The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-09-01
REAL HYGIENE IS PLAIN HORSE SENSE

charlatans engaged In the speciality In which
 they are most skiiled--drumming up tradeI
 methods" and this appeal admirably fits the mentality of their customers If We relied on
 Nature or gave Mature chance" the race would be extinct Tn a few generations, It Is only because we have successfully applied science
 and art or human Ingenuity to the purpose or
 thwartng or restraining the cruel trends or na- ture that civilization has progressed and the
 expectation of lifo has steadily increased as the
 great scourges that made tragic history In tHe past have been conquered.
 Tho other day a correspondent wrote In
 about benefit derived from taking daily
 spoonful or two of whole raw haXseeds-
 cleaned by rinsing with water. The correspond tice for he had seen cases where the taking of
 AaXseeds in this way had caused mucous colitis,
 On the other hand have seen cases where the taking of tlaSscods in this way has appur- ently corrected mucous colitis.
 Right here let mo explain to any reader who doesn't know what mucous colitis is that it IS | as we'll and to any who thinks he does know what it Is, that l have nothing more to tell about It.
 I do recommend the use of daily spoonful or two of faXseeds for any one who seeks 10 break the constipation habit FlaXseeds are
 not physlc In the sense that pills are. but they
 provide internal fabrication quite similar to the effect of the mucus secretion in the healthy
 alimentary tract If you have some disease or trouble other than the mere habit of constipa.
 tion tthis is a habit in most instances) do not | advise the use of faXseeds or any other remedy
 
 >ise any remedy. treatment or diet you are to take. Please do not waste postage or time by
 writing to ask whether think 1t would be all right for one with what have you to try the flaxseeds.
 If you ask for my cure or treatment for con- stipation. 1 haven't any. On the other hand If
 you say you have the constipation habit I'll be glad to instruct you how to break the habit. In-
 close dime and stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for No 25, Little Lessons
 in the Ways of Health. The Constipation Habit"
 Too many people whose I. Q. is high enough get their health education in pretty packages. Most of these people are honest souls them selves and too easily convinced that anything pertaining 10 health is so if somebody asserts it vchemently. eXpensively and often enough. Take wheat. Take it raw, whole, washed,
 cracked, ground in your coffee mill. chew the kernels, cook 1t as you please for breakfast
 porridge, make bread. cakes. crackers and
 cookies. soups, buildings with it. Bran and all. I'm telling you it is good horse sense to keep a bin of wheat in every kitchen-not a pretty package of some refined product or derivatve of wheat. but a handy canister of honest-to-
 goodness wheat you know. that silly grain the farmers grow. Take along bag O. box when you out for a drive and bring home a
 3ushel or half-bushe of wheat.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS One Citizen Ventures to Agree I have been a swimmer all my fife. and teacher of swimming. l helped organize ihe WOmen's Swimming association. I have used
 the Schaefer method successfully. and this
 means l am with you in gOnr anfi.Ised Cross | propaganda. tA professional wOman) Answer-You and I ought to get together, Ma'am, and organize the Anti-R Gross Pro Sehaefer Life Saving Association. If We per- severe some day third citizen will join. If the
 reader doesn't understand what we're driving al. he should have copy of the illustrated
 booklet on Resuseitation. which shows the cor
 rect method and points out the error in the method taught by the Red Cross. Send dime
 and a stamped addressed envelope. Foot Itch
 [ am glad 10 .epOrt that q stubborn case Of
 Athletes fObf WhhIl had resisted many Ofher
 treatments was asickiy cleared up by the use Of the ointment y0u rre0mBtend. fMrs .. WI
 r-Isingworm-foot itch--is sometimes
 cured by soaking the affected part of foot for
 one minute in plain gasoline. on two or three
 successive days. Any render who has ihis trou.
 bic may obtain the formula and directions for
 use of Whiteid's Ointment by sending a stamped envelope bearing his address. fcopyrighi 1888. John r. ullle Col