The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-08-02

washington. D. c.. July So
Being cara frse, happy, and healthy
while on . vacation IL largely .
matter Of observing q few rules.
some Of them very old ones. The
vacationist Il An adventurer in the
sense that he leaves his native ele-
ment for entirely different sur
roundinEs. The danger is that in
| his sagerness to make himself at
home he often gets into trouble.
Therefore the rules are needed Tor
reference. j.
The first rule tor vacationists is
to travel light. Many an able
bodied, optimistic member OF 90
ciety has contracted cramps. q
groupch and permanent one sided
ness from being tied down to . col
| lection of luggage that would make
q doughboy loaded for marching
look untrammeled by comparison.
A several months stay ut the beach
may require more baggage than .
| toothbrush and an extra necktie,
but for persons who expect to be
hopping on and of trains or boats
every unnecessary ounce II q
| bother.
The person who travels by rail Is
advised to equip himself with a
dozen fax seeds. So long as trains
are run by coal, and cinders are
produced in sizes small enough to
sift through window screens. rid
ing on q train will be attended by
eye casualties. Flax seeds are the
recognized, infallible remedy for
cinders. One or two seeds are in
serted into the eye and the seed
softens and becomes glutinOus. AS
it floats about in the eye in this
state it takes up all foreign mat
ter, and it can be removed In ]
couple of minutes. II you travel
alone. a pocket looking glass should
be q part Of the cinder equipment
Look Out for Snakes. >
OF the live things that make va
cations hazardous the most uni.
versaIly feared is the snake. In
the United States people seldom
run across any venemous kinds ex.
cept an occasional copperhead
RATHER, water moccasin. or cora
snake. The black snake, which Is
sometimes regarded as dangerous
is known to be harmless.
| Another mistaken idea is thai
whisky is good for snake bite. II
some places a real snake bite Il
still good for a prescription" Blu
the Smithsonian snake expert holds
that whisky is not remedy. Tht
old reliable first aid treatment fol
snake bite is to have some one sucl
the venom and spit it out. AS the
poison is not transferable in thi:
way there is no danger unless tht
person sucking the poison has al
open sore in his mouth.
The best general advice abou
snakes is to watch out for then
when walking in underbrush or tai
grass, and not 10 make friends will
any snake unless you are sure yot
/ A more common pest than thu
snake is the mosquito. This ubiqui
Etous >and voracious insect succumb.
most readily to the scent OF penny
royal. He also fees from thu
fumes of citronella. punk, and II
sumo extent, from tobacco smoke
II lusty bloodhunter gets past on,
Of these fume barrages and inserts
his prOboscis into you, scratch
ling spell can be averted by quicl
treatment with ammonia water Il
take out the sting. Vacation il
a mosquito summer resort can b.
rendered more reposeful II yol
keep a tiny bottle Of regular house
hold ammonia with a rubber cork
According to tradition, bees AM
hornets are unlike mosquitoes IL
that they do not make the first ad
vances-if you get stung it is you
own fault. This theory is incor
rect. We have seen man who wa
peacefully sleeping in a hammock
suddenly assaulted by bee TO
no reason at all. And we remem
Der a lunch party in the woods tina
broke up hastily because one CUES
took a small bee into her moutl
along with a bite of salad. Sucl
incidents are unusual but it is wei
to be prepared for them.
A bee sting responds quickly t,
baking soda slightly moistened will
water to make it stick. Or, lack
ing this, plaster OF mud, nike
from a little earth and water
will reduce the swelling and pain