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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-05-08, Page 3All Nail to the Great Outdoors!. Spring's litre! The Red Gods are callinglfro'm the'big ep'on spaces offer- ing the freedom of all out-of-doors. ComeI Hit the trails leading to health. and happiness: Head'Ifor the old stafnping grounds wh ch' just a few; weeks ,ago were coy ered, , with ice and, snow. What at change! Everything is liutl,•ding and throbbing with life. Pussy -Willow buds are eweil¢pg. and the grassy elopes are turhieg.green• Listen! Sounds like a robin, Seh Yell, :that's our old friend returns from his winter quarters. See here Sonic More acquaintances: wood anemone, trillium, Canada lily; an violets, What a wonderful time to b out•ofdoord. ,Sing and Be Happy. A merry song on the trail lighten the heart and the pack, as well. Tha Canadian Camp Fire Song Book o yours bas in it the finest collection o Scouty songs you can find anywhere Sing some of them as you hike along. With a camera in the pack a hike is "prepared" to .take some fine plc tures, a similar opportunity for whirl may not preseft itself for another year, .. A. series of pictures taken of the same treer scene o ac us at different times will help to record the various stages of leaf development and plant growth. Seriously Speaking. When you take your first swim this year, it might be your last: How coine? lust this. You may be out of prat). tics, especially when getting into icy Water, and find yourself in trouble be- fore you realize it. What happens In so many cases—the bells In the old town chapel toll their last for a fgol- isb boy who took a chance, Better wait until things warm up a bit. This is the time to prepare yourself for that emergency which might arise. Look up the Proficiency Badge Examiner In Swimming qr the Royal Life -Saving Society Examiner and have him help you qualify for the Junior Life Saving requirements,after which you are en- titled to wear the Junior Life Saving emblem on your suit, Butter this badge an yourself than a hero medal on the other fellow who risked his own life trying to save you from a watery grave. Be a life saver yourself by practicing Safety Pirst and in the meantime learn to be a safe swimmer. Safety. While the subject of caution is still warns, let's take time to consider First Aid preparedness. Dad's shaving stick tube, a soap container or an empty to- bacco can fitted with a few articles will serve in an emergency. The kit should contain some iodine, roller bandages (kept sterile), adhesive tape, aromatic spirits of ammonia, vaselene, and a pair of tweezers. Read again Chapter VI, on Prevention and Treatment of Accidents in your. Boy Scout Handbook. Aquatic Hike. There are hikes, and Hikes, and HIIKES. This one is particularly popu- lar because it Involves a game of chance and luck and provides an op- portunity to play near the water. There is no. ueod of getting wet, how- ever, unless you fall in by appoint- ment. The materials necessary for this hike are 0 glass jar or two with mos- quito netting, and a small wire strain- er from the ten -cent store (or mother's kitchen), a small microscope or read ing glees wilt also be useful., Small brooks and feeders from grassy fields contain animal and in- sect life galore. Dip and drag the net along the bottom and out will come a collection of whirligy, wigglely life which is -transferred to the glass jar. Try your skill at landing a water strider, Consider it a good catch to have a . stickle -back fresh water • shrimp,, dragon fly nymph, crawfish and "water boat man." Better put Mr. Crawfish by himself, far he might start a collection of his own, especial- ly when it gets along dinner time. PIaoe in the jar some of the water plants and record the time, place, landscape, weather and other useful inforritati9r which might be of interest to ot)prers upon your return, An acoounla of this information at the troop a/meeting, along with the ahowingyjthe speci- mens now displayed separate con- tainers, will be ':worth- while attrac- tion, Wise Pat. An Ir•itffman called at a dairy and asked the dairyman if lie could supply him with' a dozen eggs laid by a black hen. The dairyman was amazed at the Irishman's strange order, but inform- ed Pat that be could pick them out hinself. After, Pat had picked. out his eggs, the dafrymau.askod him how he could distinguish•eggs-laid by a black hen. Ob; :`t;hure,' man," replied Pat, "they're always the biggest." S Whenthe winds fail, take to the oars. Opportunity 1.0 often ; lost by pausing. The least force suffices to break what is ab ady'arebked. HEALTH i T ION BY, DR. J. J. M IDDLETON. Provincial Board of Health, Ontario did Middleton WIU be glad to answer, gslesUoac pa Public Health mat. tars throu&b this column. Address him at 8padina House, Beadles Crescent, Toronto. Goitre in its siinple forts can be cured, and iodine is believed to be the cure. The great obstacle in the way of a widespread and persistent use of iodine taken internally is because it .is $o unpalatable. . Among school children where goitre is especially prevalent the taking of iodine should become a routine. The amount re- quired to supply the needs of the body and prevent' an enlargement of the thyroid gland is very small, But it is also very unpleasant to the taste and hence children simply won't keep up the treatment long enough to make It effective. Er. Kimball of Cleveland who has made extensive studies of goitre and its treatment, recommends the giving of iodine in the form of a chocolate covered wafer or -tablet con- taining 10 milligrams of iodine. This provides a medicine pleasant to the taste, and yet with an adequate am - mint et m-ount.et iodine, one tablet taken once a week throughout the year being suf- ficient to control the disease, and in the great majority of cases to bring about a reduction in the size of the thyroid gland. In Switzerland, m the most,goitre districts, Klinggeer,.a Swiss physician, following the lead of other scientists, instituted the use of iodine in tile treatment of school children with goitre.- The results were hstonishing. In the canton of St. Gallen which in January, 1019, showed 87.6 per cent. of all.. school c col children goitrous, had in January, 1922, effected a reduction of 13.1per cent. In 1917 Marine and Kimball insti- tuted routine iodine treatment among school children in Akron, 0., both as a preventive and curative measure, with great success, and the treatment has been applied in other cities and localities since that date. Goitre is of world-wide distribution and is confined largely to inland local- ities not necessarily mountainous. In Canada the disease is particularly noted in New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, in the Northwest Provinces f Brit and in the mountain sect ons o- ish Columbia. Localities near the sea are usually free from goitre, due, it is believed, to -tire people using sea -foods, both animal and vegetable, which in their turn draw their iodine supply from the sea water. In fact the salt deriv- ed from sea, water will in its natural state supply enough iodine to supply the needs of`. the thyroid gland and prevent goitre. Statistics prove that females are more liable to goitre 'than males in the proportion of 10 to 4. Most cases occur from about 11 to 17 years of age, but it is often common during pregnancy. It is now believed that if a pregnant woman takes sufficient iodine during the months preceding the birth of her child, that child' will not develop goitre. Older theories in respect to the cause of simple goitre, such as the drinking of watercontaminated with sewage or containing too much cal- cium or to the effect .of the colon ba- cillus are no longer held to be suffi- cient reasons for the occurrence of goitre. A lack of the normal iodine supply seems the most probable cause. Luxury on the Road. Luxurious as some English motor touring caravans are, none probably ,is so large or so perfectly fitted as one that was completed recently in Paris, Curiously enough,. says Chambers's Journal, this caravan de luxe was or- iginally ordered .by an Englishman, who was afterwards unable to buy it. Two vehicles form the caravan, the leading one of which has a four-cylin- • OREA We want YOUR Cream. We pay highest price. We supply cans, Make daily returns. To obtain best results write now for cans to BOWES CO., LTD. TORONTO der motor, When the tourist makes his halting place for the night he flts a gangway between the leading, ve- hicle and the trailer; and then has the equivalent of a fairly roomy bungalow. To begin behind the driver's cab of. to eading vehicle, there is first a servants' -combined living room and. bedroom, then a well-equipped kitchen in the middle and a dining room with inlaid decorations at the rear. En- trance to both vehicles is obtained from the gangway, between them. In the trailer you step into an entrance hall that forms the anteroom to a beautifully furnished and decorated drawing -room, A passage leading from that room gives access to the bathroom and the lavatory and also to a charming and comfortable bed- room, which occupies the rear part. mitt sThi tFise. Less Fuel Save money by using SNP Enam- eled Ware cooking vessels, They use less fuel. To satisfy.yourself try this convincing test in your kitchen. Take an SMP Enameled Sauce Pan and one of equal size made of aluminum, tin' or other metal. Into each pour two quarts, of cold water. Place eachsauce pan over the fire. The water in the SMP Enameled Sauce Pan will be boil- ing. merrily when the water in the other is just beginning to simmer. Save your money. Use enameledSM "A Pae of Porcelain and a Heart of ,Steel" . Throe finishes: Pearl Ware, two coeej of eorly-grey enamel inside and out: Diamond are, - three coats, light blue and white eut- side, white lining. Crystal Ware, three coeds. Pima white inside and out, with Royal Mae edging. 188 Pellelied• hardwood floors are fitted throughout and are carpeted or partly covered with rugs• in the various. rooms. Electric lamps are provided lin all .parte, and. le ..the dining room there is an eleetrie fire, which. gives, the appearance of glowing coals. Cur= rent is Supplied from a battery under the leading car, which is charged by a motor -driven dynamo In the driver's cab. There is fresh water' in tanks under the vehicles., whence electric pumps lift it to supply tanks over the (sink and the bath. A petrol geyser furnishes hot water for bathing. A {small van, which acts as a tender for Pp the caravan, brings upsupplies lies and water, That the caravan is sumptuously furnished may be gathered from the fact that it cost five hundred thous- and francs before the franc had fallen toitspresent level. 1. If weas p irate that the owner and his wife occupy the bedroom, four persons can be car. cied in comfort, for in the drawing - room two beds are rigged on box mat- tresses that are snugly stowed away' during the day. The servants contem- plated are a man and his wife in the Leading 'vehicle and a •man -servant in the van. In spite of the length—not much short of fifty feet over the two vehicles—the caravan can be handled on any ordinary road or among traffic. BABY'S OWN TABLETS ALWAYS .N KEPT E 0 HAND- . ND Mrs. David Gagne, St Godfrey, Que., writes;—"I have used Baby's . Own Tablets for my three little ones and have found them such an excellent medicine that I always' keep then on. handand a d would strongly advise all other mothers to do the same thing." The Tablets are a mild but thorough laxative which quickly relieve consti- pation and indigestion; break up colds and shnple fevers and promote that healthful refreshing sleep whibh makes the baby thrive. They are sold by all medicine dealers or by mail et 26 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, To a Grandmother. At six o'clock in the evening, The time for lullabies, My son lay on my mother's lap With sleepy, sleepy eyes! 0 drowsy, little manny boy, With sleepy, sleepy eyes! I heard her sing and rock 111m, And the creak of the swaying chair, And the old dear cadence of the words Came softly down the stair. And all the years had vanished, All folly, greed and stain— The old, old song, the creaking chair, The dearest arms again! 0 -lucky little manny boy To feel those arms again! —Christopher Morley. The Younger Generation Scores. A young husband, says the Argo- naut, criticized the biscuits that his bride served him for breakfast. As usual they were "nothing like those mother used to make." The young lady planed her campaign, and the next morning she set before him a plate of hot biscuits alleged to be made as mother used to make hers. "Now You've got it," he exclaimed delightedly as he sampled the new lot. "These are exactly like mother used to make! . How did you happen to hit upon the receipt?" "It's no great secret," ilii wife said with a smile. "I put in oleo instead of butter, used cold storage eggs, drop- ped a bit of alum in the flour and adulterated the milk. Remember, sweetheart, your another lived before there were any pure -food laws." A Curious Tree. Did you ever hear of the upas tree of Java? Up until recent decades its exhalations were supposed to be so deadly that birds flying over it fre- quently dropped dead. Experiments in English hothouses failed to prove this story, and investigators explain. that in Java the tree usually grows in low valleys where the escape of car-. bonic-acid gas from crevices in the ground is abundant, and that this gas Was the real cause of the birds' death. The upas really does contain a viru- lent 'poison, but the old story of its deadly exhalations.lsas been proved false. er Subdue circumstances to yourself, not yourself to circumstances. What you do not want is dear at a 'farthing. Grief decreases where it has no- thing by which it can increase. Keep Miesrd's Liniment. ho the house. fi. Whence Cometh My Help. You are all teaderness oh gentle hills!' I knout •you do not love me. You are fr'e© Both froiu hot passion yearning till It Mils And sickly sentiment• . But you are kind With cpmfortwhen the evening shad- ows creep.. To littleho]iows for a place to sleep, Leaving, the weariness of day behind Ae the day paries, Then the dews o! night Steal. down .and bringgray wisps of fog that rest Like floating veils' of tulle across the breast • Of some cool virgin. And there is no light Except a gentle radiance that fills You with all tenderness, ` oh placid. hills! —Rolfe Humphries. THE DELICATE GIRL What. Mothers Should Do as Their Daughters Approach Womanhood. If growing girls are to become well- developed, healthy women, their health must be carefully guarded. Mothers should not ignore their un- settled moods or. the various troubles that tell of approaching womanhood. It is an important time of life. Where pallor, headache, backache or other signs of anaemia are evident you must ra nvi de the sufferer with the surest Means of snaking new blood. Remember, pale bloodless girls need plenty of nourishment, plenty of sleep, and regular open-air. exercise. But to save the bloodless sufferer she must have new blood—and nothing , meets the case so well. as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, These Pills increase the supply of new, red blood; they stimulate the appetite and relieve the weary back and limbs; thus they restore health and charm, and bring to anaemic girls the rosy cheeks and bright eyes of strong, happy girlhood. You can get these pills through any dealer in medicine, or by mail at 60 cents a box from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. And She Got It, 'of Course. Mrs, Nulywed—"The ox tail I got from you last week was simply fine." Butcher — "Glad you're pleased, ma'am, Mrs. Nulywed--"Yes, quite pleased, you may give me another from the same ox, if you will." Buy your cwt -o1 -town supplies with Dominion Express Money Orders. 4 Where the Deer Keeps Its Scent. We are frequently asked about the scent given out by the deer. It is lo- cated in the foot. If the hoof is separ- ated a little pocket is foundcontaining a pasty substance, the odor of which resembles that of rank cheese. This substance works out on the hoof and leaves its scent on the ground. If a dear Is hard pressed by hounds he will take to water, and running In it for some distance, the odor will be so thoroughly washed out of the hoof that no scent will be left on the ground, and consequently the dogs will be unable to follow. br- Silk Raising Once Secret. The secrets of silk snaking were formerly guarded with great care. In Ronantimes an emperor bribed two Persian monks to visit China and bring back specimens of the worm that spun sills. They accomplished their mission by concealing the eggs of the silkworm in;a hollow cane. Chapped Hands or Face Cured by one application of MEDORA CREAM. Leaves skin smooth and vel- vety. Used exclusively in Toronto General Hospital for ten years. Ask your druggist for 60c bottle and pre- serve your youthful complexion, or sent postpaid on receipt of 60c. J. A, MacDonald, Phm.B., 34 Hogarth Ave., Toronto. '•ou •r CAN USE YOUR SPARE TIME OR ALL YOUR TIME AND PUT. Money in Your Stocking! Money in Your Puree! Money , in the Bank ! Act our Agent. Sell our B. & 13. Superfine Hosiery to yeurfricads, neighbours and nedttaintances. The work is easy. The goods sell themselves, Any woman will nt once recognize the high duality of 13 & hosiery. This cles of hosiery lsnot generally obtainable locally. 'therefore, people are anxious to buy from our agents. lion eN ivos who need more ready cash, schoolgirls with hooks and dresses to buy, teachers men or women, any one can sell. B & E Hosiery and make money. At the same time they don real favor to their customers. Write Today. B. & E. MANUFACTURING CO. (Dept. H.)' London Ontario THERE'S MOIYEY //Y Ir. MRS. CRANKER GIVES TANLAC FULL CREDIT "Asa Stomach Medicine and '!sour Tiodac is Certainly Wonderful; ' Says Brock. ville Lady. Adding her voice to the thousands who are ,praising Tanlac for the re. covery of their health and strength, Mrs, Margaret C!banker, 84 -Louis St., Brockville,. .Ont., says: • "Tanlac is such a grand, good medi- cine and has done so much for me -that' T will praise it. Following a spell of typhoid fever, two years ago, I was just a shadow of myself and remained SO weak I couldn't walk across the floor. Stomach pains and backache tortured me and I was almoet frantic from ,nervousness. "My husband, who had used Tenho with fine results, .persuaded me to try it, too, and It proved to be just what I needed. Six bottles helped ma'baek to health and strength and I also gain- ek 1.;: pounds;., , That was two : years ago and I.have fait flee ever since.. As a stomach medicine and tonic Tanlao. is Certainly ' wonderful." Tanlac 10 for sale by all good ding- giste. Accept no 'substitute. Over 40 Million bottles sold, Tanlac`Vegetable Pills, for constant - tion, made and 'recommended by the manufacturers of TANLAC. EASY TRICKS One Hundred Two packs of playing cards are usually used for this trick but matches, toothpicks, buttons, coins, etc., can be used. You will take fifty of the carda;and your friend will take fifty. Then you declare you will show him anobviously fair game at which he cannot win. You claim the privilege of deal- ing first and deal one card. He 10 to place on that . card not more than ten cards. You are to deal alter- nately, the player dealing the 100th card winning. The secret is simple anti after you understand it thoroughly you will not have to claim the privilege of dealing first. Always deal on the other fellow's cards, enough to bring the total to one more than the next multiple of eleven. As he cannot add more than ten at a time, he will reach a point where he cannot prevent you from deal- ing the 89th card. The best he can do is to deal ten and you will need only to deal one card to make 100. If the other player under-. atonia the trick yon will be unable to win unless yon deal first and deal one card only, f(Jtip this out and paste ft, with &Lao -,o: -tic se,•ff.a, 111 ft :"".hboal:i1 A Traveller's Tale. "Yes," said the traveller, "I had some exciting experiences in Russia. Perhaps the worst affair happened one night when I was ten miles from my hone. I discovered that my sleigh was being followed by a pack of 'wolves. I fired blindly into the pack, killing one of the wolves. To my re- lief, the others stopped to devour him, and in this way I was able to gain on them, "But soon they were on any scent. I fired again, with the same result. I kept on firing until finally there was only one wolf following my sleigh, with hungry eyes fixed on me in an- ticipation of the supper he was going to make of me." The friend, who had listened thus far to the thrilling story, interjected a laugh, and said, "Why, man, according to my reckoning, that last wolf must have had all the other wolves inside of him." "Well, yes, now I think of it, that last wolf did wobble a bit." Say "Bayer" - Insist! For Pain Headache • Neuralgia Rheumatism Lumbago Colds saf1,A; Apt onl Bayer ccey package which contains proven directions Handy "Bayer" boxes of 12 tablets .Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists Aspirin is the trade mark (registered la Canada> =at Mayer Kamfacture et -Mono-. aceticaeldeetet of Selleylieaeld CORNS For sure relief apply Minard's daily. Excellent for bunions. C! ssi6zed Advelt y relenttr l� UkUI1, BEAUT.LFULLY FLUFFY, A carded wool• .sample, enough light comforter; one dollar. Woollen Mills, Georgetown, Ont. OHI'CKS F'R'OM FAMOUS -laying ys g strains Barred Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Wyandottes, 120 a hundred. Safe arrival guaranteed, Chas. Gillespie, Balsam, Ont. Danger of Blow Torch. Do not permit painters to burn off old paint witha torch. There are several_ inexpensive liquid paint re- movers on the market which will do th e work better. Warn plumbers and repairmen to exercise every precau- tion in using blow torches or heaters about a building, Carelessness of workmen has caused many fires. Our church was recently set on fire when a blow torch, used on the bottom of a door, ignited paper on the other side: —•C. P. S. 0 • Ask for Minaret's and take no other. Bad Marks. Irate Mother --"What do you mean by saying any boy has some of the characteristics of the German?" Teacher -"I merely wanted to indi- cate that he has too many bad marks." Neglect of the teeth may have harmful effect on all the joints of the body. URIN Keeps EYES Clear, Bright and Beautiful Write MutineCo., Chicogo, foreyc Cat0Hook CUTOCURA HEALS SKIN TROUBLE Face Broke Out In Pim- ples. Were Disfiguring. Extremely Sore. "My face broke out in a mass of pimples that were very annoying as well as disfiguring. The pim- pies were small, hard, red' lumps at fust, but 'increased' in size and came to a head. The pimples were extremely sore and tender, and I was very much discouraged. " I read an advertisement for Cu- ticura Soap and Ointment and sent for a free sample. I purchased more, and after Using two cakes of Cuticura Soap, together with the Cuticura Ointment, I -was healed." (Signed) Miss Alberta Moore, Salt Springs Sta., Nova Scotia. For every purpose ofthe toilet and bath, Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Talcum are excellent. Sample Each Free by 10.11. Address r••ancdlan Depot: cations, P. 0. Box IIe1.1, Montreal!' Price. So�npnic. Ointment 25and5e0. Tnlouar26e. &5E • Try our new Shovinef Stick. RS. DAMS NERVOUS =HECK Tells Women Ilow She Was Restored to Perfect Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Winnipeg, Man,—"I cannot speak too highly of what Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable-Com- pound egetableCom-pound has done for me. I was a nervous wreck and I just had to force myself to do my work. Even the soundofmyown chil- dren playing .made me feel as if i-mtiet scream if they did not get away from me. I could not even speak right to my husband. The doctor said he could do nothing for me. My hue- band's mother advised me to take the Vegetable Compound and I started it at, once. I was able to do my work once more and it was a pleasure, not a bur- den- Now I have a fine bouncing baby and am able to nurse her and enjoy do- ing my work. I' cannot help recom- mending such a medicine and any one seeing me before I. took it, and seeing me now, can see what it does for ne. I am only too leased' for you to use ray teatime/nal.' —AIrs. EMILY Davis, 721 McGee Street, Winnipeg, Man. Lydia E. Pinkham's Private Text - Book upon `Ailments Peculiar to Women' ' wili be sent you froe upon request. Write to the Lydia E Pinkhain' Medicine Co,, Cobourg Ont. Thie book contains valuable information., b ISSUE No. 19—'23.