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Healthful lloniee linii Pulilic Hygiene

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Iomeoae put it very aptly when he said: "The home is the nurs- ery of the nation." So it is; and un- less its inmates are provided with the conditions requisite for health, the nation as well as the families siust languish and deteriorate in physical stamina.

This point seems to have been everlooked by many writers on general hygiene, and a dispro- portionate stress has been laid upon what ls termed “publlc hygiene", a subject of great importance and worthy of all the attention it has received in the past; but still, in this writer's opinion, of secondary importance when compared with that branch of the great subject of hygiene which we shall call do- lseefile hygiene.

The advocates who cry loudly for sanitary reforms in towns large enough to require sewerage and water, cite with great confidence, as a conclusive evidence of the crying need for public sanitation, the fact that in countries where statistical records have been kept over is number of years, it is pos-

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sible to show an increase in the

average length of life which is com-

mensurate with the improvement' made in the general sanitary ar-i rangement of cities during the same i length of time. 'It is claimed that, the average length of life thus has»

Mrs. Gerhart Eisler. wife of the alleged Communist leader who es- caped by slowing away, boards a plane in New York, bound for Poland. Mrs. Eisler was deported by the Immigration Department. She said she was sorry to leave,

been increased from around ‘.15 to‘,

l5 years. Some claim about 6011116 had n0 bad feeling 1'0!‘ ‘he years, American people.

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increase in average longevity is wholly the result of the lessened. frequency of such contagious dis-i eases as smallpox, cholera, plague. etc., which a century ago wiped out entire sections of country that was thickly settled.

While these epidemics are not wholly exterminatcd, they now hold a less conspicuous place in the mortality records. But on the other hand, cancer and other con- stitutional disorders have marched to the front as leading causes of human mortality-a great increase over the death rate from these causes half a century ago.

Another noticeable fact which bears directly upon this question is the lessened number of centen- arlans to be found in the cities and towns. While it is true that the average length of life has been in- creased, it also is a fact that the chances for the average individual to live a hundred years has been diminished. The average age has been increased by extending the life span of the wcaklings, rather than by adding to the lifetime of the strong and vigorous. Indeed, records prove that there has been n material lessening of the aver- age longevity of the strong, al- though this loss is more than made up by the additions to the lease cf life of the feeble.‘

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According to a longevity census compiled in 1941, we had in Can- ada nonagenarian; as follows:

time writer reveals the fact

. Prince Edward Island now has but

90 persons between 90 and 95, and only 20 between 95 and 100—five are over 100. For Nova Scotia the record today lists only 540 persons 90-95, and 120 over 95. It is quite probable that, when the next cen- sus is taken. a similar finding will prevail in the other eight provinces.

A century ago, when quarantine and sanitary methods were ineffici- ent and lax, epidemics weeded out most of the inferior individuals. thus preserving a better physical standard; whereas today the na-

largely prevented, the feeble are preserved, to mingle and inter- marry with the rugged, in this man- ner lowering the vital stamina and lessening chances for a ripe old age.

This appears to be the natural effect of those sanitary measures which come under the heading. "Public Hygiene." So, unless some- thing can be done for the physical health of individuals, the final out- come of public sanitary measures will be to lower rather than raise the standard of the human race.

O O O

Public hygiene certainly is a humanitarian and philanthropic movement; but it does not neces- sarily follow that its result to the race, considering man as an ani- mal merely, are, in the long run, wholly beneficial.

l-lygenic care must be brought to the individual as well as to the

Between 90&95 Over 95 community. By this means the P. E. I 146 25 weak will be given a chance to , _ 174 outgrow their feebleriess, the her- 74 editary tendency to disease may be 285 overcome, the seeds of transmit- 525 ted disorders may be kept in check 96 until they finally are obliterated. 76 thus improving the masses by and 43 large. Brit Col. 453 36 Perhaps the first step in this di-

While complete records will not

rection is a healthy home.

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MOI-l ABOUT PAIN IN THE NECK AND SHOULDER

When pain occurs at the beck of '

the neck and in the shoulder and snn, we naturally think it is rheu- matism, caused by sitting by an also‘? window or in a draft of some

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Applying host or taking aspirin gives relief for s time, but the pain returns. That this neck and shoul- der paln often is caused by pfeg- sure on the nerve from the spinal cord is now known, and if the pain cannot be relieved by alcohol in- jections, surgery to remove pres. sure is necessary.

I have written before of the Itlmber of’ cases of painful neck and shoulder caused by the pres- sure of an extra rib or spur on the neck bones of the spine. By surgic- al removal of this piece of bone. relief from pain immediately 0c. curs. Sometimes a part of one of the shoulder muscles is causing pressure on the nerve and is res- Ponsible for the pain.

In the "Pennsylvania. Medical Journal,‘ 'Dr. A. F. Jonas points cut that pain in the shoudler and upptr anm frequently is dismissed as "neuritis," or treated by heat or sallcylates with indifferent or poor results. whereas the pain often is caused by e. condition that can be removed by surgery,

In some cases, exercises that "lift" the shoulders upward and back give relief without the need for surgery. Two cases are reported ~one of an extra. or cervical rib, and the other of s crushed disk (cushion between two of the spine bones of the nec . In both these cases, treatment or other condi- tions had been given without ob- taining relief from the pain.

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DOROTHY DIX SAYS-

four years.

wan ts to do.

out.

nearly kills me.

home for a while.

to part.

ed them.

blem from a saner viewpoint.

In addition to the extra rib and crushed disk being found to be causing neck, shoulder and pain, a. more recently found cause is poor posture and a slouchy way, of carrying the shoulders. Poori posture may be caused by general tiredness or weakness. or by work- ing in a bent or siwped position for lonig periods of time. In these

during the day by standing and sitting tall, at. night lying with arms outstretched in line with the shoulder. This keeping the shoul- ders raised lifts the pressure off the nerve or nerves and rclieves the pain. ANEMIA

Send today foi- Dr. Barton's leaf- let on the two types of anemia. Just enclose 5 cents, coin preferred. a-nd a. Zi-ceni: stamp, to cover oost of handling and mailing, to The Bell Syndicate, Post Office Box 99, Station G, New York 19. N- Y-. and ask for leaflet "Anemia."

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Mrs. Vandcrdam was giving a bridge party when the patter of tiny feet was heard from the head of the stair.

“Hush? she said, softly. “The children are going to give their good-night message. It always gives me such a. sentimental feeling to hear Ltiem.”

There was a. moment of tense silence; then, shrilly: "Mammal

Percy found a bedbug!"

Kittie‘ GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTHOWN

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Too Much Sacrifice

Working Girl's Mother Demands Most Of Her Spare Time

DEAR MISS DIX: I em in my early 20's. Pay board at home and am always buying something for the house and for every member of the family, yet no matter how tired I am, when I come home any mother expects me to stay at home and take care of a younger sister who has been something of an invalid and who is spoiled to death. Nothing is ever expected of her, though she is amply able to do anything she l often have to break my dates to stay at home with this sister because mother wants to go lf 1 object to anything mother flies into a rage and tells me how ungrateful I am and how sorry I will be when I see her cold face lying in her coffin. I love my parents. have put up with being sacrificed to my sister all my life, but can you say a word to help me?

Have been at work for

This That is why I

PUZZLED DAUGHTER.

ANSWER: I certainly can, but I doubt whether you will have the courage to try it. The only remedy for the situation is for you to leave Get a Job in another city if you possibly can. and your mother and your sister have got on one another's nerves and you will end up by hating one another unless you have the good sense

You

Probably there is no other one thing in the world that has brought about so much misery and wrecked so! many lives as the old super- stition that families had to live together, no matter how uncongenial they were and that children. especially daughters, must stay under their parents’ roof until they got married no matter ho\v badly they got along with their brothers and sisters or how tyrannicaily their parents treat-

Fortunately, we are acquiring more sense and looking at this pro- We perceive that not all parents and children are congenial, for many an old hen hatches out a swan and peeks the very life out of it trying to keep it out of the water for which nature destined it. Also, many brothers and sisters are so tem- peramentally different that they fight by instinct like cats and dogs.

SEPARATION IS SALVATION

So now, when families are at odds and live in perpetual strife, we see that their only salvation is to separate and go their separate ways. This does not kill family affection. mother and Julia are separated by a thousand miles they forget each

It strengthens it, because when

othcr's maddening little ways and remember only the good points.

You can see the beneficial effect of separation by noting how much better mothers love their daughters offer they are married than they did before and how fond brothers and sisters are of each other when they meet once or twice a year instead of three times a day at the family

table.

Certainly your mother is very unjust in sacrificing you

to y ur

younger sister, but lots of mothers play favorites and especially are t y prone to spoil a child who has been sickly.

The old parable of the prodigal son is the truest story ever told. Practically no parents appreciate their good children who work and slave for them and do their duty as children. Always fathers’ and moth- ers’ hearts go out to the renegade, the selfish, predatory one who takes the best of everything and who never even gives a thought to the heart- aches that he or she is causing father an:i mother.

l do not think that any girl who WOFrZS and who pays her hoard‘ should be expected to do any more housework than any other boarder

would.

DEAR DOROTHY DIX:

I am married to the best man on earth

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How Can I!!! l; Anne Ashley . roo3eetwi>evfiu

Q. How can I clean straw mat- ting?

A. Wash the straw matting with a cloth dampened in hot salt. water. using a handful of salt to a bucket of hot water. Wash only s small space at a time and wipe dry at once. This also prevents the inst- tlng from turning yellow.

Q. How can I clean the stains of iced tea or milk from gloss straws?

A. Use pipe cleaners. Keep a package on hand for this purpose. Then your straws will be bright on the inside as well es the outside.

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"Just work the creamy Lux Soap lather well . - into your skin," says Rosalind Russell.

' "Rinse with warm water, splash with cold. As you pat gently with a soft towel to

dry, skin takes on fresh new beauty!" Don’! let neglect cheat you of Romsnce- Th1! beauty care Rosalind Russell recommends will make you ioveiier tonight!

In recent fem of Luz Toilet Soap facial‘ by skin specialists, "y 3 out of‘ 4 ‘ completions improved in e short tin!

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Dragging Back Paine Got lluick llelief

From Prince Edward Island comes the following interesting letter:

"Dragging back-pains gave me plenty of trouble. My W519!" W" irregular and out of rhythm. Many things were wrong inside of me. My wasted system picked up from the day I first used Dr. Hamilton's Plyflhday I am able to rejoice in good spirits, good appetite. 800d digestion. I sleep well. feel strong and give to Dr. Hamilton's Pills all the praise."

Why not start today to enjoy the better health that comes from Dr. Hamilton's Pills? Sold by sll drug- giets.

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B; Roberta Lee Wall Paper

When doing your own paper hanging, allow the paper to lay on the basement floor for a few days before beginning ‘the work. The paper will not be brittle because it will absorb moisture and will be easier to handle.

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‘h: em he removed from he hands by rubbing- with s slioe of orsnge or lumen peel. The volsntlle oils in the skin dissolve the tar so that it can be wiped off.

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Probably the but way to remove dust and dirt from coll springs is to place the springs in the gun and turn the hose on them. The nun will dry them within a very short time.

Better English

I-GIIKX

1. What is wrong with this sen- tencei “Let us refer beck in the preceding paragraph."

2. What is the correct. pronunc- istlon of "history"?

3. which one of these work is misspelled? Oheenut, chapel-on. chiffonier.

4. What. does the word "retros- pect" (noun) moan?

6. Wlist is s word beginning with er that means "having no cor- lsin course"?

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t. Omit beet. 2. Pronounce ell time syllfild. and not lils-tri. l. Ohtstnut. 6. A looking beck; re- view of the pest. “she viewed her life in retrospect." l. lrretlo.

Ellen '3 Diary

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An event fraught with e mes. sure of apprehension to us-for as James had pointed out: "You never can tell, EllenP-wes the reading of the results of the recent bovine test, which was let for this morn- ing. So the rounding-up of the cat- tle must be done in the dampness Prevailing, and today with little feminine assistance. However we were careful to be within sight in the yard when the procession, with the farmers and Pard a bedraggled white dog in the last of it, appear- ed in the near meadow. It ls meet (a fascinating word the old minister in the church at home was wont to use in our childhood, with certain meaning) to be abroad at such e time.

O O O

It shows a respectful interest on the part of the women-kind in the immediate farm-work at hand. If such important work were in pro- ftress, and missing us, James were to come indoors to find us at a piece of embroidery, or perhaps try- ing to secure a rear view of a new hat in a mirror,‘ turning up the hem of a gown or playing the piano, and more especially if one were trying to reach a high note in voice the reaction would be, we fear, nothing short of disastrous to James. The idea of such triviality in the face of great doings out of doors! Not that we cannot see and respect ills point of view on such matters.

O O O

After all how could a farm-wife become engaged so, when _the wei- fare of the crops, or as this morn- ing at Alderlea, a herd of cattle was the concern of the time? It so happened that fortune smiled favorably at us this grey morning. and presently with steps that indi- cated all was well with the world these stock were turned once more to their pasture.

O O O

Uttering odd squeals of protest, which promptly sent grand-daugh- tcr, hands to her ears, indoors. weanlings were sorted out this morning and carried to their new- bedded permanent quarters. Some are privileged to have the run "sf an adjoining outdoor pen, and it will be interesting to see if there is any advantage to be gained by this. “Store" feed is being used en- tirely in this Summer feeding and looking inlo a sly we agreed with the farmersdhat: "It will be sur- prising how soon those of the first litter will reach the weight."

O O O "And now," we suggested to James this afternoon, “don't you

think that with the crop in. and all, we are entitled to a nap?" Din- ner was past then, and the somno- lence which seems to follow that our—and a quiet cloud-hung day was abroad. “A nap, Ellen!" James repeated, "what rm absurd proposi- tion, and so much waiting to he done. Don't fancy that all work stops at i. e end of the cropping! Then it is. that much begins." And with mention of axes and the saw. soon they were off to a period of lumbering, which took them to the edge of the woodlands. Planking is required for a stable floor and it was to report good progress, and with the tangy fragrance of spruce about them that the supper hour brought them home. O O O

In response to grand-daughter's entreaties, she has been their guest in the evening hours, she anticipating much the enjoyment of watching the flames of their clear- ing fire, which these years at- tends any labor in the woodlands. We can see it now from our study- of-sorts, glowing bright in the dim- ness of approaching twilight. smoke lingering in a cloud about in the dampness. Night is already drop- ping its friendly dark over the distant fields, and near at hand the orchard trees and the old spruces

are awaiting its silent mantle. So still they are, against the gray o! this evening's sky. - - - And we re- member now, something that the leisure at the end of our day had almost taken from our mind-—wc must wind a skein of sheeps‘ grey, and come to a spell of mending by lamplighf. . O

Until tomorrow . - - Diary - - -

Good-night. - - - '

U771: Stare Say-

Dy Genevieve tenable

For Thursday, June 80