The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-09-04
STOP. HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN YOUR
 EMERGENCY KIT?

These feverish days when everybody is load. ing up the f1ivver for grand outing remind me of my honeymoon with my first wife, the one I'm living with still. By the way, that's the secret of living with 'em long. We were heading sadly homeward with the roar of the falls in our three ears Gone of mine sacrificed in steal ing birds eggs) and 1t was a sizzling August day. I had wilted my last collar and rather than brave the train in such state ran into a It, tie shop and hurriedly purchased six new col lars which estimated would last through the afternoon anyway When came to put one on, aboard the train, discovered that the obliging salesman had used his better Judgment anu furnished me with size IA instead of 15 and upwards, but the collar had to go on for we were riding in the day coach. of course, and you can't get away with any parlor car stuff there We'll just as the train was about to depart, m rushed dear Aunt Banny, bless her loving soul with-no, not two bird cages, but something just shade more difficult for blushing choking bridegroom to manage with complete sang froid. item, dainty little boudoir chair and item an odd or maybe they call It oeca- sional table with lot of cyrleycues and crinkes in brass, onyx pewter and estimate eleven sprawling legs and altogether believe that not counting the sudden discovery that our cash had dwnded to dollar eighty. Don't let me detain you if you're all packed up and ready to go, but you know as well as l do that one should always be prepared for emergencies. often think that had used my wife's dollar-eighty to buy one chair in the par Tor car, we might have taken turns In there, | and maybe we could have left Aunt Banny out on the platform holding her jimcracks and
 looking in vain for the happy young couple. Pray do not be disturbed about this. If you nave forgotten to pack your emergency Kit just | drop little line to me and tell me what's bit- 1 ing you what you think may bite you on this | trip you're taking, inclose a stamped envelope bearing your address and I'll rush to your aid with complete directions for equipping and using pocket emergency kit. Even if you are older and wiser and therefore not tearing off
 somewhere for an alleged rest or recuperation.
 you really should carry some such kit in your
 car at all times, or If you have the good sense
 to enjoy your vacation in the best of all resorts,
 home, you should fit out some such kit to use for the minor emergencies which happen To
 home folks.
 There are two recommendations now offer
 which are not included in the Pocket First Aid
 Kit One is the use of common tincture of iodin | (the same liquid you apply as dsinfectant for
 small cuts scratches bruises) for disinfect-
 ing questionable water for drinking. Put one drop Ono harm if two drops) in one quart of
 the water, shake it up and let stand twenty
 minutes; then the water will be safe to drink.
 The other is the of Antivenin for venomous
 snakebite. Antivenin is prepared by the Mulford
 biological department, at Glenolden, Pa and
 any druggist can supply 1t. It comes in spe-
 cal syringe package with full directions so that
 any intelligent person may administer it. It
 xeeps well, and if you expect to play around in
 snake country you should include Antivenin in
 your pocket emergency outfit.
 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 1 Good Voyage
 | I wish to thank you for your method of pre- | venting seasiekness. l had suffered severely
 
 the dining room the first day out. This ~inter took the Mediterranean cruise and did not miss
 , meal nor suffer the slightest qualm. O. B. M.) | Answer-Shucks the testimonial is not so
 good. So many other things that have happened to the lady Tn 30 years may have had a bearing on her present freedom from seasickness. do wish some current addict of nal de mer would try my method once and then send in a | whale of testimonial for it.
 H She Has Curves Now
 II I am a woman just past 30 and want to thank you for your excellent advice. I was extremely
 underweight, and on your suggestion took in- sulin treatment, and have gained 20 pounds. Mrs N. F.)
 | Answer-Besides 1t effects saving in sheets. | for naturally a man doesn't tear so many of them shaking them out
 l Tin Doctoring In School
 l Our [ year old daughter complained of be- | Ing unable to the board from her seat In
 school. | wrote to the teacher tn charge, who put her through eye test and reported that
 her eyes were perfect. Then | took her to an
 oculist He found her unable to focus with hcr
 left eye which has never developed normally.
 eye and . clear lens ndjusted to force her t0
 make of the defective left eye. Yet the
 school record showed perfect eycsight." (Mrs
 H. c. FD
 | Answers--When teachers and nurses and Ianitors and social service workers undertake | to render medical service. you can't expect any
 great satisfaction. The tin doctor racket is good enough for the peasant class In the public schools. The politicians and school board graft Iers know what the public wili stand for.