Zurich Herald, 1916-02-11, Page 2Foreign Bodies in the Eye.
In factories where workmen fre-
quently get cinders, emery or other
foreign bodies in the eye, there is
generally a self-made expert who may
even have some . "antiseptic" knowl-
edge, and who generally does a lot of
harm in his endeavors to dig out for-
eign bodies. Workmen thus injured
should hold the employer fully respon-
sible and submit to no amateur in-
terference,
Foreign bodies under the lids may
be removed by picking them off with
a little clean cotton wound upon a
toothpick, but never should an effort
be made to dig out a foreign body
which seems to be embedded on the
cornea—over the colored part of the
eyeball.
If the eye becomes irritated from a
foreign body it may be freely bathed
by allowing warm normal salt solu-
tion (tablespoonful to the pint of boil-
ed water) to run over the eyeball,
pouring it on gently with a spoon or a
clean medicine dropper. This will
wash out loose specks.
Do not rub the eye, and do not
touch it with unwashed fingers, Keep
everything that - is not perfectly clean the least excitement I would tremble
away from the eye. Above all, do and faint away, and the slightest noise
not allow any one to moisten a would annoy me. I had severe pains
cloth with saliva for removing a for- about the heart, and would often take
eign body, or, worse yet, to use the dizzy and smothering spells. I lost
A MOT ER'S DUTY
TO HER DAUGHTER
Her Health Must Be Carefully
Guarded as She Approaches
Womanhood.
The mother who calls to mind her
own girlhood knows how urgently her
daughter is likely to need help and
strength in the years between early
school days and womanhood. It is
then that growing girls droop, become
feeble, bloodless and nervous. Nature
is calling for more nourishment than
the blood can supply. Signs of dis-
tress are plainly evident in dull eyes;
pale cheeks, weak and aching backs,
fits of depression and often a dislike
for proper food, These signs meati
anaemia—that is bloodlessness.
The watchful mother takes prompt ,
steps to give her girl the new, rich,
red blood her system calls for, by giv-
ing her Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, which
transform, weak, anaemic girls into a
condition of perfect health, through ;
the rich, new blood these pills actually
make. No other medicine has ever
succeeded like Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
and thousands of weak, disheartened
girls have proved their worth. Miss
Mabel Sinclair, Cobourg, Ont., says:—
"About three years ago I was very
sick, nervous and run down girl. At
tongue for that purpose, as -immi-
grants are frequently seen to do.
The chief danger from a foreign
body in the eye is injury and ulcera-
tion of the cornea. This may be pro-
duced by cinders, particles of steel or'
emery or stone, but should not hap-
pen if the eye is properly treated
from the beginning. A corneal ulcer
may be no larger than the head of a
pin, a minute denuded or raw spot
scarcely visible except by direct il-
luminuation of the eyeball. Yet even
this minute ulcer will be long in heal-
ing, owing to the' absence of circula-
tion in the corneal coat of the eye,
and it may permit infection to enter
and cause very serious damage.
After a foreign body is removed
there is usually a feeling that it is
still there. As ,a rule, it is better to
apply a warm, inoist, normal salt
solution compress over the eye and
bandage it in place. This will soon
give relief from the pain.
Open-air School Habit. .
,- The open-air school habit is getting
better every year.. People in general
are letting a little common sense
trickle into their cerebral hemis-
pheres, and the school children, espe-
cially the physically defective ones,
are reaping the benefits of open air
life.
Open window schoolrooms are all
right for merely aniumic children, or
those with catarrhal tendencies, or
those threatening to undergo opera-
tions forenlarged tonsils or ade-
noids. But open windows are not
enough for children of families or
households where tuberculosis exists
or has recently existed. Open win-
dows bring in some fresh air—and
fresh air is nothing but cool, moving
air --but there is still something to
be gained in a real open air school-
room that can't be had in an open
window schoolroom. We are unable
to define what this something is, but
we know it We know there is some-
thing the porch bedroom adds to
health that the open bedroom window
does not add. And there is some-
thing the open air shack brings to
the victim of tuberculosis that open
windows will not bring. Perhaps it
is light, or some chemical influence.
We can't define it, but it is there in
the open air.
In every school there are at least
dome children whose health demands
the .open-air schoolroom, saying no-
thing of the anaemic, nervous, run-
down teacher herself.
Have you an open-air morn in your
school building? Or do the people in
your district feel that the less fresh .'
stir a schoolchild has the better for
the tax rate?
Many a man's honesty is due to the
fact that his price is too high.
The earth below its surface is
wanner, even in the hardest frost,
than the top of the ground.
In bed, the body should be as warm
as possible, the colder the head is, the
better.
Cold' winters follow wet summers,
owineto the reduced temperatures of
the earth.
The poor man wants food for his
appetite; the rich man wants appe-
tite ;for his food.
In India and the last Indies the na-
tives Mix white ants with flour and
airtake their into pastry, This is con-
.sidered to be highly nutritive.
in weight and the color all left my
face. My mother got all sorts of
medicine for me, but all failed to do
me any good and I was still going
down hill, One day we read in the
newspaper of a similar• case cured by
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and the next
time my mother went to town she
got three boxes. In a short time I
felt the Pills were helping me, and
from that on every day they helped
me more. I took altogether nine
boxes and felt like a new person. I
was ready for all my meals, gained in
weight; the color came back to niy
cheeks, and 1 was again enjoying per-
feet health, and have ever since en-
joyed that blessed condition. T earn-
esly advice all weak girls to give Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills a fair trial, as I
am sure they will do as much for them
as they did for me." '
You can get these pills from any
medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents
a box or six boxes for $2.5.0 from the
Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
PRISONERS' GODMOTHERS
How 'Irish Women Are Looking After
Irishmen in Germany.
To provide food and clothing for
the prisoners of war of Irish regi-
ments and send comforts to all Irish
battalions at the front, the Irish Wo-
men's Association has been formed.
For six months it has been the ens -
tom to send fortnightly parcels to
prisoners of war. In this connection
an ingenious scheme was devised.
Anyone so disposed can undertake
to "godmother a prisoner of war and
by sending six shillings fortnightly to
the association can rest assured that
some brave Irishman in a German
prisoners' camp will receive at regu-
lar intervals a , welcome parcel of
food, comforts and cigarettes.
The association undertakes, on re-
ceipt of the money, to pack and send
the parcels. Many thousands of the
gifts have already been despatched
and have been acknowledged in the
most graceful terms by the prisoners
themselves. To each parcel the asso-
ciation generally adds a consignment
of socks, pocket handkerchiefs and
a towel, a pipe or some other article
likely to be appreciated.
Of the 2,500 Irish prisoners of war
five hundred have been "god -mother-
ed" by various friends.
Every article is bought at whole-
sale prices, no duty is paid on duti-
able goods and all packing is done
by voluntary workers.
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The Fashions
Jumper Frock for Spring.
It is interesting to follow the trend
of fashion each season, to note how
surely and completely we come to ap-
prove of even the most decided change.
after it has been presented tous in
attractive guise, at different times and
on various occasions. It surely does
seem, too, upon loolcing back some
few years, that each season's changes
are for the better. For instance, the
full skirt; how we all pooh-poohed it
when the whisper first began to circu-
late that it was to be revived, and
that our trim, youthful narrow `skirt
had had its day. To -day, however,
the full skirt is one of the approved
features of the modes, and is still
growing fuller. We smile upon it ap-
provingly now, and what, at its first
appearance was looked upon as bulk
and clumsiness, is now considered
quaint and daintily feminine.
Ribbon As Trimming. '
Ribbon is being used profusely as
trimming on both hats and' frocks. It
ranges in width from the inch -Wide
faille or moire banding, girdling the
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Sold insanitary tintubesat. cltem-
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guimpes, or over the regulation shirt -
blouse of crepe de Chine, crepe
Georgette, or taffeta' it makes an at-
tractive costume for street and gen-
eral daytime Wear, perfectly suitable
1 without coat or other weep. Such a
dress has all the appeal of a one-piece
frock, with the added `attraction of
being easily freshened and changed
by the addition of a contrasting
guimpe or underblouse. One of the
most attractive of these juniper
dresses is illustrated here, developed
in black taffeta, with accompanying
unckrrbodice of white crepe georgette.
The high collar, smart sleeve, and
flaring skirt present a pleasing pic-
ture. The • second frock • is also in
jumper effect; one of the dainty rib-
bon girdles with long, flying ends and
small cravat bow is a feature. The
skirt is unusual and new, and the
jumper particularly simple and smart
of cut. This idea is nicely suited to
either taffeta, or a file serge. The
open throat, which will probably con-
tinne in favor during the summer, is
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Flack Taffeta Jumper Dress.
waist of the severe little frock of taf-
feta or serge, or forming the perky'
cockade on the chic chapeau, to the
wide satin, moire, or taffeta ribbon
which forms the entire skirt or bo-
dice of the dance frock or dinner
dress. In many of the new dinner
and evening dresses ribbon bows of
all descriptions are used for trim-
ming; there are perky little bows,
wide, graceful bows, simple bows with
flying ends tacked on to bodice, and
skirt at various angles. Mme. Jenny
is particularly given to ribbon trim-
mings; some of her dainty dresses
have their sheer, full skirts handed
around the bottom with wide metal -
edged .ribbons giving them a most ef-
fective appearance.
Jumpers Still in Vogue.
For late spring and early fall, there!
is nothing quite as satisfactory as i
the jumper dress of taffeta, serge, or
a soft, lightweight wool. Worn with
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Priced separately ; Buffet,
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The New Ribbon Girdle.
an attractive detail of the underblouse
of crepe de Chine.
A. Word on Collars and Capes.
"Collets," as they call those trim,
cape -like collars introduced this sea-
son, are features of many of the new-
est frocks and blouses. One of the
newest blouses shows a series of these
little "collets" graduated from a nar-
row frill about the nook to a deep
cape extending quite to the waist.
These cape -like collars, resembling the
capes on a coachman's coat, are
among the latest and most approved
of the new' dress details; they are
especially effective on frocks of taf-
feta and satin.
Variety in Sleeves.
The drop -shoulder and full sleeve is
a feature of many.of the new frocks;
in fact, the sleeve is the point, it
would seem," where designers and
dressmakers are expending most of
their ingenuity. Manyoriginals. ' ate•
tractive notions are being carried out
in the cuff, in the trimming, and in
the shoulder line. Fulness is a decid,,
ed feature, and many effective meth-
ods of trimming are being resorted to,
for instanoe, stiff little rubles and
frills, and old-time (millings appear,
lending an air of 1840, which is quits
in keeping with tXte full skirts and
other features of this period daily be-
ing introduced. •
The Youthful Silhouette.
There were many of us who be-
moaned the passing. of the „slender]
skirt because of its youthful air, but
Fashion has taken care of this, too, in!
her new rulings. Tho flare of the,
skirt and coat, the suggestion of a
slender waist, the' shortness of the
skirts, topped effectively by a perky,
high hat, very close fitting, and com-
pleted with trim, weilfitting footwear,
is quite as youthful and trim, and
far more comfortable than the pipe -
stem skirt in which a natural stride
was utterly impossible.
Paterns can be obtained at your
local McCall . dealer, or from the
McCall Company, Department "W,"
70 Bond Street, Toronto, Canada.
DRUGS BADLY NEEDED.
Medical Practitioners in England Are
FOR ,ALE
MTOR
900 revolutions, 250 Molts; in
first - class condition. Apply
DAILY NEWS, TORONTO.
another; and the same thin;; has leap»
petted its "India, tropical America, and
Polynesia. Sir Harry ascribes the ori-
gin of caste in India to au Instinctive
dread of germ diseases on the part
of the Aryan invaclbrs, and their con-
sequent attempt to hold themselves
aloof from the native inhale anis. The
misery caused by vermin is not the
least serious of, the many forms of
Working Under Handicap. present
brought about by the
present. war.
The scarcity of some of the most
important drugs in England has be- THE STUDENT'S RESPONSE. •
come so acute that medical practi- • —
tioners are handicapped greatly, es- By Dr. 1. T. Stenion, B.A.
pecially as it is difficult to find substi- qhe text -book page Wee small and
totes for some medical products now dfm
unobtainable except in the smallest '
quantities. The classroom wells grow close
This great scarcity has resulted in around,
fabulously high prices being quoted. The call to Learnfnl,N dies within,
atropine is worth between six It- voice as if it ne'er had been;
and eight cents a grain (more than The world vibrates with sound.
its weight in gold), while eserine is The air is filled with noise of war,
worth more. Both these drugs are The student's soul responsive springs,
indispensable in opthalmic surgery. To give his brain, his brawn, his life,
The scarcity of atropine is due to the To do his bit, in the awful strife,
dearth of belladonna, the raw, mater- The Huns' deep ranee& brings,
ial from which it is extracted, which IIis boons,his gown, he (gists aside
is obtained from Central Europe. IIis father's plans:he argues vain,
I His sweetheart's sighs, his mother's
'WINTER HARD ON BABY tears;
"Enlist, — } Enlist," is all he hears,
The winter season is a hard one on His fighting instincts reign.
the baby. He is more or less confin- ' The crowded
ed to stuffy, badly ventilated roocrowdedtranspart bears nim fear,
It is so often stormy that the mother He ,joins yr}tt feel, and fire, and shell,
riot get him out in the fresh air To crush the frenzied Prussians'
as often as she should. He catches pride,
colds which rack his little system; And give to all, by them denied,.
Inc sfromach and bowels get out of.
Free homes, =cursed of hell.
order end he becomes peevish and There, hid in dug -out's dingy maze,
cross. To guard ' against this the Beside his masked, all -shattering
mother should keep a box of Baby's gun,
Own Tablets in the house. They re- He hurls blind death and deathless
gulate the stomach and bowels and woe;
break up colds. They are sold by ,'Gainst ntankind's mad, insensate foe.
medicine dealers or by mail at 25 cents • Till victory is won.
a box from The Dr, Williams Medicine i Not there alone the storm and strife,
Co., Brockville, Ont,
THE, NEXT WAR.
Midst cannon's roar., and victors'
cheer;
But hi the watch of solitude,
1 In hearts engloomed in saddest mood,
W111 Se as to Whether Man or insect Through boundless nights of fear.
Shall Inhabit the Earth.
Sir Harry 1I. Johnston, the well- For not a shot flies blind with death,
known African explorer, is convinced And not a stab of steel is grow chh
pressed,
that the greatest enemy that man has But hearts at home ill and
to face in the future is the insect con -1
cold,
veyors of disease germs, and that we With torturing doubts and pains un -
are engaged in a war that must be I told,
fought to the bitter end to see whether , That rack some loving breast.
man or insect shall inherit the earth, . yet wounds tyorld-o'er without in -
In a recent article in the Nineteenth
'
Century" entitled "The Next War," I visible,
Sir Harry says that the whole curie- Grim death untold, on land, at sea,
eulum of our schools should be over- Man's universal waste and blight
hauled and that half the subjects We'll suffer on, to bring the light
taught should be dispensed with, In -t Of priceless Liberty.
stead of Enclid, he would teach ento- Ottawa, Dec. 25, 1015.
mology; for algebra he would substi- e.-•--
tute elementary zcology, botany and 1 We're mighty proud of our ances-
chemistry. No fanner should be per-; tors }
but sometimes we wonder if
m%tted, to farm cubo •cannot satisfy a! our descendants will be as prouod of
eounity board that he understands thei
elements of hygiene and the cause : us.
ancl effect of the diseases generated 1 There cl be more happiness in this
in manure and farmyard filth. Africa
is being ravaged by germ diseases I world if the average man would
simply because the white man has I spend less time trying . to under -
stopped the racial wars that kept' stand his wife and more time trying
apart the tribes that now infect one i to please her.
t.11,,,stillD{I ,�+r aQ��
taeg,sesee
i y bear those pains? 0
A single bottle will
Convince you
u,S1 a 's
Liniment
Arrests Inflammation. urtion. „
Prevents severe oomph: -
cations, lust put
ompli-cations..fust,put a few
drops on the painful
spot and the •pain dzs-
r:ppeari's.
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