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HEALTH EDUCATION
BY DR. J. J. MIDDLETON
Provincial hoard of Health, Ontario
1l be glad to answer questions on Public Health :let-
tdersthrough this column. Address him at the Parliament Biagi,
Toronto.
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One of the commonest causes of
death among young adults twenty-five
years ago was typhoid fever. Twenty-
five years ago it was common for
medical students duringtheir hospital
experience to see at least two or three
wards always filled in the spring and
fall months with typhoid patients. To-
day there is only one or two eases of
typhoid in the Toronto General Hospi-
tal, and on enquiring it was learned
that there are only a few such pa-
tients at any time of the year, except
in particular cases. Theste "particular"
'cases are the result of neglect of the
very precautions that have practically
wiped epidemic typhoid off the map.
In the great majority of cases of
typhoid fever, the disease is trans-
mitted by water. This is the com-
mon avenue of infection and if we
take flies into consideration too, the
whole problem of typhoid transmission
will be practically solved as far as the
general public are 'concerned.
many ways. Sometimes a disease is
communicable from one human being
to another, ,sometimes they are even
interchangeable between animals and
men, and leen and animals.
It :is only by realizing how serious
some of the diseases are and how
easily they can be •spread all over a
community, that each one of us can
do our little: part to stamp them out
or prevent them gaining headway.
Let us take a common disease—
typhoid fever, and yet a very serious
one. Nobody wants to take this dis-
ease, and certainly no right thinking
person would want to see others take
it. Butvery often the disease is
spread about by thoughtless persons
without the slightest idea of the harm
they are doing. A feimily in the coun-
try may perhaps not have a very sani-
tary latrine or privy at their house,
a'ndflies may get contaminated and
them find their way to food. The
privy contents may contain germs of
the Board that the province. wri11 be
kept as fres as possible from -all'pret
ventable outbreaks of disease,1►a "
oratory worker's in every civilized
country axe eerrying on reeee cbe5, in Q n. That Enriches the BMW
this great battle against, diseaael end >txeaat;lit?Ya9 the Nerves.germs. So marry avenues are open foci
thedistribution and spread of diseases P food, fresh i d a good
It is very important to notice that typhoid fever, probably from a car -
there is an increase in the prevalence ries," viz, a person who while not
of typhoid our enteric fever during the showing any active symptoms of dis-
summer and fall of each year. This
disease is often spoken of as "vara
' tion typhoid" and at least twenty-five
per •cent. of these cases occur among
IPP
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ease, harbors a particular germ in
their system .and can thereby trans-
mit the disease to others, usually by
a contamination of drinking water, or
people who are either on their vasa- by direct contact.
tion or have just returned. This is There may be sickness in the Tamm -
particularly true where the holidays ily, some one having fever and neg-
have just been spent in the mountains lecting to call a doctor to have a
or at a lake resort where no proper proper diagnosis made and to have
sanitary precautions are taken. The the patient removed to hospital. The
water and milk supply are the chief 1 person acting ae nurse may get con -
sources of infection at summer resorts, taminated by actually touching the pa -
but foods contaminated by flies or by, tient or the bedclothes, and then com-
handling, raw vegetables washed in the in contact with food. No one who
infected water or taken from fields has any symptoms of communicable
fertilized with night -soil, oysters and; disc -ase or who is nursing a patient
varionis forms of shell -fish from sew-1with communicable disease should
age polluted , waters, and bathing in. have anything to do with the prepare -
infected streams, also cause typhoid' tion or cooking of food. Again, a
infection. The drinking water swpply1 child may be taken home from an
is often contaminated by the privy isolation hospital, after having had
contents leaking through porous soil, scarlet fever. Its nose and throat mayor through cracks and fissures. For; be clean atthe time of leaving the
this reason the greatest care should. hospital, but, a day ,or two later, nose
be taken to keep the privy or latrine' or throat dischargs may reappear.
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�5 BACK ON JOB
FEELS LIKE ENTIRELY
Proper oo. , res air an •
that it is difislati even with our pro- .,tt>nic will Ite,;ii most people in good DIFFERENT PERSON,
gressive legislation to prevent out- health. Hurried meals, indoor con- "
ot. His Wish,- -
tltien"ient in badly ventleat^ci rooms Mrs. Magun—""I came across one of
breaks, although we take energetic
measures to control and stamp
such outbreaks.
Q144. and heli of exercise rise causes anaemia, your old letters to -day, George, where Had Suffered Complete Break -
HOW Codfish
*Are lyills area popular tonic. They con- eildiess torment with me than in bliss down—Tanlac Restored
In this condition Dr. Williams' Pink You said that You would rattier be in
re T a�'�'� taali no .Habit foaming drugs, and al- by Yourself."
The United States Fisheries Bureau ways have a beneficial effect 'through Mr. Magute--"Well, my dear, I got
is catching codfish and releasing them enriching the blood and strengthening my wish,
with numbered aluiuinuu tags attach- the nerves.. For growing girls, who
ed to their tails, the object inview be- become thin and pale, for pale, tired. The Boy Scored.
Ing to gain some- definite knowledge women` and for old peoplo who fail in The conjurer was producing eggs said Edward White, 27 Caroline St.,
about -their migrations and the rate strength, Dr: 'Williams' Pink Pills are from •a top -hat. He addressed a boy South Hamilton, Out., a foreman forthe Dominion Steel Company.
at which they grow. When a tagged an ideal tonic. Their benefit in anae- in the front row. "Several nyears e o I suffered a cora-
fisherman
is caught again, anywhere the uric conditions is shown by the case "Your mother Gan't get eggs with- g
fisherman will be expected to send the of Miss Lucy A. Steeves, Hillsboro, plete breakdown and it was only when
tag to Washington or toone of the N.B., who says: "Last .springI was In
bureau's stations with a memorandum :Poor health, and completely rundown.
stating the locality, etc. Then the. 1 had severe headaches, the least ex -
number can belooked up and. .it will ertion would cause my heart to palpi-
be known how fir and in what'direc- tate violently, my appetite was poor,
tion the fish has meanwhile travelled. and at times I had fainting spells.
Also haw much it has gained in size This went 'on.for some months, and gl-
and weight during the interval. • though -I was taking medicine, I seem-
Thd North Atlantic Ocean is after ed to be growing weaker, and the least
all only a large pond. 'In -places there exertion would leave me worn P}it.
are shallows' called "banks"—as•, for Then on the • advice sof a friend, # I
instance, off the coast of Newfound- changed .the treatment to Dr. Williams'
and—where, because the water is not Pink Pills, and 1 -have great cause to
very deep, the bottom is rich in mol- be thankful that I did so, as they have,
lusean, crustacean and other -forms of made a wonderful improvement in my
marine life. Fishes flock to these condition. 1 can. now work without
banks to feed and there the fishermen ,fatigue, go upstairs without becoming
gather great harvests. But the fishing leathless, and have gained in weight.
may be overdone. On this account I. think these pills are anideal medi-
the halibut have almost disappeared. 'rine in cases like mine."
from certain banks and fears are en- You can get Dr. Williams' Pink Piles
tertained for the maintenance: of the fioni any medicine dealer or by mail
codfish supply. • Hence it is that dur- at 50 cents a box or eix boxes for
ing the last few pears the U.S. Fsher.- ,;2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medipine
les Bureau has been hatching codfish' Co.,' Brockville, Ont.
eggs by the hundreds of millions and
planting the young "fry.", what Boy Scouts Are Doing.
How much good this has done no-
body knows. But it is,a'snanifest that Two thousand, twa hundred Boy
in trying to help the preservation of Scouts from thirty-five different On
any species of fish every bit of infor- tario towns and cities participated in
mation that can be gained regarding tis year's Provincial Scout Rally at
its life history is of value. Whence Toronto Exhibition. A veritable cloud
the usefulness of tagging the codfish. 'forst broke over the Exhibition
rounds at the very hour the assembled
Health, He Says.
"I want to give a little history of
my case just to let the public know
what .Tanlac has really done for me,"
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WHEN BABY • IS ILL scouts were to march past Provincial
Commissioner W. K, George, but that
did not deter the boys from carrying
out hens, can she?" he asked.
"Oh, yes," said the boy.
"How's that?" asked the conjurer.
"She keeps ducks," answered the
boy.
Why They Quarrelled.
The lady of the house ushered the
new cook into the dining room and be- left me in such a bad condition that I
gap the usual interrogations. had no appetite at all and was so weal:
"And now, tell me," she asked, "why
did you leave your last place?"
"Oh, mum, it was somethinl. haw-
ful. I couldn't stop there on no ac-
count. The master and minus used
to quarrel like .eat : and dog."
"How sad.1" said the inquisitor. "No
wonder you couldn't stop; and what
did they quarrel about?"
"Well, mostly," replied the domes-
tic, "the way the dinner was cooked."
Pleased to Meet Her.
A minister told the story of a strap-
ping fellow who brought his demure
young bride to the manse for matri-
monial purposes.
"According to my custom," said the
minister, "I turned to the bridegroom
at a certain part of the ceremony and
said, 'John, this is your lawfully -wed-
ded wife'
I got Tapia° that I recovered my
health. We were making' engines and
were anxious to turn out as many as
possible, so lots of time I worked
might and day.
"Well, this finally got the best of
me and I just had to go to bed and
stay there for a number of days. This
When the baby is ill; when he cries through their announced programme. 1
a great deal and no amount of erten- It diddelaythem an hour—they could
tion or petting makes him happy, not be blamed for that—and it very
Baby's Own Tablets should be given materially reduced the • number of
as far as possible from the well or These discharges are very infectious,him without delay., their spectators, but otherwise every -
pump
The Tablets are thing passed off as arranged. Over
pump where the drinking water is ob- and yet mothers sometimes neglect to •a`mild but thorough laxative which re- .'gh hundred of the eight hundred and
belied. If there is the slightest sus- isolate ,the chili', and others in the gulate the bowels and sweeten the m five u
infection may get into family or neighboring families
con_stomach and thus drive.out const1 a-''$fty out-of-town Scouts were accom-
,pioion that
water, the water should be boiled tract the disease: tion and indigestion; break up colds] rnodated during their stay in Toronto
thein a special Boy Scout model, camp,
and stored for use Another serious malady, typhus and simple fevers and make teething ,
which was one of the big features of
Since an increase in the number of fever, may •break out on'account of easy. Concerning them Mrs. ;:Dere
cases ofyF ,Desire
t pboid, occur in the summer' personal uncleanliness, the louse being, Theberge, Trois ;1~'isbols, Que-, writes:
and'fa11, it -is in spring that preventive the medium through which the germ'�I am well satisfiedwith my use of
measures should' be taken. The surest cif typhus is transmitted. Personal as Baby's Own Tablets. I have found.
method of- protecting the individual well as general cleanliness is there- them of great benefit to my baby when.
against . avoidable infection with ty- fore conclusive to good health. he was suffering from constipation'
pboid fever is by inoculation with ty- Mosquito nets should be provided int and,/ can strongly recommend them
phoid` vaccine.This is attended with the mosquito season, not only as a. to other 'mothers." The Tablets are
very little inconvenience and conn protection fron"i these irritating pests,isold by all medicine dealers or by
prises the injection under the skin of but on` account of them sometimes! mail at 25 cents a box from The Dr.
• dead bacteria on two occasions a week transmitting the germs of malaria. I Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville,
or ten days apart. The dangers of When, infectious disease does break Ont
such inoculation is practically nil and out in a house the residents sometimes -,
vet the splendid results obtained by object to having the house placarded, Few Centenarians.
Of a thousand persons only one
reaches the age of one hundred years,
while only one couple in eleven thous-
and live to celebrate their diamond
wedding.
this simple procedure are in evidence
wherever it has been tried and particu-
larly so in the army where everybody
is required to be vaccinated,
although by this means others who may
take the disease are deterred from
entering. Similarly there are nian+y
people who object to be quarantined,
People should not depend on vac- on account of personal inconvenience,
eination alone without taking all nes- although' by having been in contact
essary precautions to avoidthe dis- with a person suffering from infec-
ease. For this reason it is essential tiousdisease they are liable to spread
to see that the water supply is pure,
that the milk is clean, that flies are
suppressed, that no refuse is•left ex-
posed, and that no persons who might
lie "carriers' come in. any way into
contact with the preparation of food.
it over tiie whole community.
It is not through ill motives that
people neglect to use these health
safeguards. It is simply that they do
not know enough about the prevention
or curtailment of diseases:
General cleanliness in the home and Of course there are many ways that
attention to personal hygiene else pie -
vent the spread of typhoid.
„- But remember to get vaccinated at
the:earlieSt possible moment and make infected food. In Ontario the Pro -
assurance of not catching the disease, vincial Booed of Health has officials
continually on the lookout for infec-
tion in food and water, and it= is by
co-operation between the people and
germs are transmitted, which cannot
be prevented
byindividuals. Two of
these ways are by infected water and
doubly sure.
Disease 'germs can be distributed in
o you know what constitutes
a strong constitution?
To have sound, healthy nerves, completely under
control, digestive organs that are capable of absorbing
a hearty meal, means you have a strong constitution!
Your general attitude is one of optimism and energy.
But an irritable disposition, frequent attacks of
indigestion, and a languid depression, indicate your
system isnot in correct working order. -
Probably you are not eating the proper food.
Probably the nutritious elements are not being
supplied to your system in the proper way.
Grape -Nuts is the wholesome, delicious cereal
that promotes normal digestion, absorption and eliini-
nation, whereby nourishment is accomplished with-
out auto -intoxication. A 'mixture of energy -giving
wheat and malted barley comprise the chief' elements
of Grape -Nuts. A dish at breakfast or lunch is an
excellent, wholesome rule to follow.
You can order Grape -Nuts at any and every hotel,
restaurant, and lunch room; on dining cars, on lalee
boats and steamers; in every.' good grocery, large and
small, in every city, town or village in Canada.
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Grape-Nuts—the ' Body Builder
�—the Y
"Thdre'$ tt Reason"
MONEY ORDERS.
When ordering goods by mail send
a Dominion Express Money Order.
Perfect Confidence.
Jones—"Heaven bless him! He
showed confidence in me when the
clouds were dark and threatening,"
Robinson—"In what way?"
Jones—"He lent me an umbrella."
Minard's Liniment Lumberman's Friend
Mystery Britain'sr Monument.
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The most perplexing. monument in
the world is the great circle of mighty
stones which we call Stonehenge. No
one can say how they were placed in
position, or by whom -the work was
done.
An we know is that the builders
were early inhabitants of this country
and that Stonehenge was a .temple.
lhineyear'.S Fair._
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His Excellency Lord Byng, Canada's
new Governor-General, has just been
gazetted as the "Chief Scout for Cana-
da," succeeding to this office upon the
retirement of His Excellency, the -Duke
of Devonshire. And Lord Byng will Rural Route No. 1, Aiaseouche, Que.
be no `figurehead" chief. In England 'The llinard's Liniment I eople,
h h be an active Scoutmaster of Sirs—I feel that I should be doing a
that when I walked around I would
just stagger. I tried treatments and
all kinds of medicine, but failed to get
any better and I began to think noth-
ing would help me.
"However, Tanlac has built me up
so in every way until I feel like an en-
tirely different person now. My ap-
petite is fine and I eat hearty at every
meal. Why, I've gained eleven pounds
in weight and am back on the job
every night working as good as ever."
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere. Adv.
Sea -water contains certain ingredi-
ents, such as compounds of iodine,
which make it useful as an internal
medicine in certain illnesses.
Liverpool is now stated to be the
"In the excitement of the occasion, Sootiest place in England, Hull and
John turned in the direction of his Newcastle -on -Tyne being second and
newly -acquired partner and stammer- third.
ed, "I'm pleased to meet you.'
A Serious Questien.
Little Douglas had been told that he
must always wait patiently until he
was served at meals, and not cry
across the table or help <himself.
One day, whilst dining at a neigh-
bor's with his mother, the little fellow
was accidentally overlooked.
elle was very patient for a time, but
at last he could bear the strain no
longer. • The sight of everyone feed-
ing but himself was too much for the
hungry child:
anin c lie
e a s
I4 g
rens to .hi , metier,
said, in a loud whisper:
• "Mother, do little boys who starve
to death go to heaven?"
Unhappiness is often an illness, a
cure for which may be found in rest
or a change.
Ask for Minard's and take no other.
Experience is always teaching, and
those who are no better are those who
think they know better.
Classified Advertisements.
L1'RESENTATII'ES WANTED TO
sell Dresswell Hand Tailored
Clothes for Men. Big profits. No invest-
ment. State experience and send refer-
ences with application. North American
Tailors,. Ltd., 3s5 Adelaide St. W., To-
ronto. Ont.
l�ANTED—TOTING LADIES OF
good education to train as nurses.
Apply Wellandra Hospital, St Cathar-
ines, Ont..
e as been
a troop of boys in his own town, later wrong if I neglectedumors togrowwing rite ycu.onmy I
]save had four. t
was Commissioner of his County, and
still mere recently has been a mem-
ber • of the Imperial Headquarters
Council of the Boy Scouts Association.
He also wears the "Silver Wolf" --e
the highest decoration in Scouting—
"Ana I earned it too," he said to a
Canadian Scout official the other day,
in .reference to it. By this he meant
it was not an honorary decoration, but
one which he earned just the way an
ordinary r it would earn it.
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Reports of over one hundred Boy
Scout camps held in different parts
of the province during the j"iast sum- results.
head for years. I had them out off by;
a surgeon about fifteen years ago but
they grewagain till about three months!
ago I had one as large and shaped like.
a lady's thimbles on the veru place!
where my hair should be parted, and it
was getting so embarrassing in pubile •
that it was a constant worry to me,
ottle
About
oyourhilinimentl1for s go I another purpose
and saw on the label good for tumors.
Well I tried it and kept it for exactly'
two months, with the result that it has
entirely removed all trace of the tumor,
and were it not that they had been cut
fifteen years ago, no mark would be seen.
I have not been asked for tide testimon-
ial and you can use it as ynu see fit.
(Signed) FRED 0. ROBINSON.
P.S.-1 ani a farmer and intend usin-
Minard's Liniatent on a mare for a
strained tendon, and am hoping for some
FRED C. R.
mer have already been received at
Provincial Headquarters, these camps
caring forr some fivee
thousand
boys.
s.
Ounof Toronto alone there were forty-
six camps attended by, seventeen. hun- 5
deed :Scouts. Although these camps
rah full programmes of swimming,
boating, water work, canoe trips and
long, hard hikes, not a single serious
accident marred' the happiness of any
once of them—a senclid testimony to
the effectiveniess of the Boy Scout
scheme, of directed recreation, And
besides all the games, and fun, and en-
tertaininent, -the boys found time to
The fact'that it was a temple has en-' qualify .themselves fax hundreds of
ab1ed us to find the date when it was. Boy Scout badges and awards.
built -
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These early men Were sun worship- Hon, • Manning Doherty, Minister of
pars and they laid out hair temple Agriculture an on, , -
Bo Scout function` re-,
the rays of the sun shone directly up- an interesting Bee
on the great altar in the midst of the cently at Cochrane. In the course of Only "Bayer" is Genuine
circle. As the earth does not spin an address. to a crowd of 3,000 settlers
quite truly on its axis, but wobbles gathered from all over the scattered
slightly, like a top that' i„ nearly run Northland, Mr. Doherty referred to all
down, the position of the sun ,at Mid- the assets of the new country. "But
summer is always changing slightly. • there is one essential asset, and it is
The rising;sun does not no'W shine
straight on the high altar on June 21st,
We' know the rate of the earth's wob-
ble, and we: can measure the difference
between the pr esisnt line of the sun's
t 1 d H Dr A S.Grant
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Book on
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and
Bow to Peed
Mailed Froo to any A8 -
dress by the Author.
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ASPIRIN
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PREVENTS FALLING HAIR
If your scalp is irritated, and •aur
hair dry and falling out in handfuls,
try this treatment: Touch spots of
dandruff and itching with Cuticura
Ointment and follow with hot
shampoo of Cuticura Soap. Abso-
lutely
nothing
tette
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Soap25e. ointment 25 =Me. Takata 25c. Sold
througbouttheDominion. Canadian•Depot:
Limens, Limited, 394 St. Paul St., W., Maltreat.
Oat'
Cuticura Soap shaves without snug.
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Mtei' Long - Suffering Mrs.,
Peasey Restored to Health
by Lydia E. Pinkham's
i
Vegetable Compound
Toronto, Ont.—"I suffered with•
irregular periods, was weak and.
run down, could
not eat and had
headaches. The
worst symptoms•
were dragging
down pains, so bad
I sometimes
thought I would
go crazy and Y
seemed to be
smothering. I was
in this condition
for two or three
years and could
so that at sunrise on Mid -summer DaY Minister of Education, participated in
the greatest sesset of all countries, of
all districts and of all industries. That
is the boy :..the . rising generation.
There are many organizations to help
the boy and which help his . parents
rays and tlie: old one. This enables to ;help hen, but the best is: the toy
as to calculate that Stonehenge must Sc6nt's, I am very glad to see you
have, been built about the year 1900 have the Boy Scouts in the north and
1:3:C., or three thousand eight hundred I am particularly proud to be iiia pas --
years ago. tion to ask the. Hon. Dr, Grant, Minis-
* ter, of 'Education, to present the colors
MrifipS of Wisdom. to the lst Ceche-alio Troop..,, Dr.
Men are known by the conipaiiy they Grant then handed the new colors oven
keep away from, to the 'troop, after which th • o whale
'A promise should be given with eau- party left clic platform.
t' d kept with c•re
ion an cel
You Cannot build a reputation on the 'Jl'he early Fall is the very best time
things you ate going to do,
If you have a minute to eparo, don't
worry a iilaii who kasn't.
Truth Is elastic, but don't stretch it
tiniest you want it to fly back and
sting you.
Prudent persons ate litre trims--etheir Tor°nto.
heads prevent them frcni going tufo tea
of the year for the formation of new
i3ay Scout troops, Rill information
regarding Scouting, and with particle,
ler reference to organization work,
may be hail upon application to the
Field, Department, Boy Scouts Asoecia-
iion, ' Sioor and Sherboerne Streets,
Warning: Unless you sec name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets yoti
aro not getting Aspirin at all. Take
Aspirin only as told in the Bayer pack-
age fax Colds, Headache, Neuralgia,
Rheumatism, Earache, 'Tc'othache,
Lumbago and for Pain. Then you will
be following the directions and dosage
worked out by physicians during twen-
ty -ono years and proved safe by mil-
lions. Handy tin boxes of twelve
Bayer Tablets cY Aspirin cost few
cents. Druggists also sell larger pack-
ages. " Made in Canada, Aspirin Is the
trade mark' Sregieterod i;r Caiiirtien et
Beyer Manufacture al Monoaeetirschl.
eater of Saiicyiicacid.
notsleatiningiss
em to work 1 tried all kinds
of medicines end had been treated by
fphysicians but received fto benefit.
ound ane of your booklets and felt
£reclined to tr.,, Lydia 1 . Pzihkham's
Vegetable Compound 1 recei'ed the.
best results 'fie m it and now 1 keep,
house and go out to work and ani like
a new woman. I have recommended
oder Vegetable Compound to my"
friends and if these facts will help.
Borne ,door woman use "them as Cott
J5lcase. —Mrs. J. F, Pneeav,3871 ting
bt., Toronto, Ontarit.,
If you are orae of these women do
not suffer for four or five years as
Mrs, Nasty did, but profit by her
experience and be restored to health.
ISSUE No. $9=--'21.