Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-01-08

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penalty. s,s,,y.,.. I'M .sTtb,.S.,
4s " ARTIFICIAL FEEDING. !
lnasmuch % health b the natural
and normal state Of mankind. II
should not bs difacult 70 preserve
ones health. And II 10 not. But b.
cause health 10 Inherent In 10. aAd b.
cause We are elastic and therefore
tend psuistently "a. revert to the nor
NAL. whatever the provocation, With
very fsw exceptions No ubstinatsly
and fatuously cling to habits and prac.
tees certain to impair, cur physical In
heritance. until some sharp and severe
experience lashes US into . conscious.
ness Of corporal limitations and com.
pels the recognition Of natural laws.
Without exception III health, phys.
ical debility. sickness and suffering in
general come through repeated viola
tons. either ON one'r own part or on
the part Of others. Of the laws Of this
universe. Of which We are constitu.
ent part. y,
Too often irreparable damage IL
done to vital organs before we become
conscious Of the breakdown. and then
1t u too late to do anything.
Az . matter of fact the problem Of
life itself can be solved only by the
study Of what takes place in the mi
mute portion of, the, cell. for II Ii in
the 'centrasome"-a roundish body
alongside the nucleus Of Z cell that 10
undergoing division-that the new for.
nation of IN individual begins, Re-
member that cells increase by divi.
sion; there 10 no corpse; each cell
splits into two. indehnitely. We can
not all become cytologiats-cell ex'
perts-but we can easily acquire . per.
sonal working knowledge from. obssr-
walton Of any one Of the lower organ
isms- such a. the chicken. Tor instance
for oil practical purposes
a. . safe guide to better things II wc
will but open our minds TO the truth
To begin with. we do not know.
here In this country. how many chtl-
dren are born annually. bscaase only
few states require birth registraioA.
and We arc therefore unabio even 70
approximate the percentage Of Infants
stillborn % the result OF conditiops
identical In principle with those that
cause the death 81 the chick IN tAs
she'll hut we do know from statistics
returned on approximately 90 per cent
Of our population q 1o0. COX. 900 that y
least twenty.dvs par cant Of ~ infants \
born dis before they reach one YER
Of age. In contrast With this condition
We know that II . sitting hen y gtvea
eses from tho same pens from which
the incubators are supplied and from
which an 90 per cent hatch 4 consid-
cred highly satisfactory. the hen VIII.
with but few exceptions. produce
matches approxlmating 100 Per cent.
The mortality In the incubator IL in
compared to that which
takes place among chicks under artin-
cial brooding and feeding conditions.
that ID to say, during that period Of life
before the chick. Is sufficiently mature
to be able to look after IL own needs.
II the death Of. forty to sixty OF more
per cent OF : given dock OF chickens
ended the. matter No might content
ourselves With the Idea that tnasmuch
- + each specisss tends 70 Increase In
onrdinstely, tho check known .aiways;to
81 IN action, even though We are not
Able to perceive II. which II simply
natures method Of preserving { bal.
sncs. must result In ~ Improvement
Of the breed. But unfortunately. this
IA found not to bs true: for Invariably
those survivors OF conditions which
produce these very heavy mortaiitiss
are themselves 90 shattered physically
that under the same conditions only .
few generations suhice seriously to De.
teriorate ! hne strain and. II persist,
emily followed. quickly lead to total
determination OF the line. IA
on every hand We md these condi'
tons closely paralleled In the human
species. Deficient, food supply 70 The Y,
woman gives the same y.
suits following lack Of heat II any
other incubator, and ~ excess PHO
ducss shout the same shect % too
much heat In the machine: both inevt.
tably lead 10 deterioration IN he
child: while artificial feeding q known
"a 30 fully % disastrous TO the child g
Il. 10 20 clearly proved To- 1be 70 80
chick and it, descendants sts.s 3iis $z.s
The solution IL comparatively simple
and consists In nothing more than
women to have . At appreciar
tion 81 thes solicitations ,of mott sshood
aud ssetfously and eonscfentiousH. -
prepare to meet the natural demands.
:.
began to do some thinking then when,
two days afterward the engagement
was announced. By this time It 10 be,
lieved generally that the servant had
been rehearsed carefully In his role.
and that the young woman's maid was
waiting with the white frock In readi.
ness for the. call Of her resourceful
mistress. (" 4. vi. q q \ I.
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&; Aetlvitlss.o OF Women. 81.
Miss Della Crewe OF, Waco. Tex, has
started on q motorcycle trip around
the world, accompanied BY her pet
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