The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-13
HOME HEALTH CLUB

l Throat troubIes:-One of the most 1 trying winters for many years has l just passed into history. Throat trou- | bles, la grippe, pneumonia and other | difficulties of the respiratory organs | have been numerous and severe in | nearly all parts of the country. | Whooping cough has added to the l other ailments and has seemed to be | scattered everywhere. Some schools 1 had to be closed and many or the It. l tie folks failed to survive the com 1 binatiOns of indifferent treatment, se- were weather and contagious diseases. Even now, as the warm weather ap- proaches some of them still look pale and thin and severe coughs with in- famed throats are common.
 The Home Health club, of course, gets prompt reports from it's various
 members living as they do in all
 parts of the world. find, however,
 that their reports nearly all are
 about families living near them who
 do not have access to the Home Health club articles and therefore do
 not know how to avoid such ailments.
 Not all of the club members are exempt, however, for no matter how careful a mother may be, the little fellows will get out in the snow,
 which is all right and proper,but they
 do not always tell mother their feet are wet and cold. They play around the room, possibly go to sleep on the floor, and mother does not discover the dangerous condition until she be- gins preparing the child for bed. Then she finds that the trouble is already started, and if she is wise she will soak>the little feet in hot water, dry them thoroughly and then rub them with warm olive oil when she puts the little one to bed. A cold com press should be put around it's throat if there is the least sigh of inf1amma- ton, and over the compress a dry flannel should be safely pinned. All this should be left on all night and removed before the morning bath. The chances are that there will be no further trouble and no more sore throat, because the right treatment is applied at the right time, but where the little one is put into a cold bed in-a poorly ventilated sleeping room, without any. attention what ever, the chances are that before morning there will be an attack of either croup, tonsHitis, bronchitis or pneumonia, and the least trouble to expect would be very sore throat and a bad cold. A very little of the proper treatment in the (beginning will save a vast amount of trouble later on and possibly may save the little life.
 : It does no good to sco1d the little one for getting wet. You did the same thing when you were the same age and can no doubt thank a kind ana LnOuBaLIul mOCner that you are alive today to have and care for children of your own.
 find that the great number of families who depend upon the in structions given in these lectures and the Home Health club books is in creasing daily and many write me that, since they began observing the club methods of living their doctor bill have been a minus quantity, while the health of their families has been at par and plus.
 For a simple cold affecting the lung a tea. made from four ounces of the powder of asclepias tuberosas and one pint. of water is highly reconfn ended. It should be given hot in teaspoonful doses. It restores the normal secre- tions of the skin.
 The use of asparagus at this time of the year is beneficial in helping the kidneys to throw off accumulated waste matter. Rhubarb also, which is plentiful, should be used freely. It makes a very appetizing sauce and delicious pies and while appealing to the palate affords medicinal proper ties of no mean value.