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or chemical change before 1t can be-
: come a part of the blood stream.
Meat, eggs. fish and other substances
known as proteids or albuminoids, in
Guiding the cheese Of milk, are digested
in the stomach by the fluid made in the
glands of that organ called gastric
juice. consisting essentially Of weak
hydrochloric acid and a ferment of
engine called pepsin.
Vegetables, certain percentage of
the cereals, fats and oils known col
fectively as carbohydrates, are digest
ed In the small intestine, the starch In
the vegetables being changed by the
ferment provided by the pancreas, and
the fats and oils being emulsified part
ly by the same means and partly by
the action of the bile which flows into
the intestine from the liver.
Not until the food has experienced
these changes can 1t be absorbed from
the intestine, conveyed into the blood
stream, and transported over the body.
When this process Is not properly
carried out, digestive medicine must be
used to help out natures deficiencies.
For this purpose the secretions from
the digestive organs of slaughtered
animals, which are identical with those
obtained from the same organs in man,
are used, these organs being properly
treated in chemical laboratories to OBJ
tain their contents as soon as possible
after being removed from the animal
From the digestive organs of slaugh-
tered cattle, sheep and hogs, CONNER
cial pepsin, pancreatin and bile are
thus obtained and they are then made
into pharmaceutical preparations in
the form Of powders, tablets, pills, and
fluids.
The extracts and powders being most
like the secretion that was present In
the living animals, are apt to be more
efficient as aids to digestion than
wines, elixirs, tinctures. and tablets.
In many cases they are combined
with an antiseptic substance to pre-
vent decomposition, and this Is impor-
tant because animal substances de-
compose quickly.
There Is frequently a date on the
package stating the time limit for us
ing the contents, but this cannot al
ways be depended upon; for heat and
moisture may cause the ferment to
decompose long before the date Is
reached.
"a by George Matthew Adams,
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1@HE WHY ST oyK KING ssy1Ho
- SUPERSTITIONS

a death In the family and the especial
liveliness of cricket In its chirpings
foretells the coming of loved one
Most of the writer's regard the super
stition as originating In the magic of
association. The cricket makes cheer
full sound, and Is frequently heard
about the hearth becoming, as 1t were,
a part of the family or god of the
fireside-a Lares.
Pliny, writing nearly two thousand
years ago, says that "crickets were
much esteemed by ancient magicians,"
which arouses suspicion that the
cricket superstition has behind 1t some
thing besides the Lares idea and that
something so ancient that 1t was un-
known even In its associations In
Pliny's time: that the superstition is
so ancient, an Inheritance from days
SO remote, that its real origin has been
lost-a vestige from primitive times
and striking example of the per-
sistence of superstition long after
everything relating to 1t has been
gathered into the impenetrable gloom
of lost centuries.
t@ by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicats.)
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Hills, made diamonds of the dewdrops
and turned the flowers into flame.
"One OF those flowers would make
whole suit for me-" thought Cheer
ups. IF l could only find a tailor,
would exchange my green coat for a
purple one. But what in the world is
that rumbling noise? believe we are
going to have a shower. QuicAear, do
you hear thunder?"
81 certainly hear something very
loud and alarming, sir" cried Quick
ear, jumping up from the comfortable
cobweb where he was sitting. at
doesn't sound a bit like the thunder
we hear on the Great Mountain at
home, though. It's so rumbly-rOll.,
and it's coming nearer all the time"
BLESS me, what's that?' shouted
Cheerups, as great gray monster
broke through the underbrush and
stood still a minute, as if dazed. Fully
ten feet tall was this fellow, with the
biggest ears and the longest nose and
the most surprising teeth which
stretched away, way out in front Of
him.
"How do you do, sir" said Cheer
ups bravery, but his knees shook lit
tie. what can 1 do for you this
morning?"
"Eh, what was that? Did / hear
something's" trumpeted this strange
visitor. Surely / heard a sound, but
1 can't see single thing. Do they
make voices without bodies nowadays2
Come out here like gentleman and
talk, whoever you arer'
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POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DR.. FREDERICK r. GREEN
Editor of "HEALTH"
ANILINE DYES IN FACE
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(@. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)

yK7HATEyER the chief end Of man
w may be, the chief end of woman
Is evidently her nose. According TO the
Druggists Journal, American women
each year use two hundred and forty
million packages of face powder. Next
to having a well-powdered nose; the
highest ambition of woman is to have
rosy cheeks.
All this is good business for the
manufacturer and retail dealer. But
how about the ultimate consumer? Ii
the powders and rouges are made OF
pure and non-irritating substances. no
special harm results. But in the manu-
facture of cosmetics, as in every other
business, there are always Inscrup-
ulous manufacturers who substitute
cheap and impure ingredients, in order
to reduce costs and increase profits.
AS | said in an article some time
ago, the earlier forms of face powier
often contained arsenic, mercury ana
lead. The dangers of using such pow
erful and irritating chemicals have
been repeatedly shown by number OF
the leading authorities on skin dis
eases. AS result, only the cheapest
and poorest powders on the market
now contain any of these substances.
Rice powders, formerly widely used,
especially in the form of Imported
French preparations, are now little
used by American women. The face
powders now most generally used are
made of barium sulphate or talcum. LIZ
pure and uncolored, these powders are
harmless. But in recent years all sorts
of tinted powders have been offered
for sale. The coIoring is generally OBJ
tanned by the addition of small amounts
of aniline dyes.
Aniline dyes, as everybody knows.
are coal-tar products. They are ex-
cellent for coloring Easter eggs or for
dyeing dress goods But they were
never intended for the human skin.
In a recent issue of the Journal Of
the American Medical association, Doc
tors Miller and Taussig of San Fran
cisco report a number of cases of skin
eruption and inflammation as result
of using these colored face powders.
Rouge in which aniline dyes are used
for coloring will also cause skin
irritation.
What shall 1t profit woman If she
powders her face to make her skin look
better and then gets skin eruption
that makes it look worse? Loves labor
is certainly lost in such case.
Powder your nose and rouge your
cheeks, by all means, oh, daughters of
Eve, and woe betide any mere man
who tries to prevent you. You're going
to do it anyway. Only, for your own
sake and the sake of your precious
skins, buy powders and rouges cOlored
with harmless vegetable and not with
irritating aniline dyes.
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third of its measure in sugar; add
this to the boiling cocoa, stirring con-
stantly, then add the remainder of the
sugar and boil for ten minutes. Remove
from the fire, strain and cool and add
the vanilla. Add tablespoonful OF
strip to cold milk or ice water, top
with spoonful of cream or marsh
mallow. This strip will keep in the
ice chest for some time.
Coffee Frappe.-Make a strong In
fusion of coffee, strain, cool and pack
in ice and salt. Serve with whipped
cream as a garnish. Chocolate or
cocoa may be frozen and served in
the same way.
When serving roast of lamb try this
sauce to serve with it:
Orange Sauce.-Take one-half cupful
of gravy from the roast, add two ia
blespoonfuls of flour and cook until
smooth, add the juice Of two oranges
and the grated rind Of one, one-balf
cupful of boiling water. salt, cayenne
and the juice Of lemon. Serve hot.
Glazed Tongue.-Wash and soak the
tongue over night. In the morning
place 1t in kettle with cold water to
cover. Bring to the simmering point
and cook at that temperature for sew
eral hours until the tongue is very
tender. Set away to cool in the liquor.
When cold remove the skin from the
tongue and trim, fastening the tip and
the end together, lay in a mold. Heat
three cupfuls Of the broth, add one
cupful of tomatoes, bay leaf, slice
of onion, salt and pepper to taste,
twelve cloves, some allspice and sim
mer for twenty minutes. Strain and
add two tablespoonfuls Of gelatin
which has been softened in cold water.
Cover the tongue and set away to
harden. Unmold and garnish with
olives and parsley.
Seasonable Good Things.
A delicious cake to serve for a nice
occasion is prepared as follows: Make
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THE DEADLY GAS STOVE

ILLUMINATING gas is what chem
1 lists call carbon fnOnoxide. 1t Is
made by decomposing coal by steam.
distilling it and catching the gas in
large tanks, from which it is piped to
houses, stores and factories for heat
ing and lighting. AS every one knows.
1t is extremely poisonous, and If any
amount of 1t Is breathed into the lungs,
it causes Inconsistencies, blueness OF
the face and extremities and shallow
breathing, which becomes slower and
slower i'm serious cases, until death
follows from failure of respiration.
Every one knows that turning on
the gas Is common method of sui
eide. In every town in which gas Is
used for lighting or cooking, there are
frequent instances of victims, usually
women, being overcome by gas es-
Gaping from defective ranges, gas
stoves or lighting fixtures.
So frequent are these accidents that
the Baltimore health department has
made a careful study Of gas accidents.
One hundred and forty-five were In
vestigated; thirty-fve were attempts
at suicide; forty-nine were due to de-
fective appliances; seventeen were due
to defects in the pipe; nine were
caused by wornout rubber tubes, and
eleven were the result Of carelessness
in turning off the gas
The defects responsible for the larg-
est number of accidents were dirty
burners on gas stoves, leaky tubes and
the use of gas stoves in small closed
rooms for heating the room or for
heating water. Water heaters in small
bathrooms are especially dangerous.
Some one in the household desires to
take a hot bath. The heater Is
lighted. The victim goes into the
bathroom and closes and often locks
the door. The bathroom window Is
closed and the shade pulled down
Through defects or leaks in the heat
er, gas escapes and fills the small
room. The odor is not noticed and
the person Is soon overcome. He can't
get out or turn off the gas and, too
often, by the time the accident is dis
covered and the door broken down, 1t
is too late.
Gas heaters for small living or sleep
ing rooms also cause many accidents.
Gas tubes, usually made of rubber, be-
come hard and brittle. They crack
and allow gas to escape even though
the outer covering of the tube is un-
broken; or they are tied onto the gas
tip and to the stove or to the table
light, and leakage takes place at the
joint.
Don't use any broken or defective
tube or appliance for gas heating or
lighting. Don't use gas in any room
that Is not well ventilated.
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JOHN
BY THOMAS ARKLE CLARK


WHEN 1 count up the everyday
~ heroes whom have known
those simple unselfish souls who meet
the sorrows and the sacrifices of @
life of toll uncomplainingly and we'll
always think of John.
His was, indeed, very unheroic fig
ure. He was round shouldered and
thin, almost to emaciation, and his Ill
fitting, ill-kept clothes hung loosely on
him and served to accentuate his phys
ical defects.
He had never had any real home so
far as I know. He had boarded for
thirty years with Mrs. Baynes, a
worthy woman who did the village
dressmaking and thereby supported AN
incapable husband John had taken
care Of her little garden, had looked
after the few chores about the place,
had kept the premises and the house
in repair. He seemed more a guest
than otherwise, though he occupied a
bare little room at the back of the
house and paid his modest weekly
board bill with regularity.
He did not always follow regular
business. In early life he had been a
farmland; later he apprenticed HIM
self to barber, and In recent years
he had kept an untidy barber shop at
the edge of town, but trade was pretty
slack excepting Saturdays. Frugal
wives beat him out of his earnings by
trimming the hair of their husbands
and children the work was sometimes
crudely done, but penny saved is two
pence earned, and there was no evil
dence Of an inflated currency in the
village. He could adapt himself to va
rious sorts of work. He was a host
In himself at the. time OF spring house
cleaning, welding the paint brush skill
fully within and without the house,
putting on wall paper, and acting as
general carpenter and repair man.
Sometimes In the summer, utilizing his
early training, he went out into the
farming district and lent his hand at
h8 ring and grain harvest and thresh-
Ing.
he was full or sympathy, and ready
to sacrifice his own desires and inter-
ests for the good of others. He had
ready wit, d keen insight into the
characters of men. a strangely simple
accurate judgment. He had no knowl-
edge of literature, he was not much
given to religion, he was quite ignor-
ant of political science, and yet the VIII
lage teacher always dropped in to see
John when he struck hard snag; the
minister would never have got quite
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successfully through q revival service
without consulting him, and there was
| never political scheme in the county
carried through without his being on
| the inside
He was good story teller-direct,
humorous, individual. I've seen a
crowd about him Of ten at village
street corner or when the men were
resting at noon in harvest time, every
ear strained to catch his words, and
every man shouting with laughter at
his tales.
He knew everyone within twenty
miles, any everyone whom he knew
had good word for him. Children
told him their troubles, mothers named
their babies for him, men out Of luck
and out of work came to him for help,
and young boys asked his advice and
took it. No one was too low or too
Insignificant for his consideration. No
help that he ever gave was offered
with the idea Of reward. yet he was
seldom left out Of any social gather
ing in the town or the community. He
said himself once that he thought he
had ridden more miles in a motor car
than anyone living who did not him
self own a car or drive one.
II anyone was sick he sent for John.
II anyone was In trouble 1t was John
to whom he came for advice-young
girls and old women, wild boys and
shrewd men, tile child and the gray
beard found In him an unselflsh friend
and helpful adviser. No one ever
heard him complain or grumbla or
find fault at his humble lot
When he died the village was crowd
ed with those who came to look on
his kindly face and to follow him to
his last resting place. They were the
children with whom he had played
and with whom he had walked hand
in hand through the streets; they were
the women whom he had helped and
the men by whom he had sat when
they were wracked with pain; they
were the friends he had made through
his daily ministrations of toll and help
fulness.
There was no sermon; there was no
need of one. John had never belonged
to the church. Only the minister
prayed and read:
Come, We blessed of my Father, In
herit the Kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation of the world: for
was an hungered and We gave me
meat: was thirsty and We gave me
drink: was stranger and We took
me in: naked and We clothed me:
was sick and We visited me: was In
Prison and We came unto me-
t0. 1925. Western Newspaper Union.)
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MY dear sir" said Cheerups, who
was just little angry at icing spoken
to SO rudeiy, will you please be kind
enough to look on the ground right In
front of your remarkable long nose?
I'm Cheerups, and have come all the
way from the Great Mountain to
broaden my acquaintance
"Oh, there you are, to be sure, Mr..
Cheerups. | am sorry spoke the way
l did. My cousin. Husky Tusky, in
India is so polite that he would be
dreadfully ashamed of me. / have
been looking everywhere for youA
Churly Gorilla came home so set up
about the new umbrella which you
loaned him-I mean explained to him
how to use-that l have come for
bit of advice too. Hop onto my trunk
and run up nearer my ear, that's
good. fellow! Now we can talk. j
am Gray Ears the African Elephant.
You see, l have come about my teeth.
No, not these long tusks. They do
look impressive, don't they? But wha,
was / saying? Oh, yes, about teeth.
had four fine ones, two on each jaw,
and they ground leaves and twigs
splendidly,. but three of them have
worn off and dropped out. What en-
l do?"
"Why, that's very easy, Gray Ears;
don't worry" shouted Cheerups gaily.
Mother Nature has arranged so that
when one of your teeth drops out, an
other one will come forward from the
back of your jaw to take its place.
Go home now and be patient. and be-
fore you realize it, you will have all
the teeth you need and Cheerups
ran quickly down Gray Ears long
trunk and jumped to the ground with
a merry chuckle.
Gray Ears stood there a minute,
swinging his body from side to side
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ANNIE

THIS quaint but charming and I'M
L deniably popular name has no ety.
biological right to existence. Though
1t signifies grace and is of course close
ly related to Anne and Anna, 1t has no
scientific excuse for being. 1t seems
rather to be the natural endearment
rising out of the chill dignity of Anne.
1t is barely possible that Annie may
have come to US by a more direct route
than colloquialism. A favorite name in
early Gaelic times was Ami, signify
ing jog. The pronun .iation of this
name Ia very similar to Annie. In
England, however, there has arisen a
fashion of christening Annie, probably
from some confusion as to the spelling
of Ann or Anne.
With the exception of Anna, the
quaint nams Of Annie is the most pop
ular of all fssms in this country. Anne
is piquant and Anna slightly forbid
ding, but Annie appeals to the popular
taste and Yankee love of endearment.
Amber Is Annie's talismanic stone.
1t win bring her health and guard her
from disease. Tuesday is her lucky
day and her lucky number.
GO ~ wbssisr syndicsts. ino.)
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bits of candied fruit.
Herring and Potato Salad.-Take one
cupful of herring cut in dice, three
cupfuls of cooked diced potatoes, one
teaspoonful Of onion juice, two table
spoonfuls of minced green peppers,
four tablespoonful of olive oil, three
tablespoonfuls of vinegar, dash of
paprika and few grains of salt. Pre-
pare French dressing of oil and vim
egar and let the fish and potato stand
in it for an hour. Mix all the ingredi-
ents and pile in the center of a plat
ter. surrounded with shredded cab
bage mixed with salad dressing.
Sprinkle with chopped green peppers
and garnish with whole herring.
Stuffed Fruit Dessert.-Take halves
Of peaches or pears. place. in a bak-
ing pan. fill the centers with MARINA
lade. raisins, dates, figs or chopped
nuts. When thoroughly heated, re-
move to warm dish and pour over a
soft custard.
Fried corn.-Take the corn cut from
half dozen ears, add to three table
spoonfuls of hot butter in a frying
pan. cover and simmer until the corn
Is cooked, adding more butter and salt
and pepper to season.
PURGE Of Summer Squash.-Slice
three onions and cover with two quarts
of cold water; bring to the boiling
point and add large summer squash
ont in fhfY, clfnoc 4 81 OF cIn
for two hours, then rub through
sieve. Mix one tablespoonful of corn
starch with cupful of milk and sea-
sonings; add to the soup with butter.
il desired. Serve hot.
Blackberry Sherbet. - Strain the
juice from quart of blackberries,
add half as much water as juice, and
sugar IL needed. with tablespoonful
of lemon juice. Freeze to mush,
then add the whites of two eggs beat
en- stiff, and freeze hard. Thin cream
may be used in place or the water.
Sauted Tripe.-Cut pieces ready for
serving; parboil for ten minutes, using
equal parts of milk and water to cover
tripe. Drain. season and roll In flour.
Saute in butter.
Swiss Toast.-Mash half box of
berries, sweeten with one-fourth cup
full of sugar. Cover five slices Of bread.
with the berries. reserving some of the
Juice. Heat two tablespoonful Of but
ter in frying pan, and cook the bread
until brown on the under side, basting
the berries with the butter while cook
ing. Serve on hot platter with the
rest OF the juice poured over the bread
Serve at once
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MEDICINES, DIGESTION

DIGESTION is the preparation Of
- the food for absorption and distri-
button to the cells which make up
the body.
Whatever Is taken into the body
must undergo certain changes before
it can be appropriated as food or fuel.
Meat, fish. bread. vegetables must be
chewed to a pulp, moistened and part
ly digested by the saliva. churned
about in the stomach and further liQue-
fed by the juices of the stomach, pam
creas, liver and intestines before they
are in suitable condition to be taken
in by the myriads of little absorbents
which have their openings In the in
testine.
The liquid fats and oils must I'M
dergo emulsification, which divides
them into countless globules of in
finitesimal size before they can be abb
sorbed; milk must have its cheese and
butter digested, and even water may
be called upon to submit to physical
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ELEPHANT GOES CALLING

ONE morning Cheerups opened his
round twinkly eyes sooner than
usual
Folks have to be up bright and
early to get ahead of men," thought
he Il feel just as if something were
going TO happen today"
He was really too excited to sleep
All the lovely Jungle was so much
more wonderful than any dream he
had ever dreamed that he opened his
eyes very wide to make sure Of stay
ing awake. Above Cheerups' head
the palm trees waved their giant
leaves in the breeze like so many PALM
leaf fans. Big Bright Mr.. Sun, as he
peeped over TIE tops of the Little
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yohnny's Good Record

Johnny was little vague in his
ideas of mathematics. and his mer-
chant father was concerned that he
should show progress in the subject.
He questioned his son daily as to how
he had succeeded in his lessons. How
many sums did you have wrong to-
day?'' he asked. "Only one, father
Good; how many were theref'
Twelve" splendid And the other
eleven were correct?' "Oh. no, father.
1 didn't do Them"
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Told in Brief

Coca chewing Is the national habit
of the Inca race, in Peru.
Persia has "a telephone exchanges
serving a total of 1859 subscribers
More than 900 species of flowers
grow In regions north of the Arctic
circle.
The daily average supply of water
used in London amounts to 3615 gal
Ions an inhabitant.
The average American family of Eve
persons consumed S24.5 pounds Of
dressed meat last year.
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and curling his trunk this way and
that. He felt little doubtful. What
he had heard seemed too strange and
too good to believe. Then he shook
his big gray sides and tapped his big
gray ears and said:
THANK you ever SO much for your
kindness, Mr.. Cheerups. I'll lie going
now, but I'll come back later to let
you know about those teeth" Then
Gray Ears the Elephant ambled and
shambled slowly away through the
trees.
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cRIcKETs

vXTHEN we consider the presence of
w a cricket singing in the house as
an omen of good luck we are continu-
ing superstition of unknown an
tiquity. In general the superstition is
that the cricket ION the hearth" brings
good luck; the sudden departure Of
crickets from the house prognosticates