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rilURS., OCT: 29,1942
Is careIessuess the enemy within your gates? An upset
lantern may prove as disastrous as a fire bomb. Matches
where children can get them are as dangerous as a fire
• , maniac.- Putting coal oil in the stove is akin to putting a
• torch to your house. A car, truck or tractor driven on your
barn floor may reduce your buildings to "scorched •earths"
Safeguard life and ,property by practising every safety
• measure. Don't set a lantern down, even on a window ledge,
but hang well up with a good strong snap. Keep matches in
metal boxes out of the reach of children. Don't revive a fire
with coal oil or gasoline. If you must drive a motor driven
vehicleon your barn floor, make sure that the floor is swept
cleaii crf'kzierything flanonalfle.
Life is dear—and buildings almost impossible to replace for
' the duration. Furthermore, your farm is one of the food
baskets of the Empire—a vital cog in our Victory machine.
• Fight to prevent fires, for your loss is the Nafion's loss now.
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REPORT to THE NATION'
Aftet. months of preparatipn, pre-
paration which involved much histor-
ical research, and took three men
10,000 miles across the Dominion to
talk with the Canadian people and to
make sound pictures of thalSanadian
scene, the OBC now announces that
"Our Canada" is ready for release to
National Network listeners. The first
programme,in this new feature series
will be beard on Sunday, November,
1, at 1015 p.m. Emir, /.1.15
Centre Section Convention•
AT"
Heat Lainps Great' BoOn
To Automobile Industry,
A motion -Picture "short',' demon
„, . • es, . , • strates .the,,,,u,S„,e,et0 Which. infra -reds
• •• • s • • ' "• ',,•
or' heat" lamlea, are .being jr
in' page1, war. :Seee.refrs'. etten know' in annu- it theYs have -been irreplirotytead7nwy
ft was moved and set°
(c°ntinucd fr° al • report how many elaPeaq
s, • aree uipping them With gold-plated re-
d that
needed. When a life `member moves hectors. T Great batteries of these
Mrs. -Richardson be Member af fill-evaysee her 1. .embership goes gold-plated lamps have been in..
rs life m
ance 'committee. , '• with her so that there is no duplica. si•alied in automobile • factories to
bake the ' paint on severel autorno-
A two minute report of the roll call ting. Have a special prayer list for bileiniultan ou&I They.have
' ' ' Tryreach e Y.
of auxiliaries then folloSsed. Thirteen 1111391011arleS. to allocation reduced the baking of one coat of
auxiliaries reported with A*member by, giving by erovelopes.- • paint from 40 to 7 minutes.' •Be-
cause the heat is deliyered by fo-
ship about unchanged. Nearly all used w ..4,
e were then favored with a trio cussed radiation alone, these larfilla
study book, some using different from neueseieisi by me,. A. Johnston, in general heat only the object on
methods. Sometime was given to Tem- Mrs.se-
ee.lVIeBath' and Eva. Stack- which they are focussed, making it
peranee and- °hristian Stewardship -in house • possible for rnen to work on the oh-
alinost all •auedlittriee: 'All 'reported Miss Hern then • introduced the ject during the heating without be -
difficulty in arousing interest of the I epeaker, Miss Brown. She said how Mg roasted themselves. As a result
Younger women in missionary k some of these lights are being used
work she herself lied, been interested in eeen in malting engine pistons.
• They, also are employed to shape
asbestos shingles and in fluffing' up
bed mattresses And stillother
types are installed above citrus or-
chards to prevent freezing and in-
crease the growth of the trees.
Those that are used for drying hair
have been found to be more efficient
when the light contains more red
waves. •
For camera amateurs a surpris-
ingly efficient walnut -sized photo-
flash bulb now is on the inarket. Its
special advantage is said to be that
it makes it possible to take night
pictures at a greater distance from
subjects than before. This penetrat-
ing ability is made possible by an
ingenious use of lacquer as a
All felt hopeful of meeting their ,a1-
,
location by end of year.
mal'edecation. After. the Armistice he
returned to high, school, then went
to Northwestern Military Academy
and had two years at Ripon College
where the college debating society and
amateur dramatics gave him the "act-
ing bug' frernewhich he never recov-
ered. After studying at the American
Academy of Dramatic Art, he obtain-
ed his first part in a Theatre Guild,
production of "R.U.R.,"' It the prince-
ly salary of fifteen dollars a week.
Slim years followed, when Spencer
Tracy missed meals and' slept in the
park between engagements with Ethel
Barrymore and other stock compan-
ies. He finally crashed Broadway in
1926 and four years later began the
film career which was to lead him to
international fame. He won the covet-
ed "Oscar" in 1937 and 1938, for his
performances in "Captains Courage-
ous" and "Boystowo."
ON THE AIIR
Canon J. E. Ward and Earl Grey,
the well known radio playwright, will
collaborate on the scripts for the new
OBC Bible Stories series beginning
Sunday, November 1, 9.00 EDT, 10.00
est. ADT . . Claire Wallace and
Todd Russell will broadcast from Tor-
ontoergain daily at 145 p.m. EDT, be-
ginning Monday,. November 2. After
an east and west tour they will Spend
one week ifi. home territory, then
move to Ottawa for the week of
November 8. . . . Percy Philip, Ot-
tawa correspondent of the New York
Times is the only news correspondent
Airwaves 'knee's in Canada, who has
faced a firing squad and lived to ,re-
count' his reactions. Mr. Philip, a
Scotsman by birth, educated et Edin-
burgh and Oxford, he spent most of
his.ne*spaper life in Europe. He was
in Paris up till the fall. of France.
He will be on CBCre WSek-end Re-
view period Sunday, November 1, at
8.30 pm. EDT, 9.30 p.m. ADT. . : R.
S. Lambert back from New York CBC
Educational Ad,viser. to School of the
Air of the Americas) beaming with
recollection of ;complimentspaid him
after he had finished his speech be-
fore the Institute of Latin, American
Affairs on October 11. Also for his
pari in producing the jest "published
Canadian edition of "School Of the
Air of the Americas" booklet now
available from Ol30, 55. York Street
Toronto. •
ADT. •
The opening broadcast, "The Peop-
le", tells the story of the men and
women of Canada—the pioneers' who
built our nation in the past and the
fighters and workers who are today
defending their heritage of freedom.,
Under such titles, as , "The Land," ,
"The Faith That Men Brought With.
Them'', "Bread", "Out of the Earth",
"Confidence and Credit", and "Govern I
ment by the Peojle," subsequent
broad.easts will describe the physi-
cal aspects of the country, her re-
ligions, her industries and: commerce,
her goevrnment and will tell of the
share of theee and many other factors,
in' making the Canadian nation what
is today, and what it shall be in
the future. CBO hopes that "Our Can-
• ada" will serve to knit 'together
more closely the twelve million peo-
ple scattered over such a vast area,'
and that'sin a common understanding
our national heritage ,Canadians will
_attain the confidence in each other
essential to a spiritually' united ef-
fort,
HELPING HAN.D
Back in 1916 a lad named Spencer
Tracy decided to leave high school to
join the United States Navy. Now, in
1942, Spencer Trecy, one of Holly-
wood's most popular stars, and twice
winner of the Academy Award for
.outstanding perfotmancese is coming
to Canada to help his northern neigh-
bours raise the money necessary to
carry on the battle to defend ideals
which fired his youth. Ile will be mas-
ter of ceremonies for the final. All-
Star Victory Loan broadcast tithed -
riled on the C130 National Network
at 9.00 p.m. EDT, 10.00 p.m. ADA
Wedeesday, November 4.
The future fihn star did not let his
War serviec interfere with his for -
No C.G.I.T. reported. One mission
circle reported. They advised getting
mothers interested and children would
Mrs. H, Kirkby Walton spoke on
behalf of Mission Bands. Ten Bands
answered roll call and gave very
encouraging reports. Reports were
heard from _5 baby' bands. The Baby
Band and the mothers are usually en.
tertained once a year by the Auxil-
iary. The mothers' are reached throu-
gh this department the baby is early
contacted as a Missionary member.
Two evening Auxiliaries, reported
and were undertaking a good work.
We then sang, Hymn 360 "Take up
the Cross". The offering was then
taken followed by prayer by Mrs. H.
Kirkby, Walton.
China since she was a 'child.
• Miss Brown began her address by
saying how glad she wasto be back
to Brucefield as she was quite famil-
iar with it in her younger days and
had several relatives around there.
She had spent her fourth term at
Shanghai and after a year's furlougls
she was always glad to be back.
China was making great adsrances
and she had great 'faith, in China,
Back in 3.93 they had never deearned
of such a catastrophe coming from
hand of Japanese although they had
seen some of their rash acts. There
were many panics. However they
still had faith in Japan. Shanghai had
been destroyed \twice in 5 years.
China had 5 noble army. There were
then several refugees to care for and
Christians took help to every, camp.
There were 20,000 in the camps and
about 50 were dying each dey. Condi-
tions in tha camps were terrible.
Miss Maude Wiltse gave the tree- There were no inattresses, no covers,
surers report and urged each trees- and lay- on a damp, Mouldy floor. A
urer to put name of society on top call for help was sent out and soon
of report and signify if it is Auxiliary: all had food, covers and beds. Their
M. B. etc. 31659. had been raised up fiftieth Anniversary was being. pre -
to present time which was a decrease pared when fight was on. They work -
of $331 from same period last year. ed in campsand tried to keep up mor-
' ale. Miss Brown took up work_ in
• Miss Stirling; •Bayfield gave C •
splendid report on Temperance. She Literature and was asked to help Mrs.
spoke of the increase in Juvenile McGilMerys
Crimes and'stresieef how parents were In 1920's the chinch movement was
responsible for conduct of children. at a Aow ebb. Even a native Chris -
Math recreation of good kind should tian would be hated and shot down.
.be provided -She said 109 letteiisent
c
privately • to Premier King. at Ottawa Theycould teach simple reading in
4
should do more good than one letter months but not much simple work
to read. She tried to make up some-
eigued hi people. She urged each
thing for them to read. She tried to
mernbsr to write to Ottawa. After
make up some little book with 1400
-Nov. 1, no more whiskey is to be
characters and sometimes used only
made in Canada or the, United States
1100. Then she wanted a magazine
for .the cturation. This is for a war
to eome regular ,at first she had 14
measure rather than for teraperance.
However there is enough whiskey subscribers and soon had 2200. The
ahead- in both countries
Japs are even blamed for floods. Any
556,000,000
books appealed to Chinese and they
.gallons th lest a few year is The brew -
carried them with them on vacations.
eriee 'whieriei may continue to
It was hard to get paper. Do we ever
menufacture. Consumption is on the
think what we owe to the printed
increase unfortunately. Breweries
may get tires and be protected and go pagel If early disciples had not writ -
where they like, It is said you
ten what would have been the results.
can
nieetSsuch s truek every seven miles
on'the highwayeHow far money spent
on beer and wine .vfould gei on was
supplies., bombers, munitions etc.
Military honors accorded 178 Can-
adian soldiers for their exploits.) at
Dieppe, includingfirst award of the
'Victoria •Cross to a Canadian in this
war th Lieut. Col. Charles Cecil Ing-
ersoll Merritt of Vancouver.
"The generosity of our citizenship
into which men and women of many
races have been freely welcomed has
been repaid by unquestioned loyalty
' to our instititiOus and �ur ciu.i$."—
Prernier MacKenzie Mag.; '
Mrs. Ralph Batten, Woodham, Lit-
erature Secretary introduced her lit-
eeature, that she had' for sale and
urged that several books be bought
She said there was a great need for
Christian Literature. China was cla-
moring for such literature. Some was
free while others were very cheap.
Mrs. Pickard, Clinton spoke on be-
half of Missionary !monthly and
World Friends. Her aim was to have
One man took a trip. with several
tons of Biblesand bible literature.
It took him 7 weeks for what usual-
ly took 2 days. He soon sold 31,000
and had orders for 100,000 books.
They soon called for Miss Brown to
return but she had at that time no
pasport frorCanada to go. , She
stressed hOw we must not shrink our
duty. Never was sueh a need for mis-
sion work.
Mrs. Toll moved a vote of thanks
to Miss Brown,
We then sang Hymn 286. Miss
Hern then led in prayer. 1VIiss. Kirk
a monthly in every home with a Londesboro then gave a splendid, re -
World Friend for children. Help your port on Training; school for leaders at
secretary by giving her your subserip- St. Thontas. She said there was the
Pon. Try to, increase last years num- ingest attendance on record. There
ber. She emphasized each secretary to
send orders to Mrs. Pickard Clinton
not Toronto. Do not send money in
envelopes. Extra order, formers are
ireloieci, to use if any more copies are
needed during the year.
Mrs. H. Kirkby erported on the
Mission Bands. She recommended
considering needs of children in pro-
grams. Show how funds, are divided Res. and Courtesy Committee thank-
aniongest Chinese in Be C. and other ing Beacefielci ladies for hospitality
missionary work. Encourage mission- and the official' board for use of
ary work in children, never discour-
age. Home and church go hand in
hand and, buy World Friends.' Pray-
er circles could be formed she said.
We sang Hyrrin. 255, Zion's King shall
reign Victorious. Morning session
closed with prayer. A very suraptu-
ous dinner was served by ladies of
Brucefield.
were 7 Japanese girls served and
.they can also take studies there. She
said the speakers were so good and
the vesper service very impressive,
litre. Young had a good talk on Is-
lam in Iran.
At this point the offering was tak-
Reports were. then brought in by
The afternoon session opened by
singing Spirit of God Descend Up-
on my Heart. The worship service
was taken by Mrs. P. Lindsay, Mrs.
W. Britton,. followed with prayer by
Mrs. W. Patton.
• Mrs. C. Britton, spoke on Chris-
tian* Stewardship. This is for every
one, she said, not only for ladies.
God has given us a responsibility and
it 15 our duty to do it. When we re-
cognize our ownership to God it is
our duty to give money, and show Our
expression of love. . It is not , the
-amount we give but it is what we
have left undone that we have to ac -
could for. Jesus didn't Say a tenth
the church and Miss Brown for the
splendid address.
An invitation was accepted to go
to Londesboro in 1943.
Mrs. Nay, President then led in a
questionaire on problems which was
very interesting. She said any money
over amount of allocation should be
reflector.
ti 9
"They Come From Ferment
oles in Swig's Cheeses.
• triSeseflregrtheaetepsrtescehnetesweaerx, Pthoret c41111re.
New Zealand, then The Netherlands,
then Canada, then Italy, then Swift-
erland, Denmark, Jugoslavia, Aus-
tralia • and Finland. The,, United
States exported 'some cheese, but
not much. -
Most New Zealand 'cheese is Ched-
dar type. The Netherlands special-
izes in those super -fatted cheeses,
made with'double or triple cream,
which may run up to 40 per cent
butterfat, almost half as much as
butter. The most,•famous of Dutch
cheeses is Edam, size and shape of
a large grapefruit, and when well
ripened, crumbly and rich in
flavor.
•
Next to Roquefort, the most fa-
mous of French cheeses are those
two soft delicacies, Camembert and
Brie, and then Neufchatel, which re-
sembles American cream cheese but
has more flavor.
The famous Swiss cheese—some-
times called Ernmenthaler—is one
of the cheeses made entirely of
sweet milk, which accounts for its
lack of acid flavor. The holes in
Swiss cheese are not bored or chis-
eled; they result from a ferment.
The two best known of Italian
cheeses are Gorgonzola and Parme-
san. In grated form the latter
gives zest to soups and spaghetti.
As imported, Parmesan cheese is
as solid as concrete and almost as
hard, the result of long storage.
.
Evolution of Biscuits
Cranial Structure Is.
Essential, Says Doctor
Did you ever hear of a sculptor -
anatomist?
In Los Angeles, Dr. Emil A.
Seletz, one of the city's leading
brain surgeon's, finds sculpture
"great relaxation from the strain
of the operating room." He is a
sculptor -anatomist. His head sculp-
tures have become famous.
"A sculptor might copy surface
measurements to the tiniest frac-
tion of an inch and still have only
a surface resemblance to his sub-
jects—a blank appearance, with a
complete lack of expression," Dr.
Seletz says.
"But a sculptor -anatomist can
carve or mold the head with inti-
mate knowledge of each tiny muscle
of the facial structure, and an com-
bine the several expressions that
sweep over the human face almost
every second.
"These muscles and knowledge of
the whole cranial structure are es-
sential if the great desired 'stero'
effect is to be obtained. It is a
feeling of movement."
He has completed heads of Bee-
thoven, Conrad, Mark Twain, Press
ident Roosevelt, • Will Rogers; and
other great men.
•
An Optimist
Be was a jolly, good-humored
farrner. Nothing could upset him.
One day he was sitting on the roof
of the farm watching the waters of
a flood swirl past him.
A gloomy neighbor rowed over to
his perch.
"Hello, Tedi" groaned the neigh-
bor. "All your hens washed away
this morning?"
"Yes," replied the farmer cheer-
fully; "but the ducks can swim, you
know."
"Ah, but the apple trees and all
that are gone, aren't they?"
"Yes,",admitted Ted; "but - the
crop would have been a failure any-
way."
"I see," persisted the neighbor,
"that the water is over year win-
dows."
"That's right," replied Pro op-
timistic farmer, "but they've needed
cleaning for weeks."
sent in as it was raised for that pur-
pose and helped some which came
short. Then also all money needed
was not allocated.
The Secretaii• Was asked to write
a note to Mrs. Gardiner who was ill.
Rev. Mr. Atkinson, closed the meet-
ing with prayer. •
Britain is mobilizing its field e as
well as its factories: The home pro-
duction of food has ahnost doubled
since the outbreak of war, Six mill-
ion more acres are under the ploirgh
than before the War. Britain' is now
just to our ablip.„ our w the most highly mechanized farming
according sr
Before They Reach You
While eating your hot biscriits this
morning did you stop to think of all
the things that happened before the
biscuits could even be made?
First the planting of the little seed
called wheat, in the fall, in the
North. Then the growing of- the
seeds, like little blades of grass
shooting up and at the. end of sum-
mer the grains of wheat at the
top of the plants,. dry and ready to
cut. The harvesting of the wheat
with machines run by. engines that
cut the wheat and tie it into bun-
dles.' Then comes the threshing,
with the seeds separated from the
straw with the threshing machine.
The wheat is then put into sacks
and sent to mills where it is ground
several times into fine flour. The
flour is put into sacks and barrels
which are sent to cities and coun-
tries to be sold. Trucks bring sacks
of flour to the grocer and we buy
our flour from him. And then comes
the biscuit making,
States Which raise the most wheat
include South and North Dakota.
Color Stressed in Decorating
"People are color -minded today."
This was emphasized by Paul 0.
Drury, C.P.M., of Washington, D. C.,
discussing decorating before a
meeting of the Institute of Real Es-
tate Management held in connection
with the recent South Central re-
gional conference of the National
Association of Real Estate Boards
at New Orleans.
"Attractive, colorful walls in of-
fices and apartments are a strong
selling point," Drury pointed out.
"Color can.be used to create some-
thing more desirable from some-
thing average by _providing optical
illusions of greater size,' greater
light, less eyestrain from poor natu-
ral lighting conditions, or just from
supplying a pleasing feeling of com-
fort and well-being to the occupant
of the room
Books on International Situation
The names of some books that
give a comprehensive view of the
international situation as recom-
mended, by Dorothy Thompson are
"The Revolution of Nihilism," by
Hermann Rausohninge "Not Peace
But a Sword," by Vincent Sheeah;
"Betrayal in Central Europe," by
G. E. R. GedyeL"Polarid: Key to
Europe," by Raymond Leslie Buell;
"Stalin," by. Boris' Souvarine; "Jug-
gerrisitit. The Path of Dictatorship,"
Albert Carr; "4.ccent Power,"
by Valeria Wren; "Europe—Going,
C.4oing, Gone," by Count'Ferdinand
Czerin; "Step by Step," IV Wins-
ton churchi4; "The New German
Empire,"-• by 'ran Borkenau;
"Germany Rempapt," by Ernest
Elairibinehi""In Defense of France,"
by Edouard Daladier; "Democracy:
TWO and..TOmorroW,"' by Eduard
ir our 4,1,11d.,410.A et country m Europe
Printing Implements
Imported in Early Dayt,
.Associated with printing in Amer --
Lica are such names as Stephens
Deere, the Green family, Benjamin,
Franklin and others Of like signif-
icance. Most of us, are familiar-
,
with Gutenberg, but when it de-
scend& to the physical aspects or
we assume there were -
types and presses available.
Until after the middle of the .
Eighteenth century all implements,
of printing, including most of the,
paper used, were imported. The first
paper mill in Connecticut was ere
tablished by Christopher Leffingwell
of Norwich in 1766, writes Thomp-
son R. Harlow in the Hartford CQU-
rant. The first press made in the •
colonies was by Isaac Doolittle of -
New Haven in 1769. Presses were
also said to have •been made in
Hartford as early as 1775.
Lung Ills Shape History
Research by medical philosophers
has shown that •tuberculosis may
have played an important part in
history. Some authorities declare
that the toxins of the germ stimu-
late certain kinds of personality in
order to make them produce their
best work, although the opinion is
not universally shared.
Famous people who have had tu-
berculosis include;
In art, Raphael.
In philosophy, Voltaire, St. Fran-
cis of Assisi and John Calvin.
Statesmen, Cicero, Cecil Rhodes.
In music, Chopin, Paganini and
Mozart.
In literature,Schiller, Keats, By-
ron, Thoreau, Bronte, Moliere, and
Robert Louis Stevenson.
In science, Descartes, Priestly
and Luther Burbank.
Sailors, John Paul Jones and Lord
Nelson.
In medicine, Laennec, Ehrlich,
Benjamin Rush and Trudeau.
• In 1804 William Wing of Hartford:
received a patent for casting type.
In 1813 at least four patents were
granted on printing presses in Con-
necticut, with Zachery Mills of Hart-
ford having one for an ink distribu-
tor. John L. Wells •of Hartford pat-
ented in 1819 the first press in which
the long lever was successfully in-
troduced.
These improvements were impor-
tant when taken as a whole in re-
spect to the development of the -
printing trade. Yet there are three -
other events. that happened in Con-
necticut that stand out as significant .
advances in the promotion of print-
ing in America. The first of these
was the casting of type by Abel
Buell in 1769; the second was the
passage, in 1783, of the first copy-
right law in which the principles of -
protection were laid down that we
today accept, and the third was the
invention of a cylinder printing
pre,ss by Apollos Kinsley in 1795.
New Home Extinguisher
Puts Out Fires Quickly
When the meat in the oven or •
broiler catches fire it may on occa-
sions be dangerous to try to extin-
guish it by ordinary methods. Sci-
ence has come to the rescue with a
new home extinguisher that puts out
any kitchen or home fire in an in-
stant unless it has - gained consid-
erable headway and no longer is
confined to a yard or two of space.
The new "fire killer" really,
smothers the flames with synthetic
snow, some of the carbon dioxide it
ejects being sprayed in the form of
tiny flakes of dry ice. As carbon,
dioxide gas is the same stuff that
charges soda pop it is entirely harm-
less to the stomach.
Thus, even though it is used. to
extinguish flames which threaten to
burn up a steak, the latter, once the
fire is out, is as edible as though
no extinguisher had been sprayed on
' it. The extinguisher is not cheap,
one make costing upward of $12.
But even in a period when saving
lives is not the chief activity of '
men, this outlay might not seem ex-
orbitant if it should make it pos-
sible to prevent the death or scar-
ring for life of a member of the
family whose dress caught fire.
Dropsical Edema
Physicians call it dropsical edel-
ma. You may call it swelling of
the legs.
It is a phenomenon usually asso.
elated with cardiac trouble, kidneg
trouble, or some form of pelvic
pressure, or a combination of all
three.
When the heart is involved, we -
generally find such retardation of
circulatory activity that there is in-
sufficient drainfige of the most dis-
tal portions of the body—to wit: The -
feet.
This poor drainage, in turn, com-
1 th blood and tissues to give.
•
Money Shrinks When Traveling
Ten dollars carried around the
world and turned into the currency
of each country through which it
passes will have shrunk consider-
ably when it is turned back into
United States dollars at the end of
it journey. At least that was the
recent experience of one man who
circled the globe and tried to see
what would happen to this. specific
sum of American money.
Frank S. Gaines of San Francisco
made the experiment recently on a
business trip. He started with a $10
silver certificate which, after being
changed into 19 different currencies,
realized a meager ,$3.90 on his re-
turn. To this sum, bank authorities
say, should be added 90 cents inter-
est that the note would have earned
at 6 per cent, if it had not been lying
idle during a year and a half's trip.
This would make a total 'of $4.80 if
the record is te be really fair and
accurate. •
Insects Cost Millions -
National defense not only of the
United States but alsp against harm-
ful pests—weevils, moths, termites,
rats and kindred others—is becom-
ing of great concern to army. men,
Prof. W. B. Herms of the Univer-
sity of California pointe out. -
Protettion of army toad supplies,
clothing and building materials from
these pests must be considered.
Trained personnel are used to han-
dle entomological matters pertain-
ing to health and sanitation.
Each year insects damage stored
grain and milled products in the
United States to an estimated ex-
tent of $300,000,000, he said. Ter-
mites are credited with causing
an annual loss of more than Oa, -
000,000, moths, $20,800,000, powder
post beetles, $35,000,00, and rats,
peis e
forth their fluids. As they do so;
these fluids deposit themselves in the.
lower extremities.
This is the simple form of cardiac.
dropsy.
When such dropsy extends up to.
the abdomen and, finally, to the dia-
phragm and heart, the patient dies,
Fasting Slows Brain
During the last few years .many
cases of "forced" fasting have been
brought to the attention of school
teachers. These children came to,
school without eating because they
had no food at their hornes. Their
school work suffered greatly, in-
dicating that no better thinking re
sulted from the fasting. Factory
workers have shown the same re-
sults—when hungry, they cannot
concentrate as well as when hunger
is satisfied. My own classroom ex-
periences showed me long ago that
students were able to concentrate.
least during the last class period be.
noon and during the first period.
fellopMg noon. Thinking is hill.
dered both by hunger and by eat-
ing too much. A light liquid is best:
for thinking.
'Graham' Bread
Sylvester Graham, after whom,
whole wheat bread.is known neither'
invented nor introduced it, for bread
made of the entire Wheat was the.
first bread made. As a lecturer on•
food reforin and as author of the -
so -called "Graham System of Liv-
ing," published in 1835;' his diet
regimen included temperance, if not
teetotalism, as well as complete ttit.;
stinence from meat. It was, how-
ever, because Graham also, and
constantly, urged eating at every
meal whole whet breadr ..that his,
enamWeltbhit. became
inseparably
sesoolat-
d