The Washington times., 1924-06-30
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Electric Curling Irons Deadly,
So Are Powder Puffs,
Doctors Told

CHICAGO, June 30.-Even a per-
manent waving machine or electric
curling iron is deadly!
But, for that matter, hair dye
and skeletons go well together and
match pretty well with corsets and
tonsils, cancer germs from chlori-
mater water and paraphenylendia-
min in powder puffs, lead poison
ing in lipstickS and even the var
nish on baby's wooden soldiers.
Human beings haven't much Of q
chance.
That was what members Of the
American Medical Association. who
met In Chicago, told the wonder.
ing thousands who stood in awe
demonstrating the fatality. Of mod
ern living.
Poison from lead, carbolic acid,
bichloride Of mercury, arsenic, wood
alcohol. or a nice little. poison
called paraphenylendiamin-all Turk
in any cosmetic from freckle cream
to henna dyes, Professor H. N.
Cole, Of Western Reserve Univer-
sity, told the doctors and anyone
else who would listen. As a. re.
suit the doctors adopted a resolu-
ton favoring a pure rouge act
Large, formidable machines. quite
indescribable, were set up, and
tests, equally inexplicable, were
made to prove that the artificial
mode Of cultivating beauty was
just another method of inviting
disaster.
Curriers' Deadly.
For. the lady who becomes en-.
tangled in an electrical hair-curI.
ing iron that becomes short cir.
Quilted, Wills MacLachIan, Of the
General Electric Company, of To.
ronto, Canada, offered the sugges-
ton that, since the electric shock
results in paralysis of the lungs,
the prone method of artificial res
piration be employed in such cases.
The first thing, MacLachlan went
on to say. is to untangle the VIC
tim from the instrument. This can
be effectively accomplished by
using some non-conductive article
like dry wood, or even newspaper,
to. push the person away. Next,
place the victim, face down, with
one Of her arms under her face,
straddle her body, place both
hands on the small of her back,
fingers outward. Press In and out
rhythmically. Sing some song like
Yes, We Have No Bananas, to
keep in perfect cadence-or, IL
too excited to sing, count slowly.
Continue for four hours II neces.
sary. Don't stop under any con-
sideration, even while the patient
Is being carried into an ambu.
lance.
TOnsils Troublesome.
Tonsils, another physician de-
clared, are responsible for mouth.
breathing, sore throat, head colds,
diphtheria, ear trouble, malnutri-
ton and heart disease. While Doc.
tor Albert D. Kaiser. of Rochester,
N. Y, however, furnished .convinc.
ing proof that every child's ton
sils should be removed, Doctor w.
w. Watkins, Of Phoenix, Ariz., pre-.
scented equally convincing proof
that the tonsils should stay with
us.
The chlorinated water used In
the larger cities" said Doctor VII.
liam Held, OF Chicago in his lee.
ture on the Study and Cure OF
Cancer means incessant chemical
irritation Of the alimentary tract,
with its secretion perverting conse.
quences. Cancer often, results"
Baby often chews enough var
nish off his wooden soldiers to
start him well. on, the way to lead
poisoning, one authority declared.
But, for that matter, baby often
gets enough paint off the wooden
part of his teething toy to start
that fatal disease.
Powder contains a poisonous sub.
stance which clogs the pores, au.
thorities on cosmetics declared.
Most of the hair dye, as well as
the rouge and other cosmetics, con.
tain this cheap dye, full Of a. poi.
SON called neutrality-suspicious..
That is why when some people dive
their $Nhair black 1t comes out
green, while others try to be
blondes, and they find themselves
with pink hair. The physicians
declare they will press the resolu.
ton demanding pure rouge until It
is incorporated in the pure foods
act.