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ova HEALTH U S lON X
By Julie 11 Huber, M.A., M.D.
Ar. Veber wti( mower all,signed letters pertaining to Ilealth, 11 you/
question is ct general interest it will be answered through these columna;
It not, it wilt 1,+ answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope is en,
closed. I)r. Huber will not prescribe for individual eases• or make diagnosis.
Address ler. John 11. Huber, care of Witsou Publishing tlo., 73 West Adelaide
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Ti'1at aii•aq e1.c lar,f;•..t ;rift.; ni Ilsh?•:'n, when 1311 p1 nu health and spir'it8
yd amiss.,TTkor(rroan.
BABY'S CLOTHES.
At the flet ee-ar. At about the; • Answer --The excellent physicians
tiro; year the child will begin to stand, , who examined you would be far bet -
and he meet have elites to s'.rpnort - ter judges than I, and I would be pre -
his ankles. Itemletrs will give hint sumptuous indeed to advise in the cit•-'
freedom nad .save on the Mundt y. eurt-t^.noes. On general principles, -
As soon as he ie sufficiently trained how .ver, operation is decidedly in-
-(shout eighteen months) drawers .dica-'d in such a case as yours. In
should b0 l • •n. chronic appendidtis the local condi-
Laced shoes are best for a walk - 'tion is like so much dynamite in the
ing child; hut cannot he produced for a system, ready to explode on the tieeur- l
small i•aby. 11'h::i out of doors in winter retire of :thy strain or dietetic hulls-;
the ellkd should have his ears well cream. Possibly the other Ailments `
covered, and a Im nret with an inter- you mention may be much improved
lining s heel t b, u: „1, :1 thin sprat- is .•ort: equenee of the operation.. The
er is 0 very etrwe:dent garment to use Tannic acid in the tea is very binding.
under the veal- tea very cold days, Of eourse you are drinking too much
The ehlid she l e *,ever go out when of that fluid. 2 or at most 3 cups the
the thermometer is under 13 degrees day are right and should be your ..
F. A fine piece ref cheese cloth may limit. 6 glasses of water the day.
be made to tit the baby earriage fas- are enough.
tend on the hoed; anti this will guard ` Cold Hands.
against dust and high winds. I I am having quite a time to keep
The out-of-door 'lathing is depen- my hands warm. In fact I feel cold,
dent entirely upon the season of the all aver as soon as damp weather sets
year and with the sudden changes
whieh take place in the climate def-
inite rules carnet be laid down. Moth-
ers are obliged to rely upon their own
judgment, or that. of experienced
friends. As a generni preposition it
may be said •that infants are very apt
to be overelad. particularly during the
hot weather.
QUESTIONS .t\D ANSWERS.
Appendicitis.
I have seen 2 do'tors; both tell me.
I have appendicitis and one tells me I
must be operated en. Can I be
cured without an operation?? It pains
me only at odd times and generally
at night. I drink 9 or 19 cups of tea
the day, besides about as much wa-
ter. I hate also varicose veins.)
And I am constipated all the time. ; cordingly.
fn.
Answer—Cold hands (and feet)
with or without sweating, if persist-
ing several months, are due either to
nervous fatigue (neurasthenia), ane -
min (poor blood), hemorrhage, chronic
digestive disturbances, rheumatism,,
gout, or heart or lung affections that
may interfere with the right circula-
tion of the blood. ,Maty nervous pee-;
p10 get cold eetramities suddenly and
temporarily by reason of excitement
or anxiety or shock. There are those'
who will complain of cold extremities,
which are nevertheless Warm to the
touch of another person. Doctors
call this panasthesia, and it is a ner-
vous condition. Your doctor should
examine as to which of these causes'
obtnins in your case and proceed ac •
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On Winter Nights.
Don't close your window top nor 1
bottom at night because you are cold,•
•but learn to keep Warm with it open..
First arrange your room se that you
do not sleep in a direct draught, but
if that is inrpos,ible, a `imple device
may be used. Cut a h$vy piece of
cotton six • inches longer than the
width e:f the window frame and eigh
teen inches wide. Tack it along its
lower edge to the window sill and
hook the upper earners to the window
frame. The window may then he
opened wide, but the current of air
will be directed upwards. In the
day time, the shield may be unhooked
and dropped.
Equally important is the bed. A
thick mattress and pad should be suf-
ficient
ufficient under the sleeper, but if the
mattress is thin, place heavy wrap-.
ping paper under it, Flannelette
sheets may be used in preference to
rattan, The lighter the top cover
the better. If down or lath's wool
are too expensive, a quilt made of two
layers of flannelette with an interlin-
ing of newspapers will prove an ex-
eehlent covering over the blanket,.
For the outdoor sleeper a Klondyke
bed or 0. sleeping bag is necessary.
The Iilondyke bed is made by tucking
the blankets under the mattress -pad
at foot and sides, and binding the
whole securely by tucking the top
covering twelve inches under the mat-
trese at foot and sides. For stormy
weather a horse blanket or quilt with
a canvas cover makes an excellent
protection. Sleeping bags may be •
bought at any department store, but a
satisfactory one may be made at
home from a large quilt or blanket, or.
from a quilt made from flannelette
with newspaper interlining. The bed
should be heated by hot water bags
or hot water bottles before entering.
it, and the covering must not be so,
tight that the feet are uncomfortable.
Place two pillows in the form of a 'V,
allowing the head to rest in the angle.
The pillows will protect the shoulders.,
Do not pull the covers over the head.,
Sleeping helmets may be bought, but
a good imitation can be made from a
wide toboggan cap pulled out to its
double length. Open one end, allow-
ing the cap to pull down over the
]read, and cut an opening Large enough
for the eyes, nose and mouth. A com-
eortabie hood may be made from any
=oft woollen material cut after the
style of a sunbonnet.
The British naval boot is of a light
pattern, owing to its being chiefly
used for deck duties.
on the good eggs in the incubator that
Cei@Olat
How To Make Successful Batches
Weak chicks are caused by the same
things that cause a poor hatch, says a
successful poultry woman. I keep
my tray filled with hatchable eggs by
testing them before putting them in
the machine. There are many im-
perfections on the inside of the shells,'
and in the egg itself, which are int -
possible to detect without the m eni-
fying lens. I test again in thirty-six
hours,taking out all infertile eggs be-
fore they are injured, I try to keep
my lamp clean and well trimmed, and
.use the very beet oil. I keep the
temperature at from 102 degrees to
103 degrees the first two weeks. from
.103 degrees to 104 degrees the last
week, and never exceed 10.4 degrees
at, any time. No moisture is used,
except that whieh the incubator pro-
vides, until the hatch is well advanced.
Then a wet, warm towel is laid over
the eggs if necessary.
i ani const.'autly on the lookout for
dead germs winch, if permitted to re-
main, will spoil the hatch by' poison- _
Ing chicks that otherwise might have
been strong and healthy. A dead click
1n the shell wit have the same effect
a decayed apple would have in the
midst of good ones. They throw off
a poisonous gas which is responsible
for many chicks being dead in the
shell at hatching time. This also
causes bowel trouble, so common with
incubator chicks, for which the in-
cubator is not to blame.
I till every vacancy made by testing
nut unhatehable eggs, by setting a
couple of hens at the same time I
set the incubator, to draw from when
eggs are needed; or, when I have as
many its 500 eggs set, I fill a small
machine just to draw from.
At hatching time, I take the chicks
out every hour or so, covering then
lightly, but never allowing them to
get hot enough to sweat, which is al-
ways fatal. I am very careful about
letting cold air into the incubator, as
it chills the unhatched chicks,
t In about forty-eight hours I feed
cracker -crumbs or bread -crumbs, plac-
ing bran, cold Water and grit before
then) all the time,
infertile eggs In the tray do not
poison the toile but they are eery mis-
leading, Since they are colder than
other eggs, they will bring down the
mercury when the thermometer
touches them,
MAKING BUTCHERING EASIER .
Methods That Take the Drudgelry. Opt of. Iiog.Killing Time.
By Tars. L. E. Armour.
When we butcher hogs we prefer a tee the second time, At the second
01001', cool day; with the Wind from grinding the seasoning may be added.
the north, All necessary prepar'a- For four pounds of meat the following
tions are made beforehand a8 Hunch is the proper amount of seasoning, al-
as possible. If a number of hogs though it will be best to add or sub -
are to be dressed, they are not all tract to maize it suit your own taste:
killed at the same time, as standing One ounce fine slat, one-half ounce of
seems to impair the flavor, bet to bhnelt ground pepper, and one -ball
make good time we aims to have one ounce of powdered sage, If the red
ready for scalding as soon as the one color of the meat is desired a little
before it is finislted. A small amount saltpeter will keep Be
of line added to the scalding water Making Sausages
will nut injure the meat in any way,
and it mattes the hair slip much more
easily and the skin is whiter.
The carcasses are pulled from the
scalding Barrell and put on a long
platform which is a little lower at the covering over the tap. Expert sausage
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barrel. Sausage for immediate use may be
packed in crocks and jars. A very
good method is to pack the ja•s tight-
ly and set iii an oven and heat tuttil
enough laid has run out to make a
end fartt1 from tom the arrel, This makers advise covering ,the Jar with
lowering of one end gives the water cheesecloth and pouring melted para -
01101100 to drum nil, and the bar and ffin on the cloth to fill up the pores.
scurf is more easily cleaned front alto It is no trouble to keep the sntisage
moving the lour is too begin hardest
platform. The best procedure in re- foe months this way, Always keep
head and feet. These aro the on tho in 0 cool and dry place.
to dress properly, and when. they be-
come cold they are an almost impos-
sible task
Then the casings may be used as a
container. They are -the mull intes-
tines of the hog, and have been thor-
oughly cleaned, washed, and scraped,
Avoid heavy Lifting A special stuffing machine is used to
].very advantage of heavy lifting � puck the sausage in them. My own
is token. We do nut try to lift a'(avorite way is to pack the sausage in
heavy flog on the pole in the old lay. , muslin bags. It seems better if it is
Our method is simple. The carcass dried o while, and after the drying we
is rolled from the platform on to a pack it away in crocks and cover with
strong chow. 7'go Wren can carry a i lard. Mixed sausage •is made by al -
very heavy hog in this manner. The lowing one pound of leen beef and one
hog may now be taken with a mini- pound of fat pork to two pounds of
mum of effort to the place where it is ;lean pone. It is handled the same as
to be hung. A number of- devices ,.pure sausage.
may be employed to save the heavyIn making souse or hog -head cheese,
lifting. The gambrel stick may be ; one head should be used with about
slipped out of one leg, put around tete twelve feet. Boil them together un -
pole, and reineeeted in its proper posi- til they are perfectly tender, and re -
tion. • Then it is easily possible to move the bones, ,flash the meat
push it up to a noteh cut in the pole, thoroughly, and season with salt, pep -
which is used as an inclined plane. A per, end sage. Store in a deep pan-
block
anblock and tackle may be tied to the or crock until well cooled, and then it
limb of a tree and the gambrel stick may be fried, or sliced and served with
tied to the lower pulley. If a pair of vinegar, as desired, Liver cheese is
pulley -wire stretchers are handy, they made in the same way, using three
are the best, as they have a patent livers, one head, and eight feet.
grip that holds the hog securely atTo Prepare Liners
any height. Now we Are ready to At butchering time there is so much
dash cold hater over the beery,
We remove the entrails next, being dont tat all of the livers. The French
very careful all the while that they be in Louisiana have the following way
drawn intact. We place a stick be- of taking care of it, and it is an ex-
tween the ribs to hold the sides apart, tremely appetizing food when rightly
rinse out with cold water, and we con- prepared and served: Cool's As many
tinea with the others until they have livers as desired, boiling until per -
Been brought to the state of the one fectly tender. Mash well, add salt,
described. pepper, sage; nincecl unions, or garlic
It is time to begin cutting and trim- to suit the taste. Add one third as
ming the first when the last hog ' -is
is much rice that has been thoroughly.
dressed. Rams, miles, and shoulders cooked and seasoned. Stuff it in
are trimmed to the desired size and well -cleaned paunches and hang to
spread them singly on shelves and
carried to the smokehouse, where we dry. It should be smoked a little with
sprinkle them with salt. Heads are cobs or hickory wood. After the
soaked in water to remove the blood, stroking operation it is sliced and
and handled in the sante manner. fried.
-Skirts should be cut from the pieces Backbones and ribs, if unsalted, can
that are to be used for lard, and all be hung in the smokehouse in fly -
lean taken off for the sausage. The proof sacks, and will not taste old for
skins are cooked alone. The lad fat several days. After we have left our
is cut into small pieces and the sou- meat in the brine from three to five
fresh meat and "bones" that we sel-
sage meat into chunks for grinding. weeks—the colder the weather the
longer we leave it—we smoke it over
Recipes For Brine,
A hickory fire and pack It in eta,
Hero is the brine we use for 100 proof receptacles, placing corn husks
pounds of meat: Salt, eight pounds; between the layers,
saltpeter. pulverized. two ounces;
brown sugar, two pounds, • Dissolve •
in six gallons of water. Preserve Your Shoes.
This brine is placed in the kettle and Siwe trees will help to keep the
brought to the boiling point, and cool- shoe: in shape. Frequent cleaning
ed overnight. Then when the meat and shining will help keep the new
is placed in a clean barrel, joints first, finish. New laces every now and
the solution is poured over it and a then ot•fresh buttons will help to keep
clean cloth tied over the top of the the nice new look. Don't sit on your
barrel. - feet and don't scrape your toes, Wear
The lard fat is placed in tie kettle rubber heels and change them when
with just enough water added to keep they get run down. Never dry your
it from sticking. Stir it constantly, shoes in an oven or on the radiator—
and add fire sufficient to keep it cook- , this makes tltent stiff and unshapely
ing. We bring our sausage cart by and uncomfortable, and you run the
the fire and grind it .while we render 1 risk of burning the leather,
the lard. rise only a good grade of
pork for sausage. Three pounds of A simple remedy for warms in hogs
the lean to one of the fat is near the
•] ht ra ortiou. The combini •• la a mixture of wood ashes, salt, and
eta
tee eieeee
By Agronomist
Thls Department le far the use of our ferpt readers who want the advice
of an expert an any question regarding soli, seed, crops, eto, If your question
le of sufficient general Interest, It will be answered through this column, If
stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed with your letter, a edmplets
answer will be mailed to you. Address Agronoritist, care of Wilson Publishing
Co„ Ltd., 73 Adelaide et, W., Toronto,
C,B.:---1. Is it possible t,o treat seed
Born so (ts to keep crows from de-
siroyhng it? 2, Iiow can one exter-
minate wild carrots? 3. What would
be the best seed to •sow in the spring
to produce 0 small crop of hay next
year?
Answer; -•-1. In order to control the
attach of crows 011 young growing
corn, it is well to dip the corn in tar,
by putting it in a kettle and then ap-
plying the tar to the con, keeping the
corn stirred. Just enough should
he used to make a very thin covering
of tar over each kernel. A table-
spoonful should be sufficient to treat
six or eight quarts of seed corn. It
is good practice to dry the excess tar
bvetheaddition t:f some dry road dust
M.:- lime. This will prevent the, seed
sticking. 2, Wilcl carrots calm be ee-
terminated by cultivation. This weed
yields readily where care is taken to
prevent its seeding., 3. Probably the
h t y .can do t. ;, a htr' crap firm
spring sown seed, would be to sow a
mixture of peas and oats, a bushel of
each to the acre, These should be cut
just before the oats begin to turn
color, at which time the pea pods will
be fairly well filled, and the mixture
should make nutritious hay.
Reader:—I wish to plant an acre in
strawberries in the spring. Can you
give me advice regarding cultivation
as this work is new to me. Soil is
good clay loans.
Answer:—In preparing a straw-
berry patch next spring, the ground
should be worked as early as possible,
and the plants set in rotes three to
four -feet apart, and from -one to two
feet apart in the rows. Successful
strawberry growers apply from 300 to
000 lbs. of fertilizer to the acre, in
prepdring a suitable bed for the?
strawberry plants. This can be sown
broadcast over the ground and work. I
ed -in by carefully harrowing or rale-
ing the ground. Fertilizer, on a fairly
rich clay loam soil, should analyse
about 2 to 3 per cent. ammonia and
8 to 12 per cent available phosphoric
acid, and possibly 1 per cent. of pot-
ash. During the first season the
blossoming stalk should be pinched off
and the runners should be trained
along the row, not spreading more-
Less
ore
than tt foot wide on either' side: Our-
ing the first season the strawberries
should be frequently worked, rather
deep at first, but shallower As the sea-
son advances, rarely exceeding a
depth of 21/ inches. After the ground
has frozen it is good prerace to cover
the plants with-strav,' or outer rnulrh
which can be removed in the spring.
- Will you give me parti-
culars for trentinted of. burley for
smut? 2. If I sow sweet edover with
A nurse crop next spring, how long
will the plants last? It is a biennial,
I knew, but does planting with a nurse
crop marks a difference? 3. S1tonlc1 a
wooden silo built of yellow pine be
painted on the inside as well as the
outside? Is it necessary that 8ilea
wkth cement floors have a hole left in
the centre for drainage?
Answer: -1. In order to treat bru'-
ley to control smut, talcs a l,arrel
lidding about GO gallons of water.
Add one pint of formalin to approxim-
ately 40 gallons of water. Mix this
thoroughly, then dip the bag of barley
seed into this mixture until it is cum.
pletely submerged. Raise the b:tg
until it has drained out and then re:
submerge. Afterwards- lift the bag
up so that the solution drains back
into the barrel and empty the sack
onto a clean floor, covering the bar-
ley so treated with sacks or covers.
Leave these en over night so as to
keep the :formalin gas in among the
kernels as much as possible. In the
morning remove the bags and the gars
will quickly escape. 2. If sweet clover
is solve with care and the ground is
well prepared Ariel rich, it will last
for several years. Planting it with
a nurse crop makes no difference as
to the longevity of the clover plants.
3, Painting the inside et the silo
will. tend to preserve the wood, This
Painting is not as necessary as that
of the outside, since the outside paint-
ing protects the silo from weathering.
It is good practice to have A hole at
the bottom of the cement floor silo.
This hale should lead off into a chain,
but of cnurse should be closed before
the silo is filed. Ager wi: a air will
get roto the silage by this avenue and
destroy much of it. The drain at the
bottom of the silo will allow thor-
ough cleaning out of the silo.
Less Grain For Live Sock.
It is time to do away with extrava-
gance in feeding grain to stock. The
fact that grain is commanding enor-
mous prices is sufficient reascn why
its use should be limited. Profitable
production of meat and economical
wintering of breeding animals with-
out the necessity of a large amount
1 of grain in the ration, is an added
reason why its use should be curtailed.
• In the dairy barn, roots, or forage
crops such as alfalfa, clover, soy -
beats and cow -peas, mti1 partly take
the place of grain. The best feed to
use as 0 partial substitute for grain is
;silage. For all practical purposes, a
;balanced ration for an average cow
giving fifteen to eighteen pounds of
milk is about fourteen pounds of al-
falfa hay and thirty-five pounds of
' corn silage. No grain is necessary
for that production. A pound of cot -
should p p t n• air -slaked lune, mixed about equal
cMote thor-
be done before the grinding, as ; parts. It Will not do the hogs any in-
the grinder gives a muh ;.
ough mixture thancan possibly he if if allowed to eat all they wish.
made by hand. Mel good sausage 1 This mixture will also help to tone the
makers put the neat through the cut- system.
tee) egieeel
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Grr? OUT A FOLD ON DOTTED ,UR?E5
Now, K try, you must toe the mark,
,And act with dignity;
A} Y wi 1 take your bushy tail,
make el, loi)g ggate@, ,
tonseed-meal fed on the silage will
furnish the necessary protein. A
cow producing more than eighteen
pounds of mills will need grain, the
amount depending on the quantity of
milk.
In the feed lots the most economical
gains on steers and lambs are secured
when silage and alfalfa or clover hay
are used largely in the ration. Swine
being fitted for market can not con-
sume any large amount of roughage;
but brood sows relish alfalfa hay, and
its use insures strong, healthy litters,
Fillies i, and weanling colts utilize
alfalfa bay advantageously, while
mares in foal may be wintered of that
ration alone. Breeding ewes that en-
ter the winter in good shape can be
carried until lambing time without
gram, provided they have a good sup-
ply of well -cured alfalfa or clover hay
and some silage for succulence. It
, is imperative to feed neither moldy
' silage, nor silage made from corn cut
too green.
I The stockman who, in a panic, sells
out at this time will not only lose
money on the disposal of farm rough-
; ages, but will lose in soil fertility and
Pork Without Corn. I will eventually be compelled to re-
stock at prices as high, or higher
than note existing,
Corti is not absolutely essential for ;
pork, and other feeds may be profit-
ably substituted for corn. Their use
must be determined by their avail-
ability, cost per pound and relative'
feeding value. Crushed oats can be
substituted for corn to the extent of
two-thirds of the ration, when tate cost
per pound is two-fifths less than that
of corn. Barley will take the piaci i
of corn altogether when the cost is the ;
same per pound. Rye, at nine -tenths
the cost of corn, and frosted wheat at
the same price, will take the Ilac:..1-
corn. When grotnd and fed as a I
meal, the grain sorghums will displace'
cell in the ration if a trifle lower is
price. The same is true of millet
:hen one-fourth cheaper, hominy ,feed t
• hen one and one-seventh the price of
corn, and wheat shorts when one and
one-tenth the price of corn per pcuntl
Millet cart not be fed alone,, but with
a protein supplement. Rice bran can
b, used when one-tenth cheaper than
corn, no protein being needed. Barley
feed, which has about the same feed-
ing value as a mixture of wheat bran
and shorts, can replace corn -meal
when costing the same. Billet, cull
beans and rice bran tend to produce
soft perk if fed too extensively.
To stop leakage through concrete,!
such as tunnel walls, clean the wall �.
thoroughly and paint with a solution
consisting of eight and three-quarter
pounds of zine sulphate dissolved in a
gallon of water, The zinc sulphate;
will act on the lime in the cement,
forming insoluble calcium sulphate ,
and zinc hydroxide, which fills up the
pores in the concrete.
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BL[IE IN THE 1OAACE
13y Dr, L. 11. Sndlar,
T elle limo saw 41 mother wild with
extlteiueut frantically ewleavoring
to hole het child vetch it; breath,
The little ant, just 13 menthe old, in
the midst of a crying spell, held its
breath until it wits blur, in the face
and, eotti.huting thus to held its breath,
With au('ldenly ached tvit11 a cotvul-
titun hied then became quite limp in
my `time, where the neither, stunned
with fern oi' its approaching death,
had dropped it,.
The little baby girl did not die and
the mother anxiously sought to know
how to' avoid a repetition of the seiz-
tirov, Several time' since its birth
tine little tine lntcl, without the least
provocation, in the midst 01' a crying
spell, no held its breath that it turned
blue 1u rho face, In looking back
into its heredity we found the mother
MOM or loss nervous and periodically
suffering with very • 51e13 headaches.
The mothers mother also had been a
lifelong : of m..i • from si'•k headaches
and "nervousness" 01111 in the "'family
tree." We had, without question, a
nervous child to deal with,
Cured By Spanking
.The reotlive and father or this little
child together walked with us back
into the ancestral hells, and as they
gazed upon the nervous tendencies
of this aunt and the peculiarities of
that uncle and the nervous break-
downs and Melt headrehes of the
g ondpareuls, they enthusiastically
entered into the p;o8,am outlined,
which was that when baby began to
cry—et the very instant, the very
second it began. to hold its breath—it
was to be promptly turned over, the
diaper let down .and the hips were to
be spanked until they tingled,
This treatment served a 'two fold
purpose: First, that of quick disci-
pline to establish the fact that she
was not juvenile mistress of the sit-
uation, and, second, to help her
quickly to catch her breath.
Subsequently when the little girl's
ways were crossed—when she could
not have the thing she Wanted at the
instant she wished it—she began to
cry. As she started to hold her
breath, in less time then it takes you
to read it that little girl was turned
over and quick and telling treatment
was administered in no uncertain
manner. She caught her breath, her
face did not turn blue, the convulsion
did not take place, and the mother
scored one in the' nervous discipline
of her child. The child is now nearly
4 and never since the second spanking
has site held her breath or produced
the dreaded convulsions. •
Steady Child's System
Mother Reader, under no circum-
stances be faint-hearted—do not in-
dulge in furthering the pitiful failure
to control and stabilize the nervous
systems of your little ones by failing
to be brave and determined, firm and
persistent, kind and patient, in your
methods of correction.
Most nervous children are delicate
and as a rule parents shield the "del-
icate child" unduly and to the child's
hurt, They wish to avoid exciting it,
aid thus day by day it escapes
the benefits of the daily discipline
the normal child receives.
Far more than the average healthy
child does the nervous child need this
very discipline—this child with an un -
I balanced or inefficiently controlled
nervous system. And mark you, you
must not expect to train..the nervous
child by the simple and easy methods
which are successful in the case of
a normal child. In the ease of the
high-strung, nervous child it requires
"line upon line" and precept upon
precept. A normal child catches your
idea, say, often one or two correc-
tions, while a child possessing a min-
imun of, self-control may require the
some fact repeated twenty-five tines
or one hundred times.
As you would seize the reins of a •
runaway horse, act quickly the mo-
ment these outbreaks of temper man-
ifest themselves and thin begin the
ealy plinking of the seeds of self -
canted which may prevent more seri-
ous uet•rotts tendencies litter on in
adult lire.
TWO YEARS OF WAR EXPECTED.
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Britain and France Making Prepara-
tions For Long Struggle.
Britain anti Pra100 are making all
their preparations for continuing the
war upon a two-year basis, Army and
navy officers from the allied countrie;4
disclosed this :fact in their Various eol-
ferencea with Anteeicin Officials, and
it is now possible to refer to the feet
since Daniel Willard, in addressing
the Interstate Commerce Commission
recently, stated that he had hien ael-
vised as to the two-year basis for ever
preperations,
This dues not mean. however, that
the tear w111 go ore for i'vo year's, As
the strategists explain it, both Britain
:end Fleece, when the Har began
plunged all their resonrces into the
struggle without reckoning as to the
future, They found that under 1141;
plan o£ stalling 0n•ertth n„ on .1 rote
months, thele was danger that the
resources e1 the . Alii' soon would be
exhausted. They then began to make
all prepnrntlons for a tiro -year war.
This year they are still Pr'taal'in9 for
two Morn years, and it the war
should last until neat yc:11'; they will
plan fo• two more. The United States
hes now adopted the same strategic
plalr.