The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-01
CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE A REASON FOR t
 A RUIE AS WELL As SYRUP ON PANCAKES

o,o doctor ouoted hy a commercial interest as Ia great health authority, said recently , ,n h;i drnn must never be allowed to eat anything fried That was his advice, ne said.and one sunnoses parents or others responsible TOT the care of children may take 1t or leave. The great health authority did not deem It necessary tt " explain why he 1reg gvss faoas asen p fancy would soon get into a muddle II ne attemp'eu to explain. .. Hy vor,, State Health department Dr Sanger Brown, sec ond of the state department of mental nyglens whatever that may be-said that children or school age should always receive explanations as to why certain conduct is necessary. very rare Iy indeed should children of this age be askso to do something, the reasons lor "hiei' s'.S' " not understand" .,
 One need not know anything about mental hygiene to recognize the common sense or LIT Browns remark. But suppose 1t IS necessary to be something of psychologist in order to in- quire why children of school age, any more 'hai, any one else should have rules explained 10 them It is rather silly. 'sn It, to say that chid or an adult must do this or must not do @ ana., if there is any reason you can give ior .ne So'it mand the prohibition.
 "There may be q clue to the mystery of men tai hygiene in the official name or the state gov ernmental department for which pr Brown-er works. It is now called the department ol : nsn- tai hygiene. It was formerly otherwise ,i, des,g- mated but that was before the lunacy ana heaitn affairs of the state were turned over to club women and society leaders who have tired of ,aene' p department stl has charge of the state hospitals for the insane and institutions TOT Iee- e-minded and epi1eptc persons. obviousiy sucn i cases make interesting study for the Ladies Literary Guild, and New York politicians are nothing if not nice to the ladies.
 Still. reader, you may ask what hds mental n.y. giene to do with fried food. And admit not thing But common sense has something 10 do with it. and now give you the common sense oI the fried food question. So far we know scien- tfcaily or otherwise. food cooked by frying to the k,d's taste is quite wholesome. digestibie and nutritious 1t is cooked any other way
 If the national health authority" Che became an international" authority after had snick- cred at his insular fame ana compared M M wl.h ai, my own world renown) if the great pooh-bah undertakes to controvert this bit of common sense he will make an international fool Of him. self. The prejudice against fried food was just one of those funny notions some of the old tim CTS had-the old timers who were famous for laying down rules without reasons
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 ResuscitatiOn of Horse Fly
 When was kid took an ordinary horse ny: then buried 1t i'm salt, and after couple of min utes it came back to life. have tried thislwith fly. I may be foolish, but just wondered If this might work in the case of a drowned person tha3 could not be restored by other methods? (D. B.. Answer-Nothing foolish about 1t. On the con- trary, it is commendable to indulge in such think ing cogitating. In some such way Banting was led to his great discovery of insulin. don't know, but suspect the insects may be harder to drown than is man. You should always conduct a con- trol test or experiment along with your primary one--that Is, subject similar insects to the same submerson. but not the same treatment after.
 
 proper controls leads to many wrong conciu- sions.
 Removing the Static
 am a young man quite intelligent. but have | stuttcrcd and stammcrcd more or less for the past seven years. The - institute at - wrote me that my could be cured i'm six weeks and 1t would cost me the sum or SoOO. Would you advise. (H. M)
 Answer.-No. In the larger cities there are free clinics, part-pay clinics where stuttering and stammering are properly treated. Tn many cities there are special classes conducted either | in day school night school for the benefit of | those with such speech impeachment and you can attend these classes at little expense. Fin ally, a.c course of vocal lessons under good mu- sic or elocution instructor will do more good than the so-called institutes or other mall order rackets can do. Send stamped envelope bearing your address, mention your trouble. and ask for special instructions for helpful vocal exercises you can follow at home. No advice unless you say you stutter or stammer
 The Kids Like old Doc Brady's Medicine Your paper on the crOup has been very vaiu- able t0 me. Your fn0I.prO0f cough medicine aI- ways helps children. They like it better thns any nIcdiciAe we have ever gotten from any doc. tor. (Mrs c. s.1 A | Answer- Considering all the harm done by popular cough medicine. fo0l-pfoof iB right. Glad Co send the instructions for making and girns the medlcine, on teQuest with s. a. e