The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-11-07
LIFELONG TILTING AT wINDMILLs

Ever try earnestly yet in vain to recall a name or something, then give up In vexation, and by and bye when your mind Is on some- thing else the name pops into your head un- | solicited, so to speak?
 Well, you see, the function of memory is an | involuntary one and there is no use trying to control 1t as you do the function of speech. No one ever developed Q good memory by means of a memory course. Don't try to remember If you wish to have good memory. The more you try the worse your memory is likely to be. Say you meet some one and you are particular y anxious to recall the blghter's name-take my advice and don't set up any conscious as- ing the name. Just u13 the name in your con- versation with the blghter as often as you can without being ridiculous, and that will lx 1t in your memory far better than can any fancful associations such as the memory course merchants delight to suggest. The speech mechanism is more closely related with the memory function than any other nerve or brain function Saying the thing over and over is still the best known way to memorize 1t, whether 1t be a name. term song, q speech n poem or Q part in a play.
 Here comes q man 73 years old who tells n piteous tale All his life, he says. he has had to flight against constipation." He goes on to recall the word I meant to use, but don't wouldn't tear my hair If had any. quietly scratch my head trying to recall 1t and guide and see what Rogets has to offer under pick up good old Roget. turn to the index the heading of exasperating, whole page Of
 similar ideas. but not just the one want. How word move, to excite, and turn back q few pages. and there 1t is--the stirring, details oi his lifelong tting, which we'll omit from this column. Besides the many morbid fancies of the poor man about Keeping the bowels in condition" he has evidently cultivated the bad habit of introspection and he Is never quite satisfied with the result of all his straining. A lifelong mistake In hygiene, due to the mans abysmal ignorance of physiology. Even if they pretended to teach physlology when he was in school, they had to teach Il as the powerful quack and nostrum interests wanted 1t taught--just as they do to-day. Now ask you, if you're not n blamed idiot | wouldn't lt be absurd for you or me to take q pill n dose of medicine every day or regu. | larly for the purpose of regulating our heart let me tell you the only reason why YOU are not taking just such dope reguarly--it is be- cause the big nostrum interests have not seen | fit to teach you you ought to.
 | I estimate there thirty million idiots in America who consume one or another nos trum regularly in the belief that one must | have some such aid to regulate the bowels These idiots are as gullible as are the folk who choose this or that brand of. tobacco be- cause it purp0rts to be good for the gizzard or something. These idiots brand me as nut when declare that with very rare exceptions all of us will .have perfectly normal bowel func- ton if we never take or do anything whatevei to "control' the function.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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 My ! year old daughter tipped over a (nOs. trump lamp 4 had standing On the dresser and spilled some of tIle (nOstrum) on her check neck and chest. I immediately washed it of | and applied tanOthcp n0struml. Now 1t stil looks red and ugly Will this leave c pcrman. ent mark or scar? (Mrs H.G. H)
 Answer-f believe the injurious ingrcdicn in both of thc nostrums you mention is q crude carb0Iic acid derivatiye This burns the skin Probably the best isnDicatintc anttdOte for suci q barn is grain alcohol tfyoa have ahy at ilanl ar any bathing alcohol or even toilet water o | witch hazel or hay run lf the skin did no break or blister there will be no Ipernancn scar. Tho CiIild's mischevOusDcss ls natural | her mothers k rcprehensibic. Why kccI | such worthless nOsfrtims in the house? Whj use such things at nii? Do you feel you know better than the doctor?
 | Blood Pressure
 Man received certificate from physician stat | Ing l,c was unable tO follow his cmpI0yIncn on account of nigh bi00d pressure believe yOl | aay this k not disease Go itself hut rcHsiI | GIT aigD Of sOnle underlying asiIncnt which tii, doctor fails tO diagnose. tu. n.l
 | Answcr---ISlmh blood prcssnre K found in va rlOuH disease conditions, anA sometimes Co dimicuit Cor dOct0p e@ determine what Is caus img G. But Co most cases e proper cxaulinaliDi and study Of thc patient will slsOw what ail him. On . cerliiIs'atc tlsc mention Of hlgi blood pressure hma mbDut ns Esmch Ai9uiaicamcl | an W0ml9 che mention Of c Dmin im tilo noUks