HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1919-10-10, Page 7` Ilow Much Does Mary Weigh?
The increasing attention being
called to infant mortality and' the
observance of baby days in some vil-
lages has impressed most of us
Mothers with the importance of know-
ing baby's weight. We have learned
that if baby stops growing for a few
weeks, something is radically wrong
land we must see the doctor at once,
even though no other symptom has so
far manifested itself. Some of us
have scales and keep a record of
baby's growth, registering her quarter
pound or half pound perhaps, with
great pride.
But do we keep track of the older
children? Do we realiee that they
should be steadily growing, too, in
height and weight? And that if they
stop increasing in weight it is just
as bad as for baby? Most of us, I'm
afraid, pay little attention to the
children after they get safely through
that "second summer." Which same
(summer, by the w'&y, wouldn't be a
bit worse than the first if we would
use the same care in feeding.
Steady growth is the law for all
young animals, and if we do our whole
duty we will see to it that the children
of all ages maintain their growth. in a pail of cold water in which salt
We can't stop watching them With the has been dissolved -one tablespoonful
second summer nor with the sixteenth. of salt to a gallon of water. After
In fact, I wonder if we ever can con- wringe g out in the salt water, put
scientiously stop keeping an eye on the articles into a tub of dear, warm
them, even after they cast their 'first water to which a little soapsuds has
vote. So if Johnnie or Mary are to be been added. Wash rapidly so that
kept up to the mark, we must weigh the dye in the material will not have a
them every month or so, and measure chance ao be affected by the alkali in
them at least twice a year. Measur- the soapsuds. Be sure .that the water
ing everyone every birthday is not is not too hot, for that will dull the
only an exciting event, it lis instruc- colors considerably. Rinse twice in
Live as well, as it gives us an idea clear water to which more salt has
as to which ones are keeping up. been added, and then starch wrong
Common sense and judgment must side out in the usual way unless the
be used in making our deductions material is particularly dark.
from these weighing and measuring Hang in the shade to dry, and when
tests. We all know there are children taking down from the line do not
who seem .undersized, but are perfect-
ly well, while roften the large boy or dampen along with the other clothes,
girl who grows "by leaps and bounds" as colored' fabrics should not lie damp
is really the one who needs medical more than two hours before they are
attention. Too rapid growth is as ironed. When droning, guard against
harmful as too slow. If the undersized an overheated iron, just as against the
child seems perfectly well, sleeps well, hot water, and whenever there are
eats well, is not nervous or whining, several thicknesses of material, as in
belts, put cheesecloth between the iron
and gingham to prevent that shiny
look that is often the result of care-
less ironing.
the stove. He never pulled off a table-
cloth ox tipped over •a pail of boiling
water; -he never pulled the cat's tail
in my absence and fouz;d how sharp
are her claws, and when company
came I could drop him in his play box
and sit down to visit for a few min-
utes without constant anxiety.
The only objection to the play box
is that some mothers make it a. place
of punishment. "Now don't touch that
or I'll put you in your box," should.
never be the maternal attitude. Have
some new toy, if possible. If not, loan
babythe coveted egg -beater, a set of
little cake tins, or a ball of yarn when
'he is put in the box and he will soon
come to recognize it as a real pleasure
palace and never as a prison.
How To Wash Ginghams.
Gingham is such a popular fabric
now that it is well to know the best
method of washing it so it will re-
tain its beauty of color all during its
days of usefulness.
When washing gingham, as well as
other colored fabrics, it is just as well
to take for granted that it Ls apt to
fade. To forestall this the colors may
be set by first rinsing the garments
is not troubled with adenoids or any
of the other ailments which afflict so
many children, there is no reason to
be alarmed if he does remain under-
sized. But if he is fretful or cross,
tires easily, sleeps badly, is captious
about his food and all out of sorts,
consult a doctor.
The following table of weights and
measures will give the relative size
for both boys and girls from two
years old to fourteen:
BOYS.
Age. Height.
Years. Inches.
2 33.8
3 37
4 39.3
5 41.6
6 43.75
7 45.75
8 47.75
9 49.7•
1G 51.7
11 53.3
12 55.1
13 57.2
14 59.9
Weight.
Lbs.
30.3
35
38
41
45.1
49
53,8
59
65.2
70
76.75
84.8
94.5
GIRLS.'
2 32.9 29.3
3 36.3 33
4 38.8 36.4
5 41.3 39.6
6 43.3 43.2
? 45.5 47.3
8 47.6 51.6
9 49.4 57
10 51.4 62.2
11 53.4 68.7
12 55.9 78.2
18 58.2 88.5
14 59,9 98.2
Baby's Play Box.
I have never had as much real good
from any other article in my home
as from the plain grocery box forty
inches long by twenty-five wide, and
ieighteen inches or a little more lin
(eight, that was converted into a play
)box for Baby. A soft pad was made
ust large enough to fit the bottom in
order that it could be taken out and
Cleaned easily. Pieces of an old quilt
were tacked over the upper edges,
making them soft, and the inside was
Carefully lined with an old flannel
blanket, the edges being brought down
to cover the padding at the top. This
lid away with clanger from slivers and
there were no tacks at the top to
scratch a little hand or chin,
When baby was old enough to
creep I could go down ce;.lur or up-
stairs without fear of his attempting
to follow me, for I cropped him in the
play box for safe keeping. With baby
in his box I could go to the chicken
coop cr garden without worrying lest
ile Climb and fall, cr burn Himself on
Teach Women How to Vote.
The hunky, and the dark-skinned race,
and the mysterious Chink,
The Pocock and illiterate man, are
capable you think.
What tho' they cannot write their
names, and fail to understand
The urgent needs, the loyal pride, in
this our lovely land!
But when it comes to women, you
strike a different note,
You must stand by and patient try to
teach her how to vote.
So tell it o'er a hundred times! -she
might be at a loss,
Poor simple creature -why, and how,
and where to make a cross!
Oh, she might shine pre-eminent long
years agone-to come;
A solid power behind cruel war, a
torch in every home.
In cities' strife, in farm and field, and
by the bed of pain -
Yet you would use her, if you could
for youreown grasping gain;
'Tis true you love her, and admire, and
even laud her deeds,
And hold her precious, for she fills all
of your endless needs.
Yet slow, but sure, she'll find the cure
-for every ill of note
Will be redeemed when women start
to teach you how to vote!
The Needs of Parents.
This is the age of the child, but
parents should also be conserved.
They are necessary, Father and
mother should also watch the scales -
not to gain half a pound a month,
but to see that they do not gain it.
Too much coffee, too much meat, too
much sweets, and not enough of coarse
foods (roughage), vegetables and
fruits supplemented with a certain
amount of worry and no exercise, spell
discomfort, increased blood pressure,
irritability and pessimism.
A woman of forty, medium height
(5 feet 4 inches), should weigh about
138 pounds, and a than, 5 feet 8 inches,
1G0 pounds.
Do not let Johnny have a corner on
the scales; it is very essential to his
welfare that he should have parents
with good digestions and placid dis-
positions who tip the scales at the
proper figure.
By addling about 12 per cent. of
chromium to mild carbon steel an
English inventor has brought out a
D
EARED INFLiENZA
Medical Men Believe it Will
Again Visit Canada This
Autumn and Winter. •
There is a widespread belief among
medical men that the epidemic of la
grippe, or Influenza, which swept over
the world last year, Will again appear
in Canada during this autumn and
coming winter. This dangerous trou-
ble spares neither age nor sex, but a.
naturally finds its easiest victims
among those who are run down In
health, or those whose blood is weak
and watery, and it is among the latter
class in which the, greatest number of
fatalities occur. The surest way to
prevent an attack of this dreaded
trouble is to keep the blood rich and
pure, and the safest and hest way to
do this its through the usp of Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pills.
No reasonable precaution to avert
an attack of influenza or la grippe
should be spared. The disease itself
is deadly, but its after-effects, among
those who are spared, make the life
of the victim one of constant misery.
Ask almost any of those who have
been attacked by influenza what their
present condition of health is and
most of them will answer: "Since I
had the influenza I have never been
fully well." This trouble leaves be-
hind it a persistent weakness of the
limbs, shortness of breath, bad diges-
tion, palpitation of the heart, and a
tired feeling after even slight exer-
tion. This is due to the thin -blooded
condition in which la grippe almost
always leaves its victims after the
fever -and 'influenza have subsided.
They are at the mercy of relapses and
complications, often .very serious.
This condition will continue until the
blood is built up again, and for the
purpose of building up the blood and
strengthening the nerves nothing can
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dose these pills make new, rich blood,
which reaches every organ and nerve
in the body. Thus the lingering
germs are driven out, and the weak,
despondent victims of influenza are
transformed into cheerful, healthy,
happy Hien and women,
But better' still, you can put your-
self in a condition_ to resist an attack
of influenza by enriching the blood
through the use of Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, and this, it seems, is the sensible
thing to do at once,
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by
all dealers in medicine or will be sent
by mail at 50 cents a box, or six boxes
for $2,50, by The Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine Co., Brockville, Ont,
Watching the Fishers.
I stand in wonder by this'inland sea,
Watching the fishers plying to and
. fro;
As He stood on the shores of Galilee,
In Palestine the blessed, long ago.
I will go down along the white sea-
wall,
Mayhap young Peter's -at his nets
again,
Musing and waiting for the Master's
call;
"Come, follow lie, I'll make you fish
for men."
Ah, shall lie wait and mend his nets
alway,
And shall his night -toil in the deep
be vain?
Shall the wild tempest rage with none
to say
"Peace!" 0 Lord Christ, wilt Thou
not come again?
The little home at Bethany is drear,
Stricken with grief for one whose
grace is sealed;
The widow weeps beside a hopeless
bier,
The blind, the dumb, the lame ones
go unhealed, v
The world of peen is heavy -laden,
Lord;
Weary with labor and relentless
strife;
Come with Thy magic touch, .-Thy
mighty word -
Bring us Thy peace and Thy abun-
dant life!
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OF GREAT HELP
Mothers, if your baby or growing
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well at night; if he cries a great deal;
is constipated and his little bowels
and stomach are not working right,
give him Baby's Own Tablets ---they
have proved of great help to thousands
of mothers, Concerning .tho Tablets
Mrs, W. H. becater, Corson's Siding,
Ont„ says, ---"I have used Baby's Own
Tablets and havo found them 'excel
lent for the little ones and would not
be without them." The Ticblots are n
nild but thorough lenitive and are
.guaranteed to contain no harmful
drug -that is why they always do
good and never harm. They are sold
by medicine dealers, or by mail at 25
mobil for tableware that is Said to bo cents na box from The Dr. Williams'
rust and tarnish proof. Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
Teacher's Memory,
A. school teacher who had been tell-
ing a class of small pupils the story
of the discovery of America by Colum-
bus ended it with: "And all this hap-
pened
tp-pened more than 400 years ago."
4 little boy, his eyes wide open with
wonder, said, after a moment's
thought, "Gee! What a memory you've
got!"
The Boy Got It.
A hungry traveler put his head out
of a car window as his train pulled up
at a small station, and said to a boy:
"Here,' boy, take this dime and get
nee a sandwieh, will you? And, by the
way, here's another dime. Get a sand-
wich for yourself, too."
The ho) with evident satisfaction,
darted away and returned, munching a
sandwich, just as the train was start-
ing off. He ran to the traveler, hand-
ed him a dime, and said:
"Here's yer dime back, boss. They
only had one sandwich left."
Worse and Worse.
Miss Greene had been invited to be
a bridesmaid at quite a smart wed-
ding, and spent much time in plan-
ning her new frock.
At last it was ready; and when she
tried it on, she asked Mrs. Jones,
from next door, to come and see it.
"It's sweet, my dear!".said the good
lady admiringly. "And certainly you
look a lady, whatever you are."
lYMiss Greene's face told her she had
made a mistake, so she corrected her-
self hurriedly:
"No, I mean you are a lady, what-
ever you look!"
Telling the Tale.
Sitting over their glasses of-er-
lernonade, the old salts were telling
stories,
"I remember once," said one, "we
ran into a hurricane. The cook was
in the galley cooking salt horse, what
the owners called beef, and raising a
dickens of a steam. But that there
'hurricane was so cold that it froze the
steam solid, with poor old cookie in
the centre, and it took us three hours
to dig him out."
"That so?" replied the other, un-
daunted. "Minds me of an Arctic voy-
age I went on once. The cold was so
`orrible that it froze the bo'sun's
s@radf'ar'.to 'tile deck, and we had to
break it loose with a haxe before he
could move.
"And another time-" he went on
reminiscently.
But his friend had swooned.
What Troubled Him,
There is an elevator boy in a Mont-
real office building who is among a
large number of public servants who
resent needless questions.
One day there entered his car a
rather fussy old lady, and garrulous
as well,
"Don't you ever feel sick going up
and down in this elevator all day?"
she asked,
"Yes, ma'am," said the boy.
"Is it the motion going down?"
"No, ma'am."
"The motion going up?"
"No, ma'am."
"Is it the stopping that does it?"
"No, ma'am."
"Then what is it?"
"Answering questions,
Ma'am."
A Note From the Lost Chord,
George wanted to sing. Of course
he did not expect to be a John McCor-
mack or a Caruso, but all his friends
sang, and it would be jolly to join in
their choruses. Although he had al.
ways, said that he could not tell one
note from another, now he determined
to take lessons and blossom forth a
full-fledged singer,
Accordingly, he went to a teacher.
"What is your voice -tenor, bass or
baritone?" asked the teacher,
"Search me!" said George.
"Strike a note," said the teacher.
"I'll find out,"
"I don't know
George.
"Hang it all, make a noise!"
George opened his mouth and obey-
ed,
The teacher involuntarily clapped
both hands over his ears, then began
to run his fingers up and down the
keyboard, After diligent eearcli, he
said, "That note isn't here. in fact, 1
doubt if you eves' find that note --nn I
less," he added more hopefully, after
a thoughtful pause, "you happen to ;
strike it sometime on a loose-strnn,
banjo:'
any
notes," said
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The young doctor sat wearily down
in his easy chair, and asked his wife
affectionately:
"And has my darling been lonely?"
"Oh, no!" she said animatedly- "at
least, not very. I've found something
to busy myself with."
"Indeed!" he said. "What is it?"
"Oh, I'm organizing a class! A lot
of girls and young married women
are in it, and we're teaching each
other how to cook."
"What do you do w:th the things
you cook?"
"We send them to the neighbors."
"Dear little woman," he said, kiss-
ing her fondly, "always thoughtful of
your husband's practice."
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Epithelioma of the Face.
An .epithelioma is a tumor or ab-
normal growth that springs from the
outer layer of skin cells or appears on
the mucous or serous membranes of
the body. It is malignant, but its
degrees of malignancy varies with its
situation.
One of the least sen!ous of the
forms of epithelioma is known as
rodent ulcer -an epithelioma on the
upper part of the face, casually on the
side of the nose or the inner angle
of the eye, although the cheek or other
parts may be attacked. The affection
begins as a pearly, translucent nodule
, that looks like a grayish pimple, not
inflamed and not painful. There may
be only one of these nodules or several
lying close together. Sometimes they
remain with little or no change for a
considerable length of time and finally
disappear. More often, however, the
nodule breaks down in the centre into
a minute ulcer with raised edges, and
this ulcer slowly spreads until, in
neglected cases, it may involve a large
part of one side of the face; it may
also grow inward into the eye socket.
The disease is chronic in its course
and sometimes lasts many years with-
out seriously affecting the patient's
health. In the early stages. when it
is merely a nodule or a beginning
ulcer, the growth, if cut out, will sel-
dom return. After it has attained a
large size, operation is less promising,
In advanced cases physicians resort
with some success to the X-rays ox
radium.
When epithelioma attacks the low•
er part of the face, especially the lip,
1t is more serious; its growth is more
rapid, it is more malignant, and ie
less amenable to operative measures.
The lower Hp, near the centre, is the
part usually affected, although some-
times the growth begins at the angle
oi: the mouth, or rarely an the upper
hp. The growth here begins as a
small, hard lump just beneath the sur-
face, at the line of the union of the
skin and the mucous -membrane, and
soon cracks open or ulcerates. More
rarely a tumor grows from the lip and
may reach a large size before it ulcer-
ates. Epithelioma of the lip seems to
be a smoker's malady; for it attacks
men more often than women; almost
all of the men and three-quarters of
the women attacked are smokers.
The treatment of epitheliioma of the
Hp in the early stages is usually by
complete excision. Success often fol-
lows the use of X-rays or of radiuna
especially when the growth is not ex•
tensive; and when it is very large,
%hat mode of treatment is almost' the
only one that holds out any hope of
cure.
The Fishing Birds.
In my Chinese Days Miss GulieIma
F. Alsop describes a remarkable river
industry that she saw while visiting a
friend in Soochow. We were rowing
on the river at the time, she says, and
as we turned a bend we saw a Iong,
narrow boat swinging at midstream,
in which two men stood motionless
and silent. At first glance, it looked
as if the boat were not floating on the
water, but as if it were held just above
the surface by a flock of strong black
birds as large as eagles. Fascinated,
I watched the birds. They screamed
and fluttered their sooty black wings.
Suddenly a number plunged into the
water. I saw them struggling and
flapping; then the men pulled them
up by stout strings, caught theta snider
their arms, and jerked the fish from
their mouths. I saw a gleam of silver
as they tossed the fish into a basket.
The commotion among the birds sub-
sided and they settled down in hori-
zontal rows, making dark patches on
the water.
"How many?" called a voice from
the shore,
"Three," answered one of the men.
"Later, more," he said. "The sun not
yet falls down the hill of heaven.
Wait till the fish see not the shadow
of the blotch higr7a,"
illy cat iy aniovii explained the oistone
of cormorant fishing, which is an
ancient Soochow industry. The birds
are tied by stout ropes and perch on
sticks parallel to the sides of the boat,
They are kept very hungry so that
they will fish, and the men can steal
the catch from their mouths.
Waiter Makes $8,000 a Year.
The forced withdrawal of German
and Austrian waiters from London hos
been the iuost tremendous boon to
the native English waiter,
A Daily Express representative, who
has investigated the enormous sums
said to be earned by waiters in the
:v'�. ;Y ,TABL----....,. :. great London hotels, discovered the
case of One roan in a Piccadilly hotel
", r compound
(alining :01,000 a year, Further in -
tee nn'+ i eseren$talee remedy for e,-mlaglous and infer.
is as
diseitaes among horses and Tribes. Its su.,vt'se as a
) i;l t raft it's ,cl';1 cure rev Dlatemper, Xunuoitaa, role 10o,
oughia r.titi .0 Ado fr,r mere than lwen.v-five Pairs Is the
itt,; IIFEt trlbitto to lie merit as a medicine. It is indorsed
by the b:st L•c,a , Hien ;:t:d llive-stool. Toon in America.
l.uy it of your Druggist.
SPOHN M 1E)ICAL. CO,, aoahcot, ind., U. 8. A.
vostigation showed that, while tits
may be above the average, it is not
I unusual for a good waiter in a first.
tzittss place to make a2 GOO a year,
while the assistant waiters, youths of
,evontcen anil eighteen years, work
ozi commission,