HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1913-06-20, Page 6The Baby's Colic.
'A baby who is,in pain cannot tell
In words the nature or the seat' of
his distress. But although the
Child cannot speak, the noise he
utters and the signs he makes show
the kind of pain he suffers and its
situation.
Babies are especially prone to
colic during the first three or four
months. of their existence; the pain
is almost always the result of in-
testinal indigestion. The colicky
baby cries, but so does the hungry
baby, or the baby who is pricked
by a pin. The colicky baby, how-
ever, usually screams intermit-
tently; in the intervals between the
spasms, he not only ceases to cry,
but may even begin to laugh and
crow.
During the paroxysm his screams
are shrill; he draws down the cor-
ners of his mouth—often so far as
to make lines run from the nose
round the angles of the mouth; he
draws up his legs in en effort to
relax the abdominal walls, which
are, ' however, too much distended
and too tense to be relieved in that
way.
The trouble is. almost always
due to improper food, and is es-
pecially common in bottle-fed ba-
bies. Feeding the baby with cer-
eals, giving him cow's milk insuffi-
ciently diluted, or feeding him too
much and too often, are the most
common mistakes of mothers.
But colic is not infrequent even
in infants who are nursed. In such
cases, the cause is either overfeed-
ing, or the ill health or poor diges-
tion of the mother. Indeed, in the
case of breast-fed babies with colic,
the mother is usually the one who
requires treatment. The physician
must study her food, the state of
her digestion, and her habits of
life, and correct whatever is wrong
with them.
In the case of bottle-fed infants,
he must look into the preparation
of the food, and he will usually
stop all cereals and baby foods for,
a time, and confine the youngster
to suitable modified cow's milk.
You can relieve the baby's pain by
applying hot cloths to his abdomen,
or by giving him an injection of
warm water that contains a little
salt or saleratus. Do not give the
baby soothing -syrups, ginger, or
spirits. Youth's Companion.
An Eye -strain Symptom.
The eye, the most essential and
yet the most delicate part of the
wonderful mechanism of the human
body, displays various symptoms
of over -strain.
One of the most frequent yet little
known signs is that of pain in the
back of the neck. This sensation
is often described as a drawing or
tense feeling, and is frequently mis-
taken for muscular rheumatism.
The pain often radiates down the
back and to the shoulders, or may
even manifest itself in the side.
An individual consulting an oculist
rarely thinks it is necessary to men-
tion the fact, not thinking it can
have any relationship to the eye.
In reality, this "pain is present in
eighty per cent, of eye troubles,
and opticians have come to consider
it almost a symptom of eye -strain.
Rarely does it fail to disappear
with the correction of the visual
error.
Happiness Classes.
Idle people in Paris are now at-
tending "happiness classes." The
classes are conducted by a poet,
who lectures the company on how
to be happy. The principle .is to
"destroy the terror felt by living
creatures toward nature, life and
death," But the actual terror felt
by human beings toward these sub-
jects was probably never less than
to -day, when the atmosphere of
materialism has stifled imagina-
tion. Even the California earth-
quake or a great volcanic disaster
leaves the great majority of people
unmoved.
Deer. Hunt in Streets.
A deer hunt was provided in the
streets of Musselburgh, Scotland,
on a recent Sunday by the appear-
enoe.•of a deer which is supposed to
have strayed from the Duke of Bue-
clench's deer park at Dalkeith,
During its ' passage through the
streets the frightene..d animal jump-
ed clear over the heads of people
who tried to intercept it. Finally it
reached the open and made for
home. ,.
Money a" man . has saved repre-
sents the good times he didn't have.
HEALTH AWAITS
GOOD DIGESTION
When the Stomach is Wrong the
Whole Body Suffers—How to
Keep It Healthy. .
Indigestion is one of . the most
distressing maladies afflicting man-
kind. The stomach is unable, to
perform the work nature calls upon
it to do, and the result is extreme
pain after eating, nausea, heart-
burn, painful fluttering of the
heart, sick headache, and often a
loathing of food, even though the
sufferer is half starved. People
with poor digestion are prone to
try all sorts of experiments to aid
the process of digestion, and there
is only one way inwhich the trouble
can be actually cured, and that is
through the blood. That is why the
tonic treatment with Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills cures even the most ob-
stinate cases of indigestion. They
make the rich, red blood that
strengthens the stomach and its
nerves, thins enabling it to do its
work. The process is simple, but
the result means a good appetite,
and increased health and pleasure
in life. Mr. R. Lussier, of Sorel,
Que., ' offers ample proof of this.
He says : "For several years I was
a. sufferer from indigestion, and the
torture I suffered after meals was
often almost unendurable. Often I
would go without a meal rather
than undergo the suffering that fol-
lowed. Accompanying the trouble
I had headaches, dizziness, and of-
ten a, feeling of nausea. All the
time I was taking one medicine af-
ter another in the hope of getting
relief, but without avail. Finally
I read of the case of a similar suf-
ferer cured through the use of Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills and I decided
to try them. I took the pills steadi-
ly for about six weeks with result
that I was fully cured, and could
eat anything I cased for. I may
add that I have not since had any
return of the trouble."
If you are suffering from indiges-
tion do not waste time experiment-
ing, but begin to cure yourself to-
day with Dr. Williams' Pink Pills,
,which go right to the root of the
trouble through the blood. Sold by
all medicine dealers or by mail at
50 cents a box or six boxes for $2
from The Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brookville, Ont.
WHERE DO ALL THE PIN'S GO
Fifty -Four Million Are Made 'in
England Every Day.
Has the housewife ever asked her-
self the question, "How mach do I
spend on pins in a year, and how
many. pins have I wasted during
that time I"
In England every day, says Lon-
don Tit Bits, there is an outputof
over 54,000,000 pins. Birmingham,.
the greatest centre of the industry
in Great Britain, alone produces
37,000,000 pins per day. The out-
put of other pin manufacturers in
this country is only about half that
of Birmingham. In France the
daily production is 20,000,000, while
Germany and Holland produce 10,-
000,000 per day. The total output
for Europe each day is therefore
84,000,000.
It is seldom that a pin gets bro-
ken or worn, and tha question is,
therefore, "Where do all the pins
go to I" The greater number of
them get lost, and there is no other
domestic article where there is so
much waste by loss. If every per-
son in Europe lost a pin on every
third day the daily loss would re-
present over $5,000.
In former days the number of
men required to make a pin was
one of the marvels of the manufac-
turing world, but as with most
other manufacturing products, ma-
chinery has taken the place of men,
and pins are now produced very
much faster.
The machines are so perfect that
they out the wire of which the pins
are made into pieces of the right
length, head, point, polish and sort
them. They are then 'put into an-
other machine which .af'dxes them to
paper at the rate of 80,000 to 100,-
000'per hour.
In the fourteenth century pins
were pins I They were not careless-
ly lost as nowadays, or given as a
substitute for a farthing change.
The law permitted that they should
only be soldon the first two.days o£
Sanuary each year, in order that.
they might not become too common.
It therefore became the custom for
ladies of all classes to buy their
year's stock of pins on these days,
and the money given them for this
purpose by their 'husbands or' fath-
ers w:,e known as "pin na:cney"—a
phrase that has survived to the pre-
sent day.
Sir Wm. Dillon Otter,
C.N.O.•
General Otter, or. Sir. William
Dillon Otter, de.C.E.,, C,N,O, as
he is now, is eheenost widely known
of the five Canadians honored with
knighthood in • the list of King's
birthday • honors . recently. He is.
the "Grand ,Old Min" of the Cana-
dian military service. He started
as a private in the Queen's Own
Rifles, and served in the suppres-
sion. of the Fenian' Raids in 1863.
He. ,also served.inthe Northwest.
Rebellion, in 1885, and commanded
the first Canadian contingent to
South Africa in 1899. That is to
say every time; since away back in
the early sixties, when Canadian
troops have been called on to fight
the battles of Canada or the Em-
pire, General Otter was in the cam -
Sir William D. Otter.
paign. He was appointed chief of
staff, and in 1910 became Inspector -
General of the Canadian Militia on
the expiration of the term of.; Ma-
jor-General Sir Percy Lake, this
being the first time in the history
of Canada that our senior officer
was a Canadian. In December,
1912, General Otter retired from.
the service, and was succeeded by
General Cotton, chief of the Toron
to district.
General Otter has been %,,,Fitric't
disciplinarian, but he ha.s•been v)iry
popular and has the combinetitin -of
modesty and daring which win,the,
respect of men, especially in active,
out door work of any kind. His
knighthood is richly deserved.
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BEGAN YOUNG.
Had "Nerves" front Youth,
"When very young I began using
coffee and continued up to the last
six months," writes a Southern
girl.
"I had been exceedingly nervpus,
thin and very sallow. After quit-
ting coffee and drinking Postum
about a month my nervousness dis-
appeared and has never returned."
(Tea contains the same injurious,
drug, caffeine, found in coffee.)
"This is the more remarkable as I
am a Primary teacher and have
kept right on with my work.
"My complexion now is clear and
rosy, my skin soft and smooth. As
a good complexion was something
I had greatly desired I feel amply
repaid even though this were the
only benefit derived from drinking
Postum.
"Before beginning its use I had
suffered -greatly from indigestion
and headache; these troubles, are
now unknown.
"I changed from coffee to Postern
without the slightest inconvenience,_
did riot even have a headache.
Have known coffee drinkers, who
were visiting me, to use Postural a
Week without being aware that they
were not drinking coffee,"
Name• given by Canadian Postum
Co., Windsor, .. Ont. Write for
booklet, "The Road to Well -silk."
Posture, comes in two forms.
• Regular (must be boiled).
instant Postum doesn't require
boiling but; is prepared instantly
by stirring a level teasp•onmul in
an ordinary cup of hat water, which
makes it right for most persons,
A big cup requires more and
some people who like strong things
put in a heaping spoonful and tem-
per it with alarge supply of cream.:
Experiment until you know the
amount that pleases your palate
and have it served that way irithe
future. ,
"There's as Reason for Postiii;ti.
Something These Days,.
"Is he clever?''
"Well, he can hanghis wall-
paper own 1
paper and' paint hisown kitchen.
floor."
OUR LETTER RUM ' TORONTO
To::
WHAT IS 'UPPERMOST IN THE MINDS
.OF THE CITIZENS JUST NOW.
New Citizens Aro Flocking in --Affairs at
the University—Toronto's Great
Now Hospital.
Never before has there been such an
influx of immigration from the British
Isles into this province as during the pre-
sent season. As the distributing centre,
uorouto gets first choice of these fresh"
citizens. Often in a stroll along the street,
one would judge from the snatches of con-
versation picked up from passers by that
one was walking on a London or Birm-
bigham thoroughfare rather than Can•
aeian.
The crowds in the local P immigration
offices are_..eloquent' of the great migra.
lion. Figures tell the tale officially. Dur-
ing the first ten months of the present'
fiscal year,. the total immigration into;
Canada amounted to 344,983, a number
equal almost, to the immigration of the
entire previous year. Ot this number,
130,609 were• from the British Isles and
'118,826 'from the United .States- But the
'most significant -thing about the lige es
is the fact that almost the entire British
immigration, which is so large as to give
the people of Britain serious concern,
appears to be coming to the Province of.
Ontario. According to the figures no less
than 106,681 British immigrants came to
Ontario during , the ten mouth period.
The West is getting the Ameridanb and
other foreigners.
Only Farm Help Wanted.
It would be thought that this iifflux
ought to be doing something to solve the
"farm help" problem, but it is not cer-
tain that this' is the case. Many of them
will stick at any city job they can get
rather than go on the farm. A signi-
ficant signis pinned to the door .of the
leading employment agency of the city.
It, reads "No males wanted except farm
help." As for females, the demand for
domestic service seems inexhaustible.
In truth many of the new arrivals
know absolutely nothing of conditione on
the farm. One nearby farmer tells a
story of the other day taking home an
immigrant. Early in the evening he
showed him to his room and in a few
moments heard the thud of boots dropped
on the floor outside the new arrival's
door. The new hired man was putting
his boots outside to be cleaned.
Another who was applying to a farmer
for a position was asked if he could
milk. "Oh aye, brawler," was his re-
sponse. "I once ntilked a goat."
No more adaptable are some of the
women. One who took 'a place as a do-
mestic in a home where there were het
and cold water taps and all other con-
veniences, was found by her mistress an
hour after dinner sitting in the kitchen
beside a dish pan full of dishes. On
being asked why she did not go ahead
with her dishwashing she said that the
water from the hot water tap had bean
too hot and she was waiting for it to
cool.
The sobriety of Canada bothers others.
An employer who had engaged a number
of Englishmen on some construction work
was scandalized on going un to the top
of the building one day recently, to find.
that the new laborers had laid down
their tools and were enjoying half. :a
dozen bottles of beer.
But, these areexceptional eases. Os the
whole the -new influx constitutes 'a great
addition to the wealth of the nation.
Polities in University.
Something of a rumpus has been stirred
up in University circles by the charge
made at the annual meeting of the Alum-
ni Association by Mr. Gordon 'Waldron
to the effect that an insidious effort is
being made to introduce Imperialism into
the University. Mr. Waldron did not go
further in support of his charge than to
say that a distinct tendency was obser-
able to introduce Oxford graduates to
the staff. But he declared that in Uni.
versity College, which isthe bailiwick of
Dr. Maurice Hutton, there were ton Ox-
ford men. In the whole inetitution there
were no less than 26, nine of whom had
been appointed during the past year. As
to whether these men were conducting
any political propaganda and if so by
what methods, Mr. 'Waldron did not say.
Mr. Waldron's charge is in the char -
rioter of a counter attack to those who
have been criticizing the University be-
cause of the recent organization there of
a Young Men's Liberal Club. It is known,
too,•that there is d considerable clique of
thorough -paced Nationalists in the Stu-
dent body. Some two or three years ago
invitations were extended to Mr. Bour-
assa and Mr. Lavergne, the prominent
Nationalist leaders. It is now said that
this Nationalism had as its basis a cer-
tain resentment of the ultra Imperialism
of certain members of the staff.
Prof. Hutton and Mr. Waldron.
At all events there seems Iittlo doubt
that political feeling is running higher
at the University now than it has for
many years. It is perhaps only a refloc.
tion of increased political partisanship
throughout the country, orit may indi-
cate that the student body is taking a
more active interest in political affairs.
Professor Hutton is a eery distinguished
scholar with strong militarist ideas. It
was he who at the recent annual dinner
of the Canadian Press Association oritit,
MM.' the press and drew fire from the
representatives of the• newspapers who
responded.
Mr, Gordon Waldron is a
lawyer, with
considerable force of character, though
often thought to be extreme in his views.
Ile Spent many years in Central Amer.ioa, but recently has been practicing law
and journalism through the Weekly Sun
in this city. •
• Toronto's New Hesp
Ital. -
Toronto's splendid new General Ifospi-
tal, formally, opened on Jure 19, is said
by experts to, represent the last word in
hospital construction on the American
continent. Many famous hospitals in
other Cities have been kept up 'to dote
by, alterations and additions, but the
local hospital as it exists today has the
advantage of being planned as a whole
and therefore is a model of completeness
and efficiency. At least such is the claim
of those who are responsible for it. Some
idea of its size is indicated by the fact
that in all the large centres of popula-
tion in America there are only two hot-
pitals which aro larger than Toronto's
new institution. One of theta is in Boston
and one in New York. A famous Eur-
opean surgeon who a fewweeks ago looked
over the new buildings- declared as his
parting word, "No man can say he has
seen the hospitals of America until ho
has seen this one of yours in Toronto."
The institution,ae it stands has cost the
enormous sum of 03,400,000, Of this
amount, practically, one million dollars
has yet to be raised, despite large' done,.
tions from the Provincial Government,
through the University, from the city
and front private subscriptions. The in-
stitutiOzY has accommodation for 670 pa-
tients, which sna7' not seem a•• large num-
ber in
umber,in view of the amount of money thart•
has been expended, but it has -to.'be•re.
.
Membered that a good deal of the money
We unhesitating
recommend Magic Saki
Powder as being the best, pures
and" most healthful baking po
der that it is possible to produce
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ingredients i. plainly pige'edlcints are lay
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TORONTO , O NT.
WheINIPEG-MONTREAL
ea-
esse
has'beeu,,;spent for•laborat_eries'ancl other are largely a race of sailors
fislhernien,,.the Swiss but, seldom
hold the sea, yet as a nation the
is no more favored than the o
with length of life.
The clock of human life is se
a very definite point, and the to
of mortality, which are made
for one nation or. for one period
time, will serve almost universe
well. There are certain, ,chane
of course.. The infant death rate
far highee in savage tribes th
among civilized' peoples, but Mc
adults reach advanced years. Mo
feeble children grow old enough
give birth to. still feebler childr
in civilized than in savage commu
hies, but -the result naturally f
lows that the stock dies out. TI
rate at which the wheels go arou
matters a great deal for the indi
dual case, but it makes practical
no difference to the race as
whole. The overworked die on
nature determines for'herself ho
fast and how far the human bein
may go. We may do whatever w
please in the matter, but the radar
is set and the clock cannot b
stopped.
II.
BRITISH COLONIAL FIRE. •-
experimental equipment,. a feature which
goes a long way -to give the institution
standing. 600 nurses and house surgeons
will be required as a staff, and there
will be required' as a staff, and there
ployees.
A Five Hours' Walk.
To illustrate the area covered by the
buildings, it may be mentioned that to
make a complete tvur of the various de-
partments taking only a casual survey,
requires at least five 'hours brisk walk-
ing. In the rear and completely screened.
t:•om view are immense gardens which
compare creditably in ;size with many of
the city parks. Here hedges and shrubs
have been planted and these with a num-
ber of fine old trees ' which have been
preserved, will add greatly to the attrac-
tiveness' of the surroundings. Tennis
courts have been provided for the use of
the nurses.
In planning the buildings the architects
aimed to secure a maximum of sun light.
A novel system of ventilation lute- been
installed. The commonly accepted idea
of ventilation is to open the windows and
doors and let in fresh air. In a con-
gested and grimy centre of 'population
such as that in which the new hospital
is located, this system might be un-
pleasant and in many cases positively
dangerous. With this in mind the win-
dows aro not to be opened in the new
hospital. Fresh air will be supplied by
a powerful system of fans in the sub-
basements of each section, fresh air will
be constantly supplied, and to .insure per-
ity, it will be drawn through a curtain
of falling water, something like a shower
bath. In this way the air will be liter-
ally 'washed and duet and .impurities ex-
tracted
xtracted by the water curtain.
Can Accommodate 50 Victims.
The emergency wing is particularly well
equipped. "We have accommodation for
the victims of any =big accident which
might injure as many as fifty or sixty
people," said ono of the officials, "but of
course we certainly hope that such will
never occur."
The group of buildings are distinctive
in appearance, being constructed" of a
high class brick known as vitreous brick.
It is said this brick cost as much as $60 first Annual Meeting of Shareholder
a •thousand as -compared with $16 and $18
a thousand paid for the ordinary.pressed.
brick. The action of the trustees in this
Matter is defended on the ground 'that.
the ordinary pressed brick would have
made the buildingslook hike a
group of factories. It' was hoped at one date Will be taken up by a Montre
time to have used ' stone, but this was'
found to be too expensive and the vii- syndicate, which has agreed to sul
A special meeting of the Sharehol
ers has been called by the Board
Directors for the purpose of maid
an issue of $250,000.00, increasing t
'subscribed capital to $1,000,000.00.
The Company has been doing bus
ness since June, 1912, andat th
held in February last, an issue
$250,000.00 was made and iminediatel
subscribed. y--
The balance of the proposed issu
remaining unsubsc •ibed at a certai
reous brick is said to have equal dur-
ability.
SAME AGE IN ALL CLIMATES
Dlrration of Life is Same in .limgle
as ill Europe.
Strange as it seems, the heat of
the tropical deserts and the icy coil
of an Arctic winter seem to have
hardly any effect upon the length
of life, and an extended series of
investigations—which has been ,re-
cently concluded—shows a most
amazing agreement throughout the
whole world. In spite of the differ-
ence in race, in food, in habits of
life, the savage in the South Sea
Islands has almost exactly as long
life as the African pigmy or the
giant Fuegians. What is mote, in
spite of all the skill and science of
modern civilization, the average
duration of human life is not a whit
longer in this country than it is in
a tropical jungle or a blizzard -
swept tundra.
The Eskimo lives largely on blub-
ber, the Himdoo eats sparingly of
rice, the Andaman Islander • cob-
sumes raw fish, the modern epicure
his "hot bird and cold bottle," yet
each° one of these changes that di-
verse diet into just exactly the
• 1mount of fuel his body needs to
keep it going on an average for the
same length of time. The occupa-
tions d men are as diverse as their
food, yet .in this also the' average
remains the same. The Norwegians
iT
scribe all the shares not sold, at
premium of $10.00 per share.
The operations of the Company hay
been so satisfactory that a certai
number of Shareholders have e
pressed the desire to subscribe th
new issue.
With the capital of one millio .
($1,000,000.00) the `British Colonia
Fire" will rank amongst the most im
portant companies doing business
Canada.
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Hobble Skirt in New Guinea.
The women and (girls in many
parts of New Guinea wear a skirt
of native grass which hangs down
from the waist to the knee, each
piece of grass being plaited into a
strong encircling belt at the top,
says the London Globe. Sometimes
the grass used is laid in the mud
and stained black, or reddened by
the -juice of :a root, and the three
colors: red, black and light brown,
are blended very harmoniously.
The effect of wearing the skirt, es
pecially when composed- of bansn•
leaves, is to make the girl's *al
approach more closely to a waddle
and when sortie ducks were intro
du•ced lately at the headgitarters
the Anglican Mission the bays un
gallantly exclaimed : "They wad
like the girls." ,
"This office you are applying fo
will require your constant a'tten
tion," warned the eminent' Official
"That's all right. I don't believe
will have to hustle- any harder t
hold it than I have done to 'get it,'
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