No one must imagine that the cure
is easy. All the principles above
mentioned must be rigorously follow-
ed. Above all, the. patient must be
obedient to hie phyelcimi; must be
persistent in every detail of the
treatment elekined upon him, The
patient will generally be confident of
his 'recovery; that is a state ofmind
happily common among „nth aud'et•-
ere, Yiii; Ede must net make the pe.
tient; timeless; he mutt ever rcaliz"
that his improvement and ultimate
r
recovery depend largely upon hie own
determination to .get well. He mast
not ecalvcree with any one except hie
phYsielah or 'his /111P80 Itis die
se, 10 meopt the ;tul;gcstions, hew.
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:erg '.t', i t ,. „r t, of bis friends.
Lesson X. Joshua, Patriot and Leader
—Joshua 1: 1-9. Golden Text,
Joshua 1: 9.
"The Lord 'sluice unto Joshua."
That which we describe as the call
of God, or as the eonwiction of a
duty to be performed, or as a high
trust of commission in the service of
the nation, is often spoken of in the
Old Testament as the voice of God.
God does not speak in audible tones
to the ears of men, but to the inward
sense, the hearing of the heart. What
is here presented- us
p wen to is a real and
profound experience. The effect of it
is to assure Joshua that his appoint-
ment to be Moses' successor is in
harmony with God's will, that God
will be with him as He was with
Moses, and will give hint success in
his great undertaking.
"Go over this Jordan." The coun-
try east of Jordan was already in Is-
rael'+'hands (see Num. 21). Thu peo-
ple now looked westward across the
deep Jordan valley to the great range
of hil'is extending northward to the
crowning peaks of Lebanon and Her-
mon. There lay the real land of
promise, the land me.de sacred to
them by the memories of Abraham,
of .Isaac, and of Jacob. But there also
lay the chief difficulties which had to
be overcome, mountain passes, forti-
fied cities and strongholds, and sevej
al warlike tribes. Joshua is to go for-
ward in the 'confident assurance of
victory, for God has promised to give
him that land. Its boundaries are to
extend (v, 4) from "the wilderness"
of northern Arabia in the east, and
from Mount Lebanon, even as far
north as the "river Euphrates" and
west to "the great sea," the Mediter-
ranean.
Tho promise that ranks first and
ch4efeet in importance is that of
verse 5, "I will be with. thee: I will
not fail thee, nor forsake thee." Corn -
pare s6milar promises in Gen. 28:15;
Exod. 3; 12; 33: 14; Jud. 0: 16; Isaiah
41: 10; Jerem. 1: 8' Matt. 28: 20.
"Bo strong and off a good courage."
It is God's way to require of a man
that he 'shall do itie part steadfastly
and faithfully. While it Is true that
Ile gives strength and that He is "a
very present help," it is equally true
that He demands that the. man shall
use his own strength, shall do his own
work, hear his own burden, fight as
bravely as he may Inc own battle.
"(suit you like men, be strong," ea the
apostle's injunction, and again, "Be
strong in the Lord, and in the
strength of MS ()tight." (1 Gor, 10:
13; Ep'h, 0: 10).
The "book of the law," referred to
hero (v. 8), is either the "hook of
the covonaet,"which contained tained the
Tawe of Excel, 90-23
0-23 (: oe Throd. 24. 7),
or the Doutoronernic loris (Deet. 12-
16), spoken of in Dant. 11; 24.20 as
laki' up "by the side of the ark of the
covenant. The observance of the
law is the condition of the Abiding
pt•oseltce of God. Ile will not abide
with the evil doer. The matt who fs
juwt and hone/alilo, 'kind ei:l goner- profit.
sus, is the man with whom God can
dwell. Or, as Psalm 24 puts it, he
who shall stand in His holy place will •
be the man "that hath clean hands
and a pure heart."
Whether in war or peace, the same
law holds, and will always hold, good
—the law of justice, and with it, per-
fecting and glorifying it, the law of
love. These two laws are furtda-i
mentally one and the same. They',
have their origin and their authority
in God. It is of this "everlasting
law" that Alfred Noyes writes:
"The law that rules the eters, our
stay,
Our compass through the world's
wide sea,
The one sure light, the one sure way,
The one firm base of liberty;
The one firm road that men have
trod
Through chaos to the throne of
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Until comparatively recently the
chicks on the average farm,
were hatched whenever a hen desired
to sit—sometimes when she 'stole her
nest, laid Iter, eggs and brought off a
hatch before her owner knew any-
thing about it. This always stocked
the farm with late -hatched 'chicks
which did not do particularly well;
during the hot weather, and which;
were overtaken by cold weather while:
they were yet young and without,
thou proper growth and without:
i their mature plumage. Chicks of thie!
type could not lay in winter because
they were not mature enough, and
the set -back that cold weather gave
them prevented their laying until
spring, often until the weather was
warmer. Therefore, the owner had
to feed them, house them and care
for them during cold weather when
eggs were high in price, without get-
ting any revenue to speak of. Under
.such conditions et is no wonder that
farm poultry got a reputation for
profit killing instead of profit marking.
Early' hatching means chicks that
aro past the danger point before hot
weather sets in.
Darly hatching means ebicks less
troubled by lice and disease.
Early hatching manna More chicles
raised.
Early hatching means a longer
growing season.
Early hatching meatus better grown
chicks.
Early hatching rileans higher pricer
for the surplus oackercls marketed as
broilers.
Early hatehing meana well matured
pullets which begin to lay in the far
Early hatching means eggs from
the pullets while the hens are moult-
ing.
Early hatching means eggs in the
fall and 'winter when prices are
Memo le
Early hatching' means early mature
ing pullets that become broody earlier
the foeowing Spring,
Early hatching means. greater
Stoffe'L6
THE SCRAI'BOOl:£ FARM
Edith gamed out of the winnow of
her amide apartment and wls'hed that
in a whole eityful of little girls she
eotthl finch one to play with. At home
in the country, she thought to herself,
there was not a hundredth so many
little girls, yet site could elwaye rind
A playmate,
Edith stsrted to sigh, but at that
very mosncnt the doorbell rang, and
the sigh stopped short. Perhaps her
wish was coming true.
But it was only Miss Baird, after
all, and Pdither spirits dropped again.
Mire Baird was a trainee' nurse, and
elle was always in a treutendous
hurry,
"Where is your Aunt Mary?" she
asked as alto hurried in. "I want to
know ff sae will lead you to Inc for
an hour.'
"Lend me?" said Edith, itetonielted.
"Certainly," Mies Baird replied
briskly. "There's a lonesome, cross
little girl down at the hospital, and I
simply nurt hare somebody to play
with her,"
"Oh!" amid Edith. "Iel take my
doll and her new dree,-;es and my b to
of paints and my new book." She
hurried away to find Aunt Mary, and
tett minutes later slto started off with
Mies Bairn for the hospital.
The little lonceeine girl was ().anted
Helen. She had golden stair and a
sweet face, but her mouth drooped,
and Edith soon saw that it was going
to be a hard matter to amuse her, She
did not want to point, and the did not
seem to admire the pretty new (hose-
d of Edith's doll.
"1 want tc go outdoors," rho said,
"Well, you ran when you're well,"
Edith answerer.
"But I'd rather live in the 1'fc•, wide
country," Helen went on, "whole I
can pick all the flowers I want."
Edith's eyes bn':ghtenetl. "I live
in the country iviien I am at home'
she said.
"Why didn't emu say so before,"
complained Ilelen. "I thought you
lived in an apal'tniedt, a. I do. Tell
me about your home."
Edith was willing enough to (io
that. As she told about her father's
{farm, Helen's little face cleared; the
('!"rears of her lips straightened out.
"I wieh I could see it all!" she said.
"Iifhyou could," Edithtth answered:
She thought a long eerie. "I might
show you some pictures in the maga-
zines that look like things at home."
Then all at once rho thought ef a
plan.
"Let's put our farm in your new
scrapbook."
Helen looked bewildered. "I'l show
you what 1 mean," Edith said.
Miss Baird gladly brought maga-
zines, scissors :and paste, and Edith
set to work while Helen looked on at
first. Soon, however, Helen was work-
ing es hard as Edith. On the first
page they pasted a railway train;
this train, they pretended, was carry-
ing thein away from the city. It was
harder to find a suitable station, but
they turned over the leaves until they
came to one. The station was put on'
the next page end labelled Radford,
after Edith's home station. Then
they found a man in a buggy who
looked like Edith's father coming to
meet them.
It was a11 great fun When the time
came to come back to Aunt Mary's,
Edith had Out found a house exactly
bike her own, 'and
Helen
was looking
for a brown -and -white collie and: for
a bay pony wdith two white feet.
Edith promised faithfully to return
the next afternoon.
When she came again, Helen re.
ported that she had found many pon-
ies but none of them had two white
feet. At last they chose a dark pony
and painted two of his feet. Then
they made him more than ever like
the term pony by painting a white
star on his forehead
Edith pasted a small photograph
of her mother by the gate of the pic-
ture house. "Because she would come
to the gate to meet us, you know;'
she explained.
Then they gave a page to each
room in the house. After the rooms
were completely furnished, they went
on to the barn, and from the barn to
the orchard, to the garden, and then
to the barnyard.
It was not oaay for Helen to find
just the right kind of picture, but she
always kept on searching patiently
until she came to one that suited
Edith. And she laughed and chatted
the whole time.
Tho book was not quite finished
when one day the doctor told Helen
that she could get up and dress if
site wanted to. A few mimed later
Aunt Mary came in with a message
for Edith; her mother and father had
come home and wanted thole 'little
girl again.
Ilelen stopped smiling, "0•h, don't
go awayl" she Timid.,, "We 'won't
nearly •finished putting the :!`arm in
the book,"
"I must go," Edith answered. "Ilut
just its soon as you get strong enough
you're to come down to the real fango,
and that will be even more fun than
what we are doing now."
When Helen did come, a there time
afterwards, eho declared that the
real farm was exactly like the farm
in the scrapbook. r
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Do you give your farm horses a
square deal? They will labor for you
from ten to twelve hours a day, six
days in the week, and feel amply re-
paid if given a good meal and plenty
of cool, fresh water.
Perhaps you don't, but many own-
ers often consider themselves over-
worked if they have to throw a har-
ness on the team, dump a little man-
ure out of the barn window, and hitch
up. And to furnish the work horses
a bra fg g
tan feed eve them n bo '•od
currying, or a bed of straw is extra-
vagance. It is done for fast -trotting
stock and Pure-bred horses, 'why not.
for the average work horse?
The horses that do the heavy work
abort the farm should bo conditioned.
It is as necessary for them as for;
other stack, and more so. The farm;
horse has a hearty appetite, a vigor -I
ons digestion, and responds, as does.
no other animal, to intelligent care!
To condition horses does not moan]
that they must be put on a training
table. Start a regular, businesslike
method of feeding, watering, handl-1
ing, and caring for them.
A bushel of corn or oats for one•
meal and a pint at another time has!
a bad effect upon a 'horse's wind, 14-i
gestion, and' working ability, Give'
the preparation of the farm horse's
food mnuch attention. Two pounds
of provender daily to every hundred
pounds the horse weighs is a good
plan. Always grind the grain; and,
as meet hay is usually crusty, sprinkle
ie with water. 11 the horse's worst
is very hard, decrease the hay and
inereaso the grain. Plato four or
five egg -size lumps of rook salt in the
feed box. These the horses like to
lick, 'and they also prevent hasty eat-
ing.
Give the horse a long, full drink
of water the fimat thing in the morn-
ing. Then place a third of the day's
grain and a fourth of the hay nation
before them, cut least an hour before
starting to work, 'Throw in the man-
ger just a renal' 'amount of hay,
While the horse is eating its gray t rl
vigorously apply, for about five rtin-
utea, itheavy brush. While the break- a
feat in tate feennhouse is keeping you
busy, the home will have eaten all the
hay. Then throw on the harness and
give the animals another chance at
the water tank or oreek. flood work
will be done nnttl noon by a team
so oared for,
Give the animals a hurried rub-
down es they take at short chink.
Supply another third of tho grain and
the hay ratios, and let an hour, at
least, lapse While you attd your
horses reat. Another' coddles drink
before you start encourages the
horses to do their bent ;in the after-
noon.
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The Bedtime l311ginar
S`ittiree in front of the open fire,
Bir, and litre. 1 veswell were chatting
with their noighber, Ma, Ne'arthin, At
the other end of the room t leo' and a
girl wero playing dominoes. Mee,
(has}yell looked toward them ere:
comedyas if she were watching the
progress cf 't:lte game,
"It's ten minutes to eight, ehil•
dmen," elle finally announced.
"All eight, mother," answered the
girl to the mind oe shuffling domin-
ors,
"You'll have time for one more
game, but only one more to-nig+ht,"
Mrs. Creswell added gcietly.
It unto two, or three minutes after
eight when tho boy exclaimed, "I won
rho rubber, mother!"
Without further discussion the chil-
dien put away the dominoes, said
good night, and started upstairs
arc,irably discussing the game.
"Do your eltedren always go 'to bed
as pleasantly as that?" asked Mr.
Warthin.
"Usually, if I am wise enough to
do my part," answered Min. Creswell
"Year part? What did you have
to do with it?"
""Didn't you hear me tell them when
it. was ten minutes to eight?"
"Yes, but—"
"That was my pound of prevention'
to save a pound. of cure."
""I don't see yet," said the mystified
neighbor.
"Haven't you noticed;" suggested
Mr. Crested!, who was proud of ids
wife's methods, "that it is human
nature tee be an Oliver Twise''? If we
like a thing, we always 'want more,'
and make a fuss if we can't have a
second helping."
"Children are pretty sure to make
the fuss," said Mrs. Creswell, "un -
Ids they are prepared for the worst.
I have learned to watch the clock and
to warn the children of •any ap-
proucliing unpleasantness like bed-
time. I haven't forgotten how I hated
to be dragged orf in the midst of an
entertaining story or game when 1
wasn't at all sleepy. I try to tell my
children when the 'once more' will bo
the last. That prepares them, and.
usually—although of course not Id-
ways—they go pleasantly, as they did
to -night." "•
"That sounds like good sense," said
Mr. Warthin to himself. "I wonder If
there's really anything in it?"
The next night a small sample of
bedlam let loose in his own home com-
pelled him to think of the ()matter
again.
"I told you children at eight o'clock
to put your playthings night away
and go straight to bed, and it's nearly
half, past now." Mrs. Warthin's voice
was 110rvane and Tull of irritation.
"Just let me finish this one dress,
mother!" pleaded Limy, ""It won't
taste but a minute." She bestiiy
spread with paste the pink. tissue
ruffle for a paper doll's drt:., .
"No, you ought to 'be in bed and
asleep this minute," As leers. War-
thin spoke she put out liar hand and
disarranged the irregular blocks in
front of Bede.
"There, you've mussed my picture
puzzle all up!" cried Belle. '"I had ft
almostedone, tool"
The mother• p114d no attention to the
protest, but 'tumbled the Merles 'into
the box. Reaching forcible hands to-
ward Lucy's pink treasure, she insist-
ed upon taking :immediate possession
of 't.
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Lucy sullenly handed over the urn
finished garment and slipped slowly
out of. her chair, banginte baize, and
scissors noisily.
Mrs, Warthin hurried the little
girls upstairs. Lucy whimpered all
the way and brought her foot down on
each step with a stamp. Belle cried
at the top of her voice, walling be-
tween sobs, "I didn't want my picture
puzzle spoiled!"
"The hardest thing I do eel day is
to get those children to bed!" cx-
cla'iined Mrs, Warthin, e,, l -to return-
ed to the ;sitting room and dr:'i,
wearily into a chair. "'They ten
never ready when the time comes, end
I always have to drag them off by
main strength. If I didn't. say n wort
about fining to .bed until ten o'clock,
they would 'always want to o!t up
just a little •long'er." '
Then Me. Warthin told her about
the method of dealing with Ism prob-
lem that he had seen their neinilbed
employ.
"That sounds as if it might be it
sensible plan," said the perplexed
another. "I'in going to try it tee
morrow."
Laundry Con'enieaees.
Each house should be equipped
with a laundry, It is a necessary ae.-
c;uisition to a modern horse, and, cute
down the drudgery of the unpleasant
ide of houeolceoping to a great de-
gree. The tubs should be stationary
aid supplied with hot and told soft
water. Vox, rinsing the clothes one
tub must have a aupply faucet ,with
cold, hard water. Otherwise the ca-
pacity ee the cistern will be taxed for
sold rain water.
The floor should be cement, aid
that is where care must be used to
guard ageing rheumatism cauee(1 by
dantpneas in the ground.
Build a platform of joists and floor-
ing six Inches high and largo enough
in area to hold the tube anti the per-
son w•llo works there, The feet, most
of the time, will not touch the content,
as there will be an silt omen between
the Iwo ittvela.
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