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BY DE. 1 1 MIDDLETON
Provincial Board of Health, Ontario
Dr, Middleton will be glad .to answer questions on Public Health mat-
ters through this column. Addrees bin at. Spadina House, Spading
Crescent; Toronto..
If ever dived evidence was needed
to prove that•tie general health and
physical development of the people
are .below par, the mate war supplied
that evidence. - In England; Cannula and
the United States it was estimated
that of the hundreds of thousands of
young men who were volunteered or
were drafted for active service, one;
third were unfit to bear axes against
the enemy, and had either to be reject-
ed or else utilized for less urgent work
at the base.
'1'his article is not by any nwans an
argument favoring military training,
or compulsory* service such as was the
case in .Germany before the war. It is
solely to point out the dramatic fact
revealed ' by medical examination of
recruits, that a large percentage ofi
young men who should be physically
and mentally fit, are far from it, the
regrettable part of this unfitness be-
ing that it is largely due to defects
that could have been;avoided or put
right during-chMhoedeeed early youth.
Prompted by these alarming statis-
ti•cs and impressed with the great
necessity of having some organized
scheme for •helping the present gen-
eration of children to grow up health-
ier and more free from defects than
that of the grown-ups of to -day, the
Provincial Board of Health hive re-
cently commenced making searching
examinations into the physical and
mental condition of children of pre-
school and school age throughout On-
tario, and the results so far obtained
are distressing. In many of the schools
in rural districts where no medical dee
amination of cihil•dren had previously
been made, defects were found in a
large proportion of the children who
were believed by their parents and
teachers to be well and physically lit.
The urgency of having these children
• i'e eive proper medical and nursingat-
tendon is emphasized by the fact that
most of the defects could be rectified
if attended to early, before they have l
had a chance to become chronic and
interfere with the child's health and
"normal growth. This is a. serious state
of affairs, aid some means must be:
devised to deal with it comprehensive-.
ly. The only solution seemingly would
be to bring the entire childhood of the
nation under medical supervision. How :
to. bring this about is the problem •
confronting all Public Health workers
at the present time. The question is a
tremendously big one, and has many
aspects. In the first place the; care of
the child must ;begin actually before
birth. . On first thought this sees an
impossibility, but with the establish -
went of a network of ante -natal clinics
all over the country, the foundations
of such a scheme 'would be Laid. These
clinics must be so widely established
that they, will touch every 'class of
people in the community, but first of
all there will have to be a campaign
of education conducted in such a way
as to demonstrate the great usefulness
of 'these ante -natal clinics in child-
• welfare work. • -.
The general health of the prosper-
, Live mother, cher freedom from disease,
the Binds of food she eats, the amount
of exercise she takes, the little illness-
es and indispositions which she may
be subject to—these must all be thor-
oughly investigated. • Sometimes a
slight headache or swelling of the feet,.
seemingly ineignifxcant, may be the.
direct forerunner •of serious trouble
that may prove fatal either to the
mother or infant at the time of child-
birth. There is a tendency for the
average young woman who has never
been told of the possible seriousness
of seemingly trifling ailments during
this critical period of her life to dis-
regard these danger warnings and not
consult a doctor at all.
It is to overcome this lack of knowl-
edge among prospective mothers that
the ante -natal clinics are being estab-
lished, There is every hope that the
public{ will soon begin to realize how
great a benefit to themselves and to
I their offspring it will be to.have spe-
cially. trained doctors and nurses at
these clinics where prospective moth
ers may go for advice, knowing that
each individual case will,be gone into
thoroughly, and appropriate treatment
recommended.
Ante -natal clinics have already been
established in Toronto, Hamilton and
London. By, degrees they will be
opened at every centre of population
throughout the proyince, and from
them good results will undoubtedly
follow, when the public begin to real-
ize howmuch they can do to improve
the health and happiness of the moth-
ers and children of• this generation,
and of the generations to come.
'®
With
The
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The eleventh Annual Meeting of the
Ontario Provincial Council of the Boy
Scouts Association will beheld in To-
ronto on the afternoon of Thursday,
February 2nd. At this meeting re-
ports 'to the Provincial Connell on the
year's work will be submitted by the
Provincial Commissioner, the Board of
Honor, Finance Committee, Executive
Secretary, and Field. Departriient, and-
officers
ndofficers and executive committeemen
for: the year 1922, will be elected. . A:
special feature of this coarsing annual
meeting will be the attendance of His
Bxcelleney Lord Byng of Virify, Chief,
Scout for Canada, who 'will address
the Council on Boy Scout work.' In
conjunction with the annual meeting
a two-day Conference of Scout Of-
ficers is also being arranged, the con-
erenee to open on, the morning. of
Thursday, February 2n¢i,and adjourn-
ing at noon until Friday, February 3rd,
when sessions rz^ili_be held both in the
Morning and the afternoon. His Ex-
cellency, the Chief Scout for Canada,
has also kindly consented to paa•tici
pate in the discussions of the confer-
ence and to personally lead in the dis-
cussion of "The Patrol System" as
applied to Troop work. Every member
and officer of Local Associations and
Troop and. Pack Committees, as well
hs Commissioners, District Scoutmas-
ters, Scoutmasters, Cubniasters and
Assistants are to be considered as
"officers" for the purpose of the con
-
formica and it is hoped that they will
all come and make this gathering one
of the biggest events •in the History
rpf Scouting in Ontario,
s
Mr. Earle H. Davison, Provincial
Field Secretary, reports the following:
/"One of the 2nd Welland
'droop was respoa9sible for giving a
pre alert], after a recent meeting. He
Was on his way home when leis sharp
eyes detected a short circuit and a
great deal of smoke in one of the local
etectricai stores, and he promptly re-
ported it to the fire station, not far
away. He very probably saved Wel-
laii front a very disastrous fire, as it
was a frame building in the very heart
of the business section of the town
aid wily a few doors frain a very laage
siotel. Other members of the 2nd
)'Fools, together with their Scoutmas-
ter, assisted in keeping the crowd back
esi the arr'ivel of tibe fireliien.',
* *.
During the past couple: 'of weeks
ttele Provincial Scout Headquarters,
Bier and Sherbourne Streets, Teroe.
to, has issued charters for the conduct
of new Scout Troops and Weis Cul
(jalnior Scout) l ackia it Mountain,
ellendieIin, Beibcay>beoli, Pert Carling,
Mille Roches, Timmins, Prescott, Mor-
risbuig, Brantford, Russell, Rosseau,
Tavistock, and Hamilton. When will
your community become a Boy Scout
town?
THE HEALTHY MIN.
HIS THE BEST Cu-1UCE
Zs Always Full of Life and
Energy -Failures Are Weak
and Bloodless. -
Sonie mem seem to have all the luck.
If there are any good things .going
. these men seem to get. them. 1f they
are business men they aresuccessful;
if they are wor•.kmen they get the fore-
man's job. They.have the power of in-
fluencing
nfluencing people..,- ..
. The same is true of women ;-;Some
have the' charm that makes Hien seelt;
them out; others are neglected. Biit
this is notluci. It is due to a per-
sonal gift—vitality.. Men and women
of this sort are never weak, puny in -
vends. They may not be big, but they
are full of life and energy. The Whole
thin
is
amatter er ofo0
blood, o
g g od
nerves and good health. Everyone i
would wish to be like this and, the i
qualities that make for vitality and
energy are purely a platter of health,
By building up the blood and nerves, III• b
sleeplessness, want of energy, weak- ! o
Hess of, the back, headaches and the
ineffectual sort of presence which reaI-
ly comes from weakness can be got
rid of. Dr, Williams' Pink Pills Have
made many weak, tired men, vigorous,
and many pale, dejected girls and wo-
men, rosy and attractive, by improv-
ing their blood and toning up their P
nerves, If yeti are weak, low-spirited
or unhealthy, try Dr. Williams' Pink r
Pills and note their beneficial effect. i
You can get these pills through any
medicine dealer or by mail at 50 .cents
a box or six boxes for $2,50 from The
Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
T M Y WHO HO HAVE
STAYED BEHIND
LAST OF THE B.E.F. HAVE
LEFT FRANCE
But There Are Many Who
- Have Taken French Wives
and Settled There
Permanently.
The British Army has Officially left
France, but quite a few of those who
served in it are still there and, what
is more, many of these have no inten-
tion of returning to. the land of their
birth, says a London paper.
Usually it is the old, old story.
Tommy has found favor in the eyes
of a fair maid of France, and has set -
tied down in his wife's country, He
has beoome Monsieur Thomas Atkins,
and his children are growing', up to
sped French .perfectly and English
with a slight foreign accent.
In the beginning, Tommy is seldom
welcomed as a son-in-law. French
family life Is very exclusive, and near
riages are generally arranged within
a very limited circle of acquaintances
Also, there are often difficulties on re
ligious grounds, for the wife is as cer
tain to be a Catholic as the husband
is likely to be Protestant.
But once the marriage is an accom
pLished fact, Tommy Is Ioyally accept
ed as a member of the family.
Sometimes Marie or Louise has not
come empty-handed to her husband,.
She may have a substantial sum of
money, or a little cafe of her own, or
a shop or a arnall farm, and so the one-
time soldier finds it the natural and
easy thing to become a cafe proprietor,
or a farmer.
Better Than theo,Dole.
Whatever his precise occupation
may be, his wife is a most valuable
helpmate and partner, for it is the
custom for French women to help
their husbands in business to a much
greater extent than in England.
It is in the sea coast towns that the
man who has stayed behind is most in
evidence—in such places as Calais,
Boulogne, Dieppe, Havre, and Cher
bourg, but he is also to be found in-
land in Rouen, Arras, Amiens, St.
Omer, and ether towns, the names of
which will never be forgotten by the
British Army.
He . seems to have a particular par-
tiality for the cafe business and as a
rule he makes a success of it.
Let us pay a visit to one of these
cafes in Boulogne or Calais. Some-
times it bears the obviously British
name of the proprietor,.or it may be
called the Palate of Wales Bar, or
some such un -French appellation. Ad-
vertisements of well-known English
beers• and stouts still further proclaim
the nationality of "mine host," and
perhaps there is an invitation to "Stop
here for a good cup of tea."
You will get a warm welcome from
Monsieur Atkins. He will talk freely
about his new life. Yes, he is very
comfortable, he will tell you, and he is
sure he has done a good thing for him-
self. Better here than at home, where.
he might be walking the streets and
drawing a dole as one of the 1,500,000
unemployed. No, he has no Intention
of going back, unless some day for a
holiday and to see his people.
The Lure of the Tea Cup.
How does he get on with the lang-
uage? you' may ask, There is no diffi-
culty there, he will tell you. Ile can
talk enough new;tet on, and he un-
derstands practically everything that
is said
French is an easy language to get
a smattering of, but a very difficult one
if you want to know it really well.
PresentlyMadame
Atkins s ii
will join
n
us. She is a typical French woman,
with her nicely' dressed hair, some-
what aquiline features, and extraor-
dinary neatness of attire, especially
about the feet. She speaks a "teethe
English," perhaps better than her bus -
and does French. It is pleasing to
bserve that she is obviously very
proud of her big soldier -husband.
Business is pretty good, they say.
In the evening their place is quite a
resort for others who have stayed be-
hind. In the summer time, of course,
they did very well; there were so
many British visitors about who ap-
reciated very much a place where
they could get a goad cup of tee at a
easonable price and also talk freely
n their own language. There is not
Mere Sound and Fury.
much doing in the daytime, but come
back in the evening, they say, and see
the other British.
So back again in the evening we go,
and fend about a dozen people sitting
and Having refreshments at the small
table. In due course we have a talk
with some of thein, Two young fee
ows, engineers by trade, are employ-
e by an English firm which is buying
p old war material and converting it
o various use».
The pay is not equal to Trade '[inion
rates at home, they tell us, but there
is good prospect of steady work for a
long time to come, welch le More than
they could have at home at the pre-
sent moment, The bulk of their fel-
low -employees are Freneh,'the .French
authorities limiting the proportion of
Bnglishinee to twenty-five per cent, of
the total.
A lank, disconsolate -looking person 1
stood on the steps of the town hall e
during a political meeting, "Do you n
know who's talking in there now?" de- t
mended a stranger briskly, pausing
for a moment beside Bim. "Or are you
just going in?"
„"No. sir; I've just conte out," said
the man decidedly. W. F. Brown, M.P.,
is talking in there."
"What about?" asked the stranger.
"Well," continued the man, passing
his hand arose his forehead in a puz-
aled manlier, ehe didn't say." •
The heaviest annual rainfall in t'e'
world occurs in Assam, India, where a
precipitation of 800 inches is on re-
cord
Millard'a Lieinient fo
Teaching Peenchlneat• Football.
Two others, of the company have
clerical jobs with the War Graves
omnlission, While yet another is a
oothall professional playing With a
rends loam. He isnot the only man
ho ,has stayed behind " in this
C
1
Gar'ast Ift Cotes, w
capacity, he sold, One club alone I
tile Pas de Calais bas no less than
four British professionals. The 'Pay Is
200 francs (about $20) a week, with a
guaranteed job at their own trade.
How about the standard of French
football? Not very high as yet, was
the reply. The Association code has
not made the same .progress; as the
Beeby game, 111 which France actual-
ly bet Scotland on Iyer own ground
Last winter.
However, they are corning on, They
use their brains, but they slave not the
same control of the .ball as British
players have. If only they had more
opportunity of seeing really first-class
play, progress would be quicker.
It ft's not only the rank and file of
• the Army that is represented among
-the men who have stayed behind.
Quite a few ex -officers have settled
-dawn mare or less permanently in
France o' Belgium,
All . along the battle -line one may
fina them running services of motor-
cars for visitors who have come to
view. the historic ground, or to see the
grave of a son, husband, or sweet-
heart. The leading hotel in Ypres is
owned by a syndicate of ex -officers.,
and as judge by the prices charged it
onege.t' to be a profitable venture.
One of the hotels at Cherbourg, too,
is run by an ex -lieutenant of the Motor
Transport, whose wife and two pretty
dauglsters ably assist him In its man-
agement.
The place is crowded with one -day
sea trippers from Southampton and
the Isle of Wight all through the sum-
mer months.
,i. -
NOTHING TO EQUAL
BABY'S OWN TABLETS
Mrs. Alfred Naud, Natagan River,
Que., writes;—"I do not think there
is any other medicine to equal Baby's
Own Tablets for little ones. I have
used them for my baby and would
use nothing else." What Mrs. Naud
says thousands of other mothers say.
They have found by trial that the
Tablets always do just what is claimed
for them. The Tablets are a mild
but thorough laxative which regulate
the bowels and sweeten the stomach
and thus banish indigestion, consti-
pation, colic, colds, etc. They are sold
by medicine dealers or by mail' at 25
-cents a box from The Dr. Williaiiis'
Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont.
French Anglers Use Mirror.
Some French anglers use a tiny mir-
ror, which is adjusted just behind the
morsel of bait. It is believed that
-when a fish sees itself in the glass it
will conclude that some other fish is
trying -to carry off the bait and will
make hasteato secure the tempting.
morseh'iteeIf.
MONEY ORDERS: -•
Send , a Dominion Express Money
Order. They are payable everywhere.
Sprayed y Air.
Of Swiss invention is a concrete
mixer in_which the cement is sprayed
by air over a wet mixture of sand and
stone while it is in motion.
Mlnerd,e Liniment for Distemper.
Lionsand :tvgers kept in captivity.
require une 'day a weak without food.
to keep them in good health.
Goodwill survives absence, if the
Iast recollections are kindly.
If you lose your temper, don't look
for it, unless you mean to keep it...
P•!other ! Move
Child's Bowels With
California Fig Syrup
Hurry mother! Even a sick child
loves the "fruity" taste of "California
Fig Syrup" and it never fails to open
the bowels. A teaspoonful to -day may
prevent a sick child to -morrow, If
constipated, bilious, feverish, fretful,
has cold, colic, or if stomach is sour,
tongue coated, breath bad, remember
a good cleansing of the little bowels
is often all that is necessary.
Ask your druggist for genuine "Call-
fornia Fig Syrup" which has directions
for babies and children of all ages
printed on bottle. Mother! You must
say "California" or you may get an
imitation fig syrup. -
Cuticura. Shampoos
Mean Healthi Hair
Especially if preceded by touches
of Cuticura Ointment to spots of
dandruff, itching and irritation,
'Mistreatment does much to keep
the scalp clean and healthy and be
promote hair growth.
9*Mp2bc. Mumma xSa diff. 'skwiZSe. Sold
hreughoua theDoailnlon. (anadianDepot:
UMW. .:$4 5t. bad St.. W.. Moneta
CutiturAiBbARibe vIWOYtmet.
U No.
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Indian Rajah Gives -Up, His
Kingdom.
A tale of a kingdom reliqulsbed far
alittle boy is told by The London
Daily Express correspondent at Mad-
ras, India.
This is the extraordinary sacrifice
made by an Indian prince, the Rajah
of Pudukota, .arscl behind the seerifiee
lies a tensely human th- tine,.
In 1915 the rajah fele in love with
a beautiful Australian woman, ;leliss
Molly Frink. ele wooed her with all
the ardor of an iii astern lover, begged
her to share his throne with him, to
be his ranee," She accepted and they
were married.
They returned to the rajah's coun-
try, which is situated in the Madras
Presidency, and in 1916 a son was
born. The father and mother die
devoted to this boy.
With the corning of the son the.
first shadow fell across the happy
couple's path, The government of
India informed the rajah that they
could not allow any one who was not
of pure Indian blood to succeed him
`when he died.
Mother and father were heart-
broken. Appeals were made to the
authorities by his people, who have
been ruled by his family for hundreds
of years, but in, vain.
The rajah, therfore, decided to give
up his kingdom, withell the dignity
and position that went with it, and
live quietly in England, Australia and
the Continent,.
Within the bast few weeks an agita-
tion has been set on foot by his still
loyal subjects to induce him to return,
and a petition has been prepared and
was to have been sent to the Viceroy
of India,
The rajah and liis wife have settled
the question themselves by adhering
to their determination not to return
to the throne unless their boy is rec-
ognized as the heir.
Classified,Advertisements.
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ESULT . -.W AS A r .,.•.Y{
SURPME
MONTREAL EIRE SAYS
TARLAC IS SIMPLY
WONDERFUL.
Hasn't a Trace of Former
Trouble Left and Feels Like
a New .Person.
"It was certainly a happy surprise
to me when i saw Tanlac was, restor-
ing my health," said Mies Yvonne
Roy, 8 Hotel de Viliex St„ Montreal,
"For a year and a half before I got
Tanlac my health was simply awful, I
slept so fitfully I gained no real rest
and I woke up mornings feeling all
tired out. My nervous system just
collapsed and I would jump at any lite.tie noise. I frequently turned $c dizz
and sick I could hardly stand the
smell of food cooking. My condition
seemed to get worse constantly and
1 worried all the time.
"Well, the first thing Tanlac did
for me was to give me a splendid ap-
petite. Then all my troubles gradual-
ly disappeared, my nerves got better
and I could enjoy a good night's sleep.
My whale system is now fn exceIient
condition and I'm enjoying the best.
of health. Tanlac is certainly a won-
derful medicine."
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere. Adv.
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particulars. National Manufacturing
Co., Montreal.
For Sore Throat,
Cold in the Chest, Etc.
YARiiOUTH, N. S.
You're Constipated!
Take "Cascarets"
For Liver, Bowels I
Sick headache, biliousness, coated
tongue, or sour, gassy -stomach—al-
ways Brace this to torpid liver and de-
Iayed,•fermenting food in the bowels.
Cascarets work while you sleep. They
immediately cleanse the stomach, re-
move thesour, undigested food and
foul gases, take the excess bile from
the liver and carry out all the consti-
pated waste matter and poisons in the
.bowels. Get a -10 -cent` box now and•let
"Cascarets" straighten you out by !
morning.
Amsetoa'a Idosesr Dolt aeate01a*
DOGook on
(DISEASES
and How to Feed
Mailed Free to any A.d-
dress by the Author.
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118 west 31st Street
New York, U.S.A.
THIN, FLAT HAIR
GROWS LONG, THICK
"Danderin•e” cosi s
only 35 cents a bottle.
One application ends all
dandruff, stops itching
and falling hair, and;
in a few moments,
you have doubled the
beauty of your hair
It will appear a mass,
so soft, lustrous, and
easy to do up. But what
! will please you most
will be after a , few
weeks use, when you see
new hair—fine and
downy at first—yes—
but really new hair
growing all over the scalp. "Dander-
ine" is to the hair what fresh showers
of rain and sunshine are to vegetesetion.
It goes right to the roots, invigorates
and strengthens them. This delightful,
stimulating tonic helps thin, lifeless,
faded hair to grow long; thick- heavy
and luxuriant..
RHEUMATIC ACHES
QIilCKLY IELIEVED
HE racking, agonizing rheumatic
ache is quickly relieved by an ala.
plications of Sloan's Liniment.
For forty years; folks all over the
world have found Sloan's to be the
natural enemy of pains and ac]iest. ••
le penetrates wifhaat rubbing.
You can just tell by its healthy,
stimulating odor that itis going to do
you good:
Keep S oan's handy for neuralgia,
sciatica, lame back, stiff joints, sore
muscles, strains and sprains.
At all druggists -35c, 70c, $1.40.
Ode in Canada.
Never say "Aspirin" without saying "Bayes,"
WARNING! Unless you see name "Bayer" on tablets,
yougetting Aspirin are not getting at all. Why take chances?
Accept only an "unbroken package" of "Bayer Tablets of
Aspirin," which contains directions and dose worked out by
physicians during z 1 years and proved safe by millions for
Colds
Toothache
Earache
Headache
Neuralgia
Lumbago
Rheumatisrn
Neuritis
Pain, Pat
Handy in boxes of 1'2 tablets--Jlottles of 24 and 100—M1 lhug"gists.
Aspirin le the trade merit (registered in Canadn) of Sayer, Manufacture of Mono-
iicbticxoldester of- 5atttyticacld. while It well imown that Aspirin means Barba
iiienntaeture, Co assist ll,e public Against Imitations, the Tablets of T3uyer Cornipane.
win be .stomped, with their general trade mark, the 'Bayer, 'Ctorm