HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1949-4-13, Page 7Cancer In Children
"Cancer le usually considered a
disease enflamed to the declining
years of life. Although it is certainly
murk 'Inure common in the ageing
population, the Net moat be faced
that it may occur at any time of life,
trod that it does orcur in children,
1t is highly desirable that informa-
tion concerning this particular as -
Vied of the general cancer problem
be made known, lint in the process
of malting this itiforntation avail-
able, it is also of the utmost import-
ance that unwarranted fear should
not be Itlauted in the minas of
parents, cancer of in,
is not a
canon disease" stated Dr, 4V. L.
Donohue, Director of Pathology at
the Hospital for Sick Children, •
Leukemia is the most common
disease in the blood -forming organs,
and is the most important single
type of cancer in children. Blood is
composed of a clear fluid, in which
Is suspended a large number of tiny
red cells. These cells give to the
blood its red colour. In addition,
there are a small number of colour-
kss cells, known as white blood
cells which are very important to
life. Leukemia is really a cancer in-
volving these White cells. The small
patient eventually dies from a lack
of the normal constituents of the
blood, Dr. Donohue emphasize; that
a diagnosis can seldom he made
early in this disease as there are no
characteristic early mainfestations.
At tate present time research is
being carried on at the Sick Chil-
dren's Hospital with some chemicals
which are allied to certain of the
vitamins, and in a few cases these
chemicals have brought leukemia
patients back almost to normal.
Unfortunately, the good effect of
these chemicals is not sustained.
Treatment of this type is an en-
tirely new approach in the field of
cancer therapy and much research
• in this direction is being carried out
in. various centres- ft is hoped that
by following and developing the
leads suggested in this new work
that eventually substances may be
obtained that will control or cure
this dread disease, but at the present
time there is no cure for leukemia
or cancer of the blood.
During the month of April the
Canadian Cancer Society is con-
ducting a campaign for funds to
carry on the important work now
being done in the field of research,
• diagnostic treatment, education and
service.
Nearly 15,000 Canadians died of
cancer last year, according to the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Up
to half of these could have been
• prevented by early diagnosis and
treatment of the disease, medical
authorities believe. Units of the
Cancer Society are now operating
In 24 centres throughout the Prov-
ince of Ontario, and every citizen
can perform a real public service by
helping to carry on and expand the
work now being done. Those inter-
ested in contributing to this great
work are asked to mail their con-
tributions to the nearest local Can-
cer unit, or direct to Ontario Heed -
quarters, Post Office Box, 459,
Toronto 1.
FRIDAY THE "13th
OH! HORRORS!!
Neither the Friday nor the thir-
teen
hinteen superstition is traceable to any
satisfactory source. In the caseof
the first we find the superstition
obtaining alike with the English,
the Swedish, and the Indian races,
and with each gonig back to some
belief concerning a worshipped be-
ing or a religious rite. But there the
whole matter ends. In the case of
the English speaking Christians
the fact that Friday the crucifixion
took place is assigned as the rea-
non for selecting that day frolb the
other six clays as of especial signi•
ficance. Bnt according to this very
argument that day should be one of
good omen rather than one of i11,
since the event which the day is
connected argured the salvation,
not the condemnation, of the disci -
pies of Christianity. Friday in no
way can be explained as a day for
fear, though it may be as one of
great sorrow and thankfulness.
Neither does the mythological
explanation of Friday's significancy
offered in the case of the eastern
and Scandinavian people account
any more satisfactorily for the
superstition, and with the No. 13
the results of investigation are the
same. The plain tact is that Friday
and thirteen are indelibly marked
by superstition, have been so mark-
ed as far back as history relates,
and probably always will be so
marked, The present aversion to
the dayandh number
to's,
t not
deductive but instinctive—blindly,
Ion pone the less positively, instinc-
tive-- and, in a large ,measure
irradicalile, tlespite education and
telih'ious teaching,
'1'hcrc have been many blows ad-
mini•:tered to the superstitions,
particularly nl recent years. New
York was rhe birthplace of 11 Thir-
leen club, which flail thirteen mem-
bers, mei always the thirteenth of
the months d 111s1.1 ili.0F uu1pber-
ed thirteen. But :the ti'?'gative naii•
cure which the organization has
exerted was nut pt•rcept:able, Neill•
ST fs 1111 cmnpaiga colnit'Vred
ministers. at,scholarsr sed teachers .w
„ effeetivr. M1 that these
e Otic 'ks !tate accomplished has not
been sufficient tel he feil, ,Supersti-
t'on is as illogical es it is it;ftarinua
soul htmti,, end14vnttr In break it
1h,tvu
hot Pii.tly to soc1eed.
He'd Sooner Have The City Any Time—Snowball, a 'vaite
Spitz, gets a double hug from his mistresses, eight-year-old
twins Carolyn, left and Marilyn Rogers. Sent to a farm in
March, 1948, the dog chewed through his leash after only two
days of country life. Just one week short of a year later, he
showed up at the door of his home after a 250 -.mile journey.
This time, the twins will keep Snowball.
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HRONIC
INGERF
Have 1 been busy this last weekl
But definitely — although the
weatherman tried his best to keep
us thinking that winter was with
us yet. But I said, "No, you can
send as much snow as you like;
you can drop the temperature down
to zero; you can blow and bluster —
but I'm getting ready for spring."
So I started in to houseclean. This
was the result of a brain -wave
which convinced me that a little
room on the south side of the house,
which for some - time has been a
catch-all for every kind of junk
there is, would serve a far better
purpose as a little hide-out for my-
self. If you want a better name for
it you might call it a den, an office
or a study — but I'm calling it a
hide-out.
So many of these old farm houses
have a little room tucked away in a
corner that would make a splendid
playroom for little children, or a
sewing room for mother after the
children are grown. It is nice to
have a corner you can call your own
— just so long as you remember to
have a comfortable chair for father
so he can come in and read his
paper while you sew or knit.
It is fun to change things around
hi your home — don't you think so?
I do, I am always thinking up new
ideas for re -arranging the whole
house. But I never get very far
because Partner generally takes a
dim view of my proposed plans. Not
that he is against improvements —
far from it As a matter of fact any
worthwhile changes around here
have been the result of his careful
planning. The trouble is we don't
always agree on what are improve-
ments. It is little things that Part-
ner dislikes to have changed — such
as having the bedroom furniture
moved around. Alen are such con-
servative creatures. Just because a
person has been used to waking up
in the morning facing the south,
why should anyone object to facing
east or west for a change. ;Variety
is the spice of life.
However, there were no objec-
tions raised to my latest move, so I
was soon at tvorit — sorting out,
tktying up or discarding the con-
glomeration of things that the room
contained. What I would do if 1
had to live in two or three rooms I
don't lcnow• Probably buy a chicken
pen, or some himg, to take care of
thevert!
tl OW
My little hide-out is only 8 feet
by 1034 but by the. time I had
water -painted the ceiling and walls
and put three coats of paint on the
n•oodworit my elltlttlslaatit was Olt
• fhc Wane. `T. knew`I should give the
walls a second coat, but 1 didn't,
So T was not surprised when Bob
looked around and said --- "Art you
.going t0 paint the walls?"
There was still the floor to worry
ehni;t, *t;,y flat idea tug to paint
its but Partner AI all for keit ng
congoletmt• Since dial meant less
work 1 was happy to Agree, .
\Vitlt the oilcloth down my tired-
ness vanished. 1 got Bob to move
my typewriter desk; Partner to fix
a clipboard and a door, oldie I
trailed back and forth with !latus,
books and lay .mall tiling r; Moet.
In a little while my new u-nrl.iel
centre was complete. Now I have
moved in — and here 1 am at work
with my typewriter. I have only one
complaint with this new arrange-
ment — it is just one more room
in which to lose my glassesi
Now that I am all set with every-
thing in one place maybe I shall
feel more like wrestling with income
tax returns — that being one little
job which Partner very considerate-
ly leaves to me. He says that is only
fair when I don't help milk the
cows.
And so with jobs of houseclean-
ing and income tax the come to
thoughts of spring. Ah, yes ,
spring! The crows are flying all
over the place — in fact they were
when the snow was inches deep.
You can hand it to the crow — he's
an optimistic bird. At the barn
spring has already arrived — my
menfolk have six calves to wrestle
with now• Of course with extra
cows to milk we are getting quite
a bit more cream. More cream but
less money. Need I say why?
Margarine .. • of course. We ex-
pected that, as you know. What we
can't figure out is why butter should
be down and milk up. It just
doesn't make sense. If farmers are
discouraged in selling cream then
there should be plenty of milk.
Probably just another of !hose
problems to which roe one knows.
the answer.
IN DARKEST AFRICA
"Butterfly snowstorms" have be-
come a driving hazard through
Cape Province. The butterfly
swarms envelop the autos.
A dog show in Southern Rhodesia,
was broken up when s large gray
rabbit sauntered by. Its the midst of
the judging, the dogs forgot their
pedigrees and took out after the
rabbit,
* a
Dr. J. G. Louw of Capetown, not
caring a twitter what Hollywood
night think, declared that Clark
glasses were "a refuge of the neu-
rotic,"
* * M
"Grocer's itch" has become an
occupational disease in South Africa,
ca used- from handling certain spires.
*
Port Elizabeth, Smith Africa, po-
lice have been looking for the thief
who stole the teeth from the jaw of
the whale in the museum.
* * *
Isailaitnm, West Africa, datives
sent $22,25 to churchmen to combat
the 'evils of civilisation" in Chicago.
* * *
Northern Rhodesia is changing its
witchcraft ordinances so that medi-
cine men and witch doctors elan be
punished only for "black tragic,"
not for "good magic,"
A Harrisntit-1, South Africa,
native, finding his new Intoes ton
light, cut off Itis little 'toes.
* '* �
A new more has opened in Johan
neshnrg which tells hippopotamus
fat for natives who watt to jinx
their tatemies'by smearing it on
!heir front doors,
qk 1NDAY SCHOOL
LESS,
By Rev. R. Barclay Warren
The Future of Life
john 5:25; 1 Cor. 15; 20.26; 11
Cor, 4: 16-5:1.
Golden Teat: But now to Christ
risen from the dead!. and become
the first fruits of theta that slept,
Cor, 15;20.
While preparing a grave .:dl
point jutting into nue of the numer-
ous lakes of the Ottawa valley 111
workers came upon the skeleton of
an Indian who had Lein buried
there many years before, With the
bones were arrowhead, and other
trinkets. There was nntte e.vidruee
of a belief hi a future -dire. Such a
belief is well-nigh universal. Man
Ila., an instinctive longing for im-
mortality.
Cicero, the great )roman motor,
said, "Yes, oh yes! lint if 1 err in
believing that the soul of a mall Is
immortal I willingly err, nor while
I live would I have the delightful
error extorted from tile; and if
after death I shall feel nothing, as
some philosophers think, I ant no;
afraid that some dead philosopher
shall laugh at me for my mistake,"
The rising of Jesus 1 I rist front
the dead is the mot triumphant
event of all history. A spear had
been thrust into the side of his life-
less body as it hung suspended front
the cross. Blood and water gushed
forth, The body was laid in It tomb
.on Friday. A large stone wast
placed at the cave's mouth, sealed
and guarded by Roman soldiers. But
Sunday morning all powers, Mello!.
Ng that of death itself gave way
before the nighty conqueror. "He
arose, Tiallelujah, Christ arose,"
This is the pledge that we too shall
live after death.
This life is very brief in com-
parison with the life to come. Now
important that the should lay 'up
treasure in heaven. This life is jtist
the place of preparation for the
great eternity beyond. "Soto a
thought, reap a word; sots a word,
reap and ace; sow an act, reap a
habit; sow a habit, reap a character;
sow a character, reap a destiny"
Let us sow wisely.
Not long since, American GI's
began hearing Germans greet them
with tate cry, "Heil U. S. .A.1" This
seemed very nice, the story goes,
until Army Intelligence carte up
with the news that it meant: "Hail
Unser Seliger Adolf!"—Hail Our
St, Adolf!
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But Mary stood without the sepulchre weeping;
and as she wept, she stooped down and looked into
the sepulchre.
And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one
at the head, and the other at the feet, where the
body of Jesus had lain.
And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest
thou?. She saith unto them, Behold they have
taken away my Lord, and I know not where they
have laid him.
And when she had said thus, she turned herself
back, and saw Jesus standing, and 'knew not that
it was Jesus. -
Jesus saith unto her, Woman why weepest thou?
whom seekest thou?. She, supposing him to be the
gardener, saith unto him, Sir, they have borne Him
hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will
take Him away.
Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself
and saith unto him, Master,
HIDDEN ANIMALS
In each of the sen- tences below
you will find the hidden name of
some animal. Example; Do not
criticiZE BRAvado too readily.
Answer; ZEBRA. `Should you get
"stuck" on some of them, you'll find
the correct answers—upside down--
tanderneath.
1, Fireproof awnings are safer.
2. Small boys tag after their older
brothers.
3. Those who do gond may be
rewarded. •
4. A classic attraction was the
art exhibit„
5. The enormous entrance dwarf-
ed him.
6. Hot terrapin soup is relished
by many people.
The bootleggers would high-
jack all trucks.
8. Wholesale murder was prac-
ticed by the bandits,
9. The British are expected to do
their duty.
I0. The mother asked the rabbi
to come at once.
H. If you would be smart, endure
discomforts,
12. No followers of humanitarian -
ion arm others.
13. Tranquil lamaseries still exist
in Tibet.
I4• With the conquest of Australia
the emu learned what hunting
meant.
15. Abandon keyed to such a pitch
was certain to be disastrous.
16, The old monk eyed the young
friar with sadness.
17. Trictrac, cooncau and whist
are old card games.
18. Despise all evil.
19. It is well known that music
rates high as a perfume base.
20. Dare we go?
21. Islam began with the teaching
of Mohammed.
22, He seemed to be a veritable
pig over the plum pudding.
Answers To Hidden Animals
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"We have more telephones in
Russia than in any other country in
the world," the Soviet v t rade mission
official boasted to an English ac-
quaintance. ".411," the Englishman
replied, "but no doubt they're all
party lines."
"Do People Really
Call Me Crabby?"
Do you sometimes feel that people are
beginning to think you ore high-strung
—always tense and nervous—so that
you fly off the handle costly '
Your Nerves Can Play Strange Tricks
Many woolen find it hard to realize through the most trying periods of
their nerves are "bad". Yet it's not
on You 1
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AS OTHERS SEE YOU
Would you like to see yourself
as others see you?
A German inventor claims he
can arrange this.
He has (trade a gadget that Lets
you see yourself as if in a mirror--
but
irror—but the image is the same as that
seen by someone looking at you.
In this "mirror" left is left and
right is right, not the reverse as in
an ordinary looking glass. If you
held tap printed words to it they
would be the right way around in-
stead of backwards,
Franz Muller, the inventor, who
lives in Bielefeld, says lie has not
yet found a name for his gadget.
"You can't call it a mirror," he
said.
11e won't let anybody take photo-
graphs of the 'device, which he says
will be exhibited in the German
trade exhibition in New York.
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Take hauler= for fast headache
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