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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
(By Ruth CamerOn.)
A. GOOD CITIZEN.

Classifying the people of one's ac-
4uaintance is always a favorite diver
sion.
people who like olives and people
who DON'T" is one quoted by Gellett
Burgess.
A friend Of mine advanced an inter-
esting one the other day:
There are just two CLASSES Of peo-
pie in the world" she said; people
who are courteous enough to answer
invitations to subscription affairs, and
people who are not"
1t is a hall mark of breeding, isn't
Lit, to attend these bothersome little
etiquette absolutely requires that we
do. No one but an utter boor would
think of ignoring personal and pri-
vate invitation. Above and beyond
these rigid obligations are the amen
tiles that those who have the truest
courtesy in their hearts observe.
The finest lady Tin its best sense)
that 1 know about is punctilious about
these things. She has many interests
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
Preparation for Motherhood

The expectant mother should get
plenty of sleep. She should sleep eight
or nine hours daily, and if she GUS
tomarily sleeps longer than this, she
should by all means do so during preg-
nancy. If she does not sleep well at
night, then she should make up the
loss during the day. The bedroom
should be well aired. 1t would seem
needless to-day to advise any one to
admit plenty of fresh air in the sleep
ing rooms, but there are many per-
sons who do not sleep with their bed
rooms properly ventilated. OF course
the sleeping porch is the ideal place
for sleeping; but if there is no porch,
good ventilation may be secured in a
room with an open window and door
opposite, in one with two windows OPP
posite, or where there is only one
window left open from top and bot
tom.
There are some persons who cannot
sleep during the day. For such the
next best thing is to lie quietly in a
darkened, well-aired room for an hour
each day. Even though sleep does
not come, the nerves will relax. Dur
ing this hour of rest the thoughts
should be directed in pleasant chan
nels. A beautiful scene, delightful
experience recalled, some bright and
happy lines of poetry repeated, are
wonderfully refreshing.
There are many ancient, and sense
less superstitions regarding preg-
nancy. One is that the expectant
mother should never put her hands in
cold water; to take cold bath would
be suicide! A chill! The fear these
words inspired! And to reach ones
arms above the head was flying in the
face of Providence. The woman new
ly released from these old-time super
stitions sometimes even now has
qualms and fears about using her
new-found freedom.
I am not urging the adoption by all
women of the practice Of taking cold
baths, but it is safe to say that if a
woman has been in the habit of taking
cold baths before pregnancy, she may
continue the practice without harm
full results. However, there can be no
general rule laid down for all. Much
depends upon the physical condition.
Hot, tepid, and cold baths all have
their uses. AS rule the hot bath is
taken only in cases of inflammation or
congestion, as it is relaxing and ener
waiting.
1t may be well to repeat that the
eXpectant mother should, above all
things, avoid everything which would
produce nervousness. Every woman
wants, a healthy, peaceful baby, and
she should try to realize how much
her own nervous condition before her
baby's birth affects the nerves of the
little one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
(By G. Bernard Shawl

Child poverty is the only sort of
poverty that matters.
The adult who has been poor as a
child will never get the chill Of pow
erty out of his bones; but he will die
and make room for a better nourished
generation.
There are no doubt property owners
in America who tell Judge Henry Neil.
that it is confiscation to tax one mans
property to pay for the education OF
another mans child.
We have scoundreIs of that sort in
England, too. Some day they will per-
haps have the opportunity OF saying It
to a higher judge than Henry Neil,
He will most surely send them to the
place he reserves for those who have
learned to say Our Father" but have
not learned to say, Our children. "
The one without the other is bias
phemy. Also it is an unbusinesslike
folly.
Neglected children cost more than
we'll nourished ones to everybody ex-
cept their immediate parents.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
HOWs @hOld hints
GAINESVILLE Gazette.)
THE TABLE.

Egg Vermicella-Boil three eggs
very hard; shell and separate; cut
whites fine and add to one cup white
sauce. Salt and pepper. Lay six
slices toast on platter, pour over
sauce Put yolks in colander and
press through over toast.
Peach Shortcake-Cut one can of
peaches fine with baking powder can,
add sugar to make rather thick sy-
rup. Let stand two hors or more.
Stir once in a while. Make rich bis
cult dough; bake, split and put peach
es between and on top. Beat white of
an egg until stiff and dry, add little
sugar and pour over boiling water.
Lift egg from water and pile on each
section.
Cocoanut Puffs-One egg, half cup
sugar, one tablespoonful melted but
ter, half teaspoonful salt, one-fourth
cup flour, tWo-thirds cup rolled oats,
one-third cup shredded cOcoanut, one
fourth teaspoon vanilla. Beat egg, add
sugar, then butter and salt, then -four,
rolled oats, cOcoanut and vanilla. AS
YOU add the ingredients stir briskly.
Drop by teaspoonfu1 on buttered bak-
ing sheet; bake in moderate oven. This
receipt will make about twenty-five
puffs. They are fine for lunches or
parties.
Salmon Cutlets-Flage a can of sal
mon into bits. Fry slice Of onion
in a tablespoonful of butter, then re-
move onion and rub in tablespoon OF
flour. Add slowly cup of milk and
stir until smooth; then beat in the
salmon, season with chopped parsley,
pepper and salt. Take mixture from
fire and add beaten yo1ks of two eggs.
Put on ice until quite stiff, then mold
into outlets. Dip outlets into crushed
cracker crumbs, and fry in hot fat
until golden brown. This will serve
five.
Chocolate Brownies for the Children
Put one cup of sugar in mixing
bowl; beat into it one-fourth cup melt
ed butter; break in an egg and beat it
thoroughly, then add two squares
chocolate (melted over hot water), g.
fourths teaspoon vanilla, half cup Of
-four, half cup walnut meats broken
in pieces; add in the order named,
Spread mixture evenly in tins about
inches square lined with buttered pa
per. Bake about half an hour. Turn
out from the pan and at once remove
the paper and cut into 0blong pieces.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19

It is a common thing to screw ones
eyes up as tightly as possible when
washing in order that the soap shall
not get into ones eyes. Many OF us
remember, especially when children
are concerned, how much a strong
soap smarts when the suds steal under
the eyelids.
We should never get soap in our
ewes if we closed them naturally, as
in sleep. The eyelid is an absolute
protection. Certainly no soapsuds
can penetrate the membrane, and
equally certainly the way in which the
evelashes cover the actual joint make
if impervious. The eye, when closed
in sleep is light proof, much great
er test Of being shut than the ability
to shed soap water.
On the other hand, when we screw
up our eyes tightly, which is done
by contracting the muscles of the
eyebrow and the upper cheek, num-
Der of creases are formed down which
the soapsuds trickle, and the eye
which seems so tightly shut, is really
more open TO annoyance. The more
tightly the eye is held, however, the
more does the lower lid force up the
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19

pressure upon the stomach. The pro-
per way to stand is with the ribs ex-
banded to give the stomach plenty of
room within the protection Of the ribs,
and in such a way that there will be
no crease over the stomach. With a
large number of women to-day, not
only in the case of pregnancy, but gen.
orally, the stomach is lowered, owing
to incorrect poise and to general
made to stand so that this organ can
come up to position, and to exercise
the muscles which support the abdom-
inal organs.
In walking, the weight OF the body
should be balanced over the arch
Of the feet in order to relieve the spine
of all jar. High-heeled shoes should
be avoided. The chest should be full
Iy expanded and the thigh joints held
in place. If the abdominal muscles
have been properly exercised, they
will give proper protection and sup
port
If you would know when the joints
are properly poised, stand opposite the
facing of an open door or of any other
perpendicular line. Place the ball of
the foot, the front of the hip bone,
and the front of the shoulder against
the edge of the boor. Expand the rib
cage, and you will find the weight of
the child is borne by the muscles of
the back, front, and side. This posi-
ton may feel unnatural at first; for
if you have been standing out of poise,
certain muscles will have to be length
ened and others shortened Tor the
new position; but if you will continue
to stand in this position you Will find
that it will give you bouyancy and
strength.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
II O w

D ICKETS is a constitutional defect
IN in the utilization or ''metabolism"
of calcium or lime salts. 1t is not due
to the absence of lime in the food, but
to some inherent inability or failure
of the system to utilize the lime. The
bones, muscles, nervous system, blood,
in fact the entire body suffers from
impoverishment or faulty nutrition.
But the deformities of structure are
most noticeable, and hence ricketts, is
looked upon by the layman as ''bone
disease"
The first symptoms usually appear
at the sixth to tenth month of age. The
baby is usually fat. His head sweats
too much. He is pale. He has much
collie, gas, indigestion, tendency toward
pot belly" He cries too much. Later
on, perhaps, his forehead seems prom
inent and square, the fontanelles or
soft spots do not close completely, the
bones at the wrist are thicker than
usual, maybe the baby looks Chicken
breasted" Chat is, the chest is thick
from front to back but too narrow
from side) and there may be little
chickering's on the ribs few inches
from the breastbone. AdenOids, fire.
quent "colds" and Group are usual in
rickety babies. Bowlegs, knock knees,
curvature of the spine and other de-
formities appear after the child is a
few years old. The teeth are late in
erupting. The muscles are weak,
hence the child is slow to walk
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
Side Talks.

and her mail is full Of appeals and in
vitations of one sort or another. And
she never fails to attend one Of them.
She courteously refuses the invitation
to- the subscription dance, she con-
scientiOusly records her vote for the
college trustee, she indicates her hope
of being present at the concert.
And most wonderful of all, she does
each thing promptly, the day the let
ter arrives. "They take no more time
then than later" she explains
I asked her once why she was so
attentive to these matters, for many
of the invitations are frOm people for
whom cares nothing, and she said
simply, isn't that part Of being good
citizen?"
And 1 agreed that it was.
Good breeding" some one has said
sis a combination Of much sense, some
good nature and a little self-deniaI
for the sake of others, with a view
Of obtaining the same indulgence from
them?"
So good good breeding and good citi-
zenship are twins.
"Are you a good citizen?"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
ON HOW THE BEAN
BROTHERS WOKE UP

| too, but BOykin only watched them
and sprinkled their bed with fresh
water. Day by day the Bean Brothers
pushed up their backs higher.
"a funny way to get out of bed" de-
clared Boykin; ''they hump them
selves up like green caterpilIars"
ooh, see, Mother" cried Boykin,
"Bean Brother has grown out of his
old coat and split in two
True enough, what Boykin had
called Bean Brothers coat before he
had tucked him into bed was hanging
in two pieces to his side.
Pretty soon the other Bean Brothers
pulled themselves out from under the
bed clothes. Then little by little
they all Strengthened up and lifted
their green plumy heads. The old
coats clinging to their sides and
shriveled and finally dropped off
altogether
Boykin picked up two of the wrink-
led bits.
"His coat is all worn out" said he.
"He won't need it again. Mother
explained. "But it was good coat
in its day and a wonderful one too,
for it not only kept Bean Brother
warm when he was tiny baby, but
it gave him food so that he could grow
into this nice tall Bean plant
''And will he always live in this
fiowerpot?" asked B0ykin.
NO. answered Mother; "when he
is stronger we will take him and his
four brothers out Of his bed and put
them in a corner of our big garden,
where you can watch them
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
7 TO KEEP WE'LL
The Rickety Baby.
BY WILLIAM BRADY, NJ. d.
(In Evening wisconsin,

The chief cause of ricketts, is con-
densed, matted milk and similar cheat
ing. We mean that such things cheat
the baby if they are used habitually
as a substitute for real food.
The trouble with all these substi-
tutes for pure, fresh, live cows milk
is that they are steriIized, dead, un-
natural. Moreover, most Of them con-
tain too much sugar, in one form or
another, and little or not fat. They
make fat babies, yes. And flabby, an
emic, backward, rickety babies. No
human hand or brain will ever create
formula that can take the place Of
pure, unchanged, fresh cows milk in
feeding babies that cannot be properly
raised on the breast.
The cure for ricketts, must be applied
before the disease has produced ir-
remediable changes in structure, that
is, the cure is prevention. And the
prevention is, feed fresh, live food,
not canned, lifeless substitutes, no
matters how "digestible'' or ''pre-di-
gested" or how well they agree
these considerations do not determine
the suitability of the baby's food.
Of course, many of the baby-cheats
are now supposed to be fed mixed with
various amounts of fresh milk. But
why mix any dead stuff with the milk?
What mother can't make barley water
or oatmeal water, if a cereal addition
is desired?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
The Guest.

(By EMMA A. E. LENTE.)
There never was a guest more craved,
BY those who waited long,
And when they knew the joy to be,
Their hearts burst into song
A song of hope, song of love,
A song of bliss and pride;
And as the days and weeks passed by,
They thought Of naught beside.
They decked a chamber fair and white,
A bed of lawn and lace,
And everything that was prepared,
Was set with dainty grace.
And when there came rOse-pink dawn
One morning in the spring,
An angel fIOated down the wind,
The little guest to bring!
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
Conditioning the Floor

bling. Loose boards must be nailed
down, Now putty over all nail holes
you make and fill the cracks with Filler
that is sold especially for this. The
filling of the holes aud cracks is real
ly the hardest part of this work.
Floors that have been painted or
grained cannot be stained unless all
the Old paint is scraped off, but lew.
floors or those that have never been
dressed take any st ain beautifully.
Paint is exceedingly high priced Just
now. One. OF the ndghbors was just
complaining that size thought she
would save money by touching up"
the married places OLE her enameEed
woodwork that she decided the room
should be done over Her bill for a
half gallon OF white enamel was
$3.50. Doubtless we will all prefer
stained effects to- painted ones until at
I ter the war is over and prices become
normal.
/ If you are not afraid to experiment
+ or have an odd floor to try the stain
/ on, buy dry paint p1wder-burnt UNI
/ Der is a good tint for deep brown
/ and mix it with turpentine. Apply this
/ to the floor with "a Swab or roll OF
| WOODEN clotl7 and rub it I'm hard 1t
will do the work SO, far as color and
lasting effect is concerned, and the
cost willn GU be more than so cents
room. For floors IN summer cottages
this method is as good as painting OF
staining.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
Caring for the Eyes.

protecting eyelashes Of the upper lid
and thus prevent the watershed that
the naturally closed eye makes.
In modern city life, where there is
so much dust, the eye should be wash
ed every day. The trick of opening
ones eyes under water, which every
good swimmer knows, can be easily
done in an eyeglass, or, for that mat
ter, in an ordinary basin. To put the
face down in clear cold water and
open and shut the eyes once or twice
not only will give feeling OF fresh
ness, but for those use their eyes
great deal it will be found great pre-
venter of eye strain.
In washing out the eyes, however, it
is necessary to be careful. Soapy wa
ter should never be used as in most
soaps there are chemicals of drying
and alkaline character, which are eX-
cessively injurious to the eye.-Wash-
ington Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
Child Poverty.

The principal business of a police
man at present is to prevent happy
children from obtaining food.
The proper primary business of
policeman is seize every hungry child
and feed it, to collar every ragged
child and clothe it, to hand every illit-
crate child over to those who will
teach it how to read and write.
If America cannot see this, there
is no future for America. And it is
because she has been slow to see this
that SO much of her past is shameful
and so much of her present miserable.
conducting campaign here against
child poverty, and asked Shaw for his
opinion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
(The Evening Wisconsin }


VXTHEN floors are uneven and rough
Wv the only solution some persons
can think of is to call a handy madI
and pay him 60 cents OLE hour to plane
and scrape them smooth It is amaZ-
ing how many hours are required to
make even a small floor preSentable3
and the size of the bill is past under
standing.
Sometimes f1oCCs that have always
looked fairly we'll will take, a EOtiOn to
swell aud buckle and a hoard or two
will rise or settEa, and even though
you blame the damp weather it is still
necessary to have the boards relaid
or all planed down. ALL this is
expensive and troublesome and quite
does away with your plans fer new
rugs this summer. Sometimes
these unexpected happenings even
make it impossible. to have the floors
grained or painted. In such cases you
must d0 the best you can with putty
and stain and make things do | al
WAYS think of an old house man we
once had who loved to tell how fam
lilies he worked for cOntrfyed- Some
times his stories seemed so impossible
some of his hearers would say: But
Hiram, how could they get along thai
way?" and Hiram would shake his
head and say, well, it seems that they
had a way" That is what we must
all have when 1t seems as though ENDS
cannot be made to meet.
The way to putty and stain floors
is not SO. hard if you are not too prout
to attempt it. Sandpaper will rub OF
any snots that will not WELD to scrub
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19

mOIulAS uAOpp1hS oOAhOCAAAAl5
into Boykin's hand. "They
have been in bathing all night long"
with their clothes on too" eX-
claimed Boykin, "their little white
coats are all wrinkIed,"
You'd better put them right to bed"
suggested Mother. Here's a flower
pot on the sunny window sill. The
fresh, soft earth will make a fine bed
for the Bean Brothers And if they
have a good nap who knows what will
happen?"
So Boykin put them to bed in the
soft, brown earth and covered them
up snugly. Day after day the Bean
Brothers slept soundly and showed
not a single sign of waking up. Then
one morning one Bean Brother poked
up tiny bit of slim green back, out
from under the bedclothes, but his
head he kept safe underneath.
Come get up, you sleepyhead,"
cried Boykin, and taking hold of Bean
Brothers back, he pulled him straight
out Of bed.
ooh, see'' he called to Mother,
''Bean Brather has a. leg, toO,- long
spindly ONE"
Better put him back again.. if you
can, and let the others sleep a little
longer. It's not time for them to be
up yet" Mother told him.
/ Next day the other Bean Brothers
had poked up their little bent backs
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
Do YOU KNOW

Sedentary habits shorten lite?
Many a severe cold ends in tubercu-
IOsis?
Heavy eating like heavy drinking
shortens life?
Intelligent motherhood cOnserygs
tins nations best crop?
A. low infant mortality rate ind1-
Gates high community intelligence?
Neglected aden0ids and defective
teeth in childhood menace adult
health?
The registration of sickness is. even
more important than the registration
of deaths?
The United State Public Health ser
vice cooperates: with state and local
authorities to improve rural SANTA
tioT?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
WHY HASTE WAS DESIRED.

A local paper tells OF clergyman
who received this note telling him to
perform a marriage ceremony:
This is to- give you motifs that I
and Miss Jemima Arbella Bearly is
coming to your church on Saturday
afternoon next to undergo the opera
ton of matrimony at your hands.
Please be prompt as the cab is: hired
by the hour."-London Opinion.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19

Jack proposed to me last night, !"
said the girl in blue.
ooh, you lucky girl exclaimed her
companion. "Of course you accepted
him?'
Indeed, I did nothing of the sort"
"Why Grace! l thought you liked
him?'
"I do, but 1 shall never marry
him.
why not, dear?"
well, you know, Jack lives at home
and his mother is the best cook for
miles around. I'm sure he would new
er be able to eat anything I prepared.
The man marry must be one who has
lived in a boarding house long enough
so that anything outside of prunes and
hash will taste good to him"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
IT'S RISK.

"A kiss may often have a deeper
meaning than appears"
Perhaps, but it is a thing you have
to take on it's face value.-Baltimore
American
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19

Evangeline, from Vassar, was home
for the holidays. Late one afternoon
she came in during a downpour Of
rain.
"Evangeline, said her mother,
were you out in all that rain?"
mo mother" said Evangeline, Il
was merely in the portion of the rain
that descended in my immediate vicin-
ity."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
RELIEF FOR THE COUNTRY.

"Give your vacation to your coun-
try. And thereby give a little. unex-
pected relief to your country relatives
Leader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19

Intelligent regards for the health
and happiness of the family has led
to a closer study of foods and hy-
giene-and this has made the kitchen
a brighter place than it used to be.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19

Music hath charms in the country
where the houses are a mile apart.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
{ BY Susanna COcrOft.)
MOTHERHOOD.

''TO woman is given the power
with God to create-the message
is sublime"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19

He. is a mean man who wirhholds
from his wife the praise that is due
her.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19

There's always room at the top-and
the rent is cheaper.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19

A close friend is one who will loosen
up occasionally.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19

Fault finders are never out of a job.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-07-19
(By Rebecca Deming MOOre.)
In July Mothers Magazine.)

r ERE are five little Bean Broth
ers for you," said Mother one
morning dropping something
into RnrIi11,S hand tsThav