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Meddling With the Diet.

Frequently some well misinformed
reader takes me severely to task OF
complains to the editor because | have
failed to lay down a diet for his case
OF for some general disease condition
Il didn't ask or expect prescription
prescribe without examining the pa.
tient. ] merely requested advice about
the diet
a doctor can as well give advice
about the diet. prescribe a diet, tell
what the patron should eat or should
not eat. as he can give any other pre-
Scription for a particular case or Iol
a. general disease condition. This is
the ditfiCulty-Well misinformed people
harbor a fancy that the food question
iS susceptible to a cut-and-dried Solu-
tion, even though they have learned
the foolishness of meddling with other
remedial agencies. such as medicines
or surgical procedures.
A Michigan woman asks me to rec
ommend diet for high blood pres
sure" and she adds charaCteristiCally
Il am not eating meat or eggs, and
would like to know what else | should
eliminate" Obviously this well misin-
formed woman assumes that meat and
eggs are not good food for one who
has high blood pressure. | don't know
why they are not.
4 Californian asks for "a diet for
the blood for eczema; please name best
vegetables and fruits allowed and also
things that should not be eaten" Be
ing an honest newspaper man and not
a doctor trying to keep "a patient s
confidence, / can only say | know of
no diet which would be advisable for
al who have eczema, and | know OF
no particular reason to assume that
the food has any general bearing on
the occurrence of eczema in adults.
Probably the laity is still more or
less enamored of those quaint old
diet lists our medical forefathers
used to diStribute--one column of
items the patient may eat" and an
other column of items the patient
may not eat | believe some of the
life insurance companies that 81 in
for the practice of certain! lines of
medicine peddle such lists among their
unfortunate patrons. But that kind of
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mark, the lion and the batle-ax Of
Norway and The three crowns OF
sweden, and thereafter the use Of
Swedeus insignia became a matter Of
controN erSE. The banner of the three
crowns was one of those which az
companied Gustavus Easa to his
coronation al Stockholm in 1923, after
he had secured the separation of
Sweden from Denmark. The Danes Of
that century found il hard 10 forget
that they had once ruled over Sweden,
and King Christian introduced the
blue and gold insignia wherever he
could. The shield painted on MS
daughters wedding coach showed the
three crowns. as did his sons signet
ring and the symbol painted on the
prov of a ship which entered Swedish
ports Much bitter feeling was created
in both countries, and a Danish noble
man of those early days is quoted -
saying that he would require sharD
teeth and talons who would scrape
the three crowns out of the shield Oi
Denmark
Gordon says that the yellow cross
on a pale blue field has been used as
The flag of Sweden since the sepal~
tion of the two countries. The design
is based on the white cross on red
field, which is the "Dannesbrog" of
Denmark shown earlier in this series.
tCOpyright. 1920
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DAUGHTERS OF TODAY
BY HlZEL DEyO BACHELOR

he realized that for a long time Mimi
had been alOof and cold, chaTy of her
CaresSes. Doubtless she thought he
did not love her so much as he had
in the past. Love her as muCh?--i.e
loved her 10 times more. All he
wanted was TO have things as they
had been in the past, and in some
way he would have to get the money
10 buy her something worthy of her
beauty, something that would con
vince her of how much he cared.
lie thought of asking Natalie To
lend him some money. Natalie re
ceived a generous allowance in addi-
tion 10 the various charge accounts
a worthwhile gift he would need two
or three hundred dollars. He doubted
if Natalie would have that much.
His mother might let him have
something She seemed a good sort
although of late years Arthur always
felt constrained with her. He knew
in a vague way that his father neg
lected her and that his mother was
not happy. OF course, that wasn't
his affair His mother and father
would have TO adjust their own mari
tai troubles. And yet there were
times when Arthur felt sorry for his
IloID0I. lie NpIueItu HAT Stic Ul'l
with herself. There was look in her
eyes sometimes that he remembered
in spite of himself. and he liked her
because she never whined or com
planned.
Martha was alone one evening when
Arthur came into the living room
about o'clock. She had been toying
with a book, too restless to read. and
she looked UP eagerly. glad of any in
terruptiOn. That afternoon she had
yielded To a fit of weeping. and her
eyes were still heavy. She was lonely
and miserabiy unhappy. She had
heard nothing from Perry in nearly a
week and as usual. John was away
on one of his business trips.
Her eyes followed Arthur as ne
broWsed around the room. 1t was un-
usual for him TO be here at this time.
and as she wondered about that fact
she realized how very good looking he
was. Some day he would marry. and
his wife would perhaps face the same
problems that she herself was facing.
BY that time she would be old--old-
without ever having really lived.
Copyright. 1926l
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Your Baby and Mine
BY MYRTLE MEYER ELDRED.
Leafet Service.

| Many of the questions which come
| to this department can be much more
| speedily answered if mothers will
| make use of the leaf1et service Lfered
| them. Here are the leaflets which
/ may be had. Send a self-addressed
and stamped envelope and ask for the
particular leaflet or leaflets desired
! The stamped envelope with your
name and full address, city and State
| is most essential. !, Prenatal Care
| and Diet for Nursing Mothers: =, Con
| stipation; 3. WEAVING and Feeding
! covering periods from 7-months to
3 wears: 4, Eczema; 5. Layettes: s, For
! chile Feeding; /, Special Leafiet for
! editors use only1: s. (noW in the print
| inGl: Q. Various Questions tteething.
sleeping, thumb-sucking. sitting and
walking, training in cleanly habits.
periods of nursing. etc Before ask
| ing a personal question it would be
well to select leaflet covering the
| topic on which YOU are interested and
see if your question is answered
| MRS. l.. N.-Please send me a self
addressed envelope for the Weaning
| and Feeding leaf1et. No. 3.
| MRS. p. c. McD.-The No. leafiet
| answers your question fully
| MRS. f. S.-Please send for leaflet
No g. Stamped and self addressed
envelope. please.
MRS. L. F. R.-The baby's menu is
! excellent. Six teeth is the usual
| amount at year. | wouldn't worry
| about her lack of more. now. Cod
! liver oil is the only addition | could
| suggest. Would you like leaf1et 3?
MRS. \. S.-Nos. 3 and will an
| swer your questions fully.
MRS. J. S.-The boy should have
! cod liver oil to help the bowed legs
which are undoubtedly caused by
ricketts,. Please send for Ieafiet 3
and improve his diet. which is rather
limited.
MRS. |. k.--0 do hate to be called
Dear Sir:') Your formula is not good
and needs more than a pinch of
sugar. Sugar is a necessary part of
formula The addition of this will
likely make the baby better satisfied.
if all other amounts are right. Please
send a self-addressed and stamped en-.
Velope for leaflet No. 3.
MRS. +. II. McC.: Bananas bear a
bad reputation only because they are
so easily swallowed that they go down
lalf-chewed. Bananas are almost all
starch and sugar and this makes a
fine source of carbohydrate, but starch
and sugar digestion begins in the
mouth and so for a child of or
more, raw bananas may be given in
small quantities if care is taken that
they are we'll chewed. Baked bananas
are delicious and the baking alters the
starch and makes it more digestible.
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Pot -Roa sted Ham

Select slice of ham about l inch
thick and weighing about / pound.
Trim off the fat and cut this into small
pieces. Sprinkle these over the bot.
tom OF the baking dish. Lay the ham
in the dish and sprinkle one-fourth
cupful of brown sugar over it. Pare
six medium-sized potatoes and halve
and core three apples without pairing.
Arrange them around the ham, add
one-half a cupful of water, cover
closely and bake in a hot oven for
abou. Sn hour. Saste occasionally.
adding more watar /: necessary. Make
u gS"vy Of the Juices in the pan.
iE'> will serve three or four people.
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Martha DenHison a. ~ fGees the fact
th0t her husband hGs drifted dtr0yz from
her. as tceU as her tlro chbdreB. .frthHr
ami Nat0ie she meftS m Gttr4cffte
bach ei0y. Perry .NGcdObGd. and accepts
his attentions tC1tbOHi Jeddz'HG me
daH1er IN Such an aft0chmeHt. 4rthHr
- Infatuated ,rth Mimi. . daHctr, and
NGt0iie hGH in tore 1cith Lucie" BGrtlrfi;
iH Natalie through desire 10 protect
her. and ends bD falling IN tore ,rith her.
trhfch fact interferes iCjth his friendshiU
trifR Martha 4ytkvr in me meantime
js under the suspicion th6f Mimi IS de-
ceiriR0 him and he IS drinking more
than he should
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"puzzEcks" p"
-PMzzLe.Linlericks

stupid young man of i
Was simply unable to ,
But who could )
AS ii did not 4
His leading the varsity .?
!. University in New York State
chlldren
3. Oppose.
I. Influence.
8. Loud vocal disturbance
(Note-SinCe Red Grange made n
million dollarS-more or lesson the
foot ball field, the three RS" have
been somewhat overlooked, which may
account for the fault of the young
man from the New York university
But. as the limerick Indicates, it may
not have been a fault at all. The an
swer and another "Puzzlick" will ap-
pear tomorrow
Yesterdays 'PuZZlick."
A eluttonous old man of the Rhine
When asked at what hour he would
dine
Replied: AT eleven,
-Four, six, three and seven.
And eight and a quarter past nine.
iCopyright. 1920
The men who like the income tax
are those who make an income by
collecting If
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low-textured grass-cloth, hand-woven,
which gives great beauty TO the soft
and delicateIy clear colors stenciled
upon it,
The intricate design in duh bluffs,
blues, greens and tawny yellows-with
here and there an enlivening spot of
red-seems TO recede into a gentle
blur under the influence of tempered
sunshine. lamp light or candle glow.
Then it forms a perfect foil for rich
mahogany or walnut furniture. deep
piled rugs and silken draperies.
This wall covering would be emf
nently suitable in any room where ele-
gance and luxury were the keynotes.
copyright. 1890
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One mother says:
How often table conversation is an
endless string of dos" and "don'ts
on the part of the parents because of
the playing or teasing of the children
by each other. We have found that
fine aid to good manners for all of
us is to have one child pretend to be
some distinguished visitor. We have
entertained many famous persons,
such as Queen Victoria, President Cool
idge, Thomas Edison, and others.
Each person at the table tries to outdo
the others in courtesy and in appropri-
ate remarks and the meal is always
a success.
(Copyrght, 1926.)
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What Do You Know
About 1t?
Daily Science Six.

l. How many oceans are there:
2, What is the deepest ocean!
3. What is the largest ocean,
q. Does sea water freeze at a
higher or lower temperature
than fresh water?
5. How high, from trough TO
crest, do ocean waves become?
s. Does the Gulf Stream inf1u-
ence the climate of our country!
ANSWERS to these questions In
tomorroW's starr
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The air service between Danzig and
Stockholm. Sweden. has been aban-
doned, the company having arranged
to send it's airplanes between Stock
holm and Stettin
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Ii is a great mistake. if not an act
of sacrilege, to wear the period frock
with closely nodded bodice and bout
fant skirts with the. new fashioned
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At midnight on December 81 pig
is liberated on the floor at many
German parties. for it is considered
a good omen to touch a pig on New
Year daV.
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HOME NOTES
BY JENNY WREN.

This wall covering of modern manu-
facture displays an old Japanese de-
sign dating back to the Tokugawa
period. The fabric is a rough, mel
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ROSE TAFFETA AND GOLD LACE
ARE COMBINED TO FASHION
THIS YOUNG GIRLS DANCE
FROCk WITH NODDED BODICE
AND BOUFFANT SKIRT.
bobbed or shingled head. At least that
is what some people think. To them
1t is like etating fried onions with
YOUR lamb chops and green peas with
your beefSteak-or putting lemon
Juice in coffee and sugar on fish. So
these purists of fashion would prevent.
if they could. all girls save those with
long hair from wearing these charm
ing little frocks that have been re
vived for Spring. 1t offends their
sense of the fitness of things.
The bouffant skirt, they feel. calls
for elaborate headdressng formal
curls and ringlets. something stately
and elaborately coquettish.
OF course, no girl of the present
day would be interested in that sort
of hair arrangement, Yet she finds
the bOuffant frOck much to her taste
1t is the type of frock if not the
exact counterpart of those worn by
Marie Antoinette. and the lovely
Pompadour.
Really. of course. the thing that
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MENU FOR A DAY.

MENU FOR A DAY.
BREAKFAST.
Stewed Rhubard.
Oatmeal With Raisins.
Ham Omelet.
Potato Cakes.
Raisin Bread Toast.
Coffee.
LUNCHEON.
Corn Chowder.
Toasted Crackers.
Fig Cake. Tea.
DINNER.
Cream of Celery Soup.
Hamburger Steaker. Chilli Sauce.
Baked MacarOni.
Creamed Cauliflower.
Vegetable Salad
Bread and Butter Pudding.
Coffee.
POTATO CAKES.
Mold cold, mashed potatoes in
to little round cakes and fiatten
slightly. Flour we'll on each
side. Fry until brown in fat of
salt pork.
CORN CHOWDER.
one can corn and butter size
of egg. Pare and slice thin
three potatoes, cut few slices
pork and fry until brown. Put
potatoes on in water enough to
cover. cook 10 minutes, then
add pork and one onion cut very
fine. Now add corn and one
quart milk, salt and pepper to
taste.
BREAD BUTTER PUDDING.
Butter slice bread and place
in bottom of earthen pudding
dish. Beat up one egg well, stir
in one and one-half cups milk,
Sweeten to taste, flavor and
pour over bread. Bake until
custard is set and brown on top.
Serve with hard sauce. A little
cream in hard sauce makes it
light and creamy. This is
plenty for three persons.
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Continued in tomorrow's starr
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26. Southern cuckoo.
81 Western Indian.
%. Dry.
%. A follower of F'alstaff.
80. BolsheVists.
81. Frozen water.
33. Sea eagle.
80. Conjunction.
36 Minister.
40. Proposition.
Al. Wealthy man,
43. Clenched hands.
40. River in New Mexico and Arizona.
40. Carry.
Down
!. Indemnitication
>. Openings.
3. Upper story of an Italian building
open to command view,
4. Not plural.
.. Certain kinds of barometers.
6. Lack of knowledge.
Z. Winged insect.
S. Obstacles.
II. European deer.
II. Sacred vessel.
10. Rodent.
21. One, indefinitely.
"a. Mineral rock.
%. Spanish hero.
81. Steep rock.
34 Set an estimate upon.
SO. Parrot.
81. Arabian garment.
SO. Frequently.
80. South American city.
AZ. Prefix, two,
a.. Street (abbr)
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Copyright. 1926.)

Across.
/. Garments.
). Form of defense.
8. Before.
10. Persia.
l3. Jewel.
IA. Salt.
IS. Town In Alaska.
l6. A certain planet (abbr.l.
II. Trappings.
IS. Wrath.
20. Radical tabbr.N.
o.. Gamin.
%. Particular places.
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The men who like the income tax
are those who make an income by
collecting if
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company, but the standing of the
company issuing the bonds QI refer,
of course, to the borrowing corpora
ton and not to the trust company is
more important than the kind or bono.
This is due to the fact that character
is of primary importance in all bust
ness transactions, and bond Whlcn
is not a first mortgage bond, but put
out by good people is better than
regular first mortgage bond put out by
irresponsible promoters. Careful invest
ors are giving more and more atten-
ton to the character of the companies
to whom they loan and the bankers
from whom they buy securities. owing
to the fact that there are so many
poor bonds on the market today, 1t Is
important to buy bonds only through
established bond houses whom your
local banks recommend and with whom
they themselves trade. This Is the
first rule for selecting good bonds.
Government and State Supervision.
Although character is the greatest
asset in business, yet too much de-
pendence cannot be put on the pref
ent management of corporation
when purchasing a bond that does
not come due for SO years. Although
men make values, yet men die and no
one can foretell who their successors
will be. Therefore it is well to pur-
chase bonds of a company which Is
compelled to publish it's earnings and
is supervised either by the Interstate
Commerce Commission or some other
Federal or State body. Although such
supervision does not in any way guar.
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BABSON TELLS HOW TO PURCHASE
SAFE BONDS FOR INVESTMENT
First Mortgage Issues Safest of ALL But Concern and
Trust Company are Factors That Cannot Be
Overlooked in Buying Securities.

BABSON PARK, Fla. April IL
Bonds are the things to buy when you
don't know just what to buy and the
thing in which to invest when you
don't know in what to invest.
In a previous article | stated that
local mortgages probably present the
best combination of security and
Weld, but explained that considerable
care is necessary in connection with
the loaning of money on mortgages.
l referred TO the examination of the
title preparation and recording of the
papers, watching insurance policies
and other details. Furthermore, it is
often difficult to secure good mort
cages in small amounts. To make II
unnecessary for individual investors
TO bother with these details, and at
The same time to enable them to get
GOOD mortgages in the denomination
OF $1,000, the following plan was de-
Vised some rs years ago. Instead of
mortgaging direct to the lender, the
borrower pledges his property to a
trust company, which acts as a third
party between the borrower and vari-
Gus lenders. The trust company eX-
amlnes the title, prepares the legal
papers and does all the other work.
II then, as trustee, divides the mort
cages into pieces of 81 900 each, which
are sold as bonds" IT, for instance.
the mortgage to the trust company is
100000, the trust company would
issue 100 certificates or bonds for a
thousand dollars each, SO that the
holder of one of these bonds would
have 1-l00 interest n the mortgage
which the trust company holds as
trustee for all the bondholders.
Bonds vs. Bonds.
The idea underlying a bond issue
is absolutely sound. Like other good
things, however, the idea has been
being sold today under the name of
bonds which would never be recog-
nized by the founder of the idea. In
addition to the first mortgage bonds,
which were the only kind originally
planned, there now are second mort
gage bonds, consolidated mortgage
bonds, which are part first and part
second; collateral trust bonds, where
the trust company has no mortgage,
but holds certain stocks or other collat-
eral, and debenture bonds, which are
merely plain notes. unsecured by mort
gage. OF course a debenture bond of
the New York Central Railroad Co. is
better than first mortgage bond of
the y. y. Il. Theatrical Co. but when
considering only one company the
first mortgage bonds are the safest,
the consolidated mortgage bonds come
next, the collateral trust bonds come
next and the debenture bonds last
of all.
This means that one should strive
to get first mortgage bonds Of a good
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simply the good ones. The man who
sells only the securities which show
him a good profit is automatically
selling his good holdings and keeping
his poor holdings. This is especially
true of small investors. who are con-
stantly trading their bonds with brok-
ers who know little more about them
than do they themselves. Such in
vestors are like the man who traded
the horse for better COW. the COW
for q pedigreed calf, the calf for a
handsome rooster and the rooster for
a jack knife. Hence the third rule
when buying bonds is to select those
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which have demonstrated their earn
ing capacity, and companies which are
running on their own generated power
and not on their momentum. IT Is
well to buy an automobile which has
a good reputation. but remember that
the car will not run on it's reputation.
1t requires gas and oil and care. The
same principle applies to corporations
which issue bonds which are sold To
which issue bonds that are sold to
Business continues very steady. now
registering by the Babsonchart 10 per
cent above normal
(COpyriKht. l9"S.J
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this reason, it is desirable not to in
definitely hold ones bonds but to have
housecleaning once in a while.
If one buys five bonds year. it is
very good practice to likewise sell
five bonds a year. selling those which
he has held, say. is years or 20 at
the outside. OF course, in following
such a custom one should not sell dur
ing a panic but only in good times,
when bonds are in demand. When,
however, such a good time comes and
you decide to sell the bonds which
you have held for q certain period Of,
say. about Is years, be sure to sell
all that come in that class and not
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will turn out to be. Like children, a
very large percentage die In their
early years. Thus 1t is unwise for
the small investor to buy bonds in
company which has just been
formed. Wait until the new company
has learned from experience just what
it can earn. Rather than buy securi.
ties on estimated earnings, it is bet
ter to wait until the property has been
completed and operated for two or
three years. This is a very good pre-
caution when purchasing bonds on
hotels, apartment houses and other
buildings 1t is better to wait two or
three years and pay a little more IL
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one wishes to play safe. although, of
course, every one can't do this. But,
as the death rate is heavy among
Young children, 1t is also heavy among
the aged. In the same way, 1t is un-
wise to hold bond issues too long. Be.
cause a bond issue was once good Is
no sign that it will always be good
In fact, this Is almost reason why
some day it won't be good. Prosperity
ruins corporations, as it does families.
The Bible statement. Pride cometli
before destruction and a naughty spirit
before a fall" applies to railroads,
public utilities and other corporations,
as we'll as to men and women. For
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antee the safety of a bond issue, it
does give an advantage to the small
investor who cannot supervise such
things himself. Another indirect ad-
vantage of such supervision comes
about as follows: The State only
wishes to supervise the accounts of
corporations having monopoly. Thus,
when purchasing bonds issued under
the authority OF a Federal or State
commission, one Is more apt to get
bonds which are secured by a monop-
are freer from loss by competition
than are ordinary corporations.
When you are the only manufac-
turer of product which people want
your bonds and stocks are perfectly
good; but when other corporations
start in to manufacture the same
product your troubles begin. Com
petition may the life of trade but
it does not make for profit. This
means that the bonds of railroad. a
public utility, or some other corpora
ton having natural monopoly and
regulated by a State commission are
better than the bonds of some manu-
featuring, mercantile or mining cor
poration which has neither a monop.
oily or State regulation. Now, when
1t comes to the purchase of common
stocks this rule does not apply. Per-
sonally. l should dislike very much to
have the State control my own busi
ness, and had rather take a chance
with competition than with govern
ment interference. / am now writing,
however, on the selection of bonds.
and not of common stocks. Hence the
second rule in selecting good bonds Is
to purchase bonds of some corporation
Ixytt II
talization rates and general actions
are subject to Federal or State regu-
lations.
Watch the Age of Your Bonds.
Corporations are similir to people,
and this is not surprising, because
corporations are merely made up of
people. When a corporation is first
formed, there is no telling what it