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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-11
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By Olive Roberts Barton

It is said that most people never grow up. As this seems to be mean ingless to many, perhaps Q short discussion will show us where we fail.
 The best way to begin is to pick up our pet trouble and look at 1t. Perhaps it is health. We feel very badly, and 1t is all we can do to carry on. But isn't the first thing we think of this: T wish there was some way for others to KNOW just how terrible I feel"
 Suppose it is money worry. Dis tracted, we wish that some one KNEW how we felt. Because, if peo- pie could know how our hearts sink with apprehension, and our brains fairly crack with Q dozen emotions, they would be quick with sympathy.
 Can't Bear Troubles Alone
 No matter what misery we carry about with us, or even an exag- gerated or synthetic misery. the first instinct is to want somebody Cor somebodies) to feel sorry enough to want to correct it. We would be satisfied with the sympathy in many cases, as 6 child is happy with Q kiss and pat that does not cure the bump.
 Those who possess this syrn- pathy-hunger to an abnormal de- gree are "emotionally immature" They cannot bear trouble alone. Or, If they do, they are consumed by self-pity, which makes everything that much harder to bear.
 It is natural for misery to want company, if just in thought. But when 1t seeks relief to an exag- gerated extent and hopes to infect another with its own complex, 1t is not mature. The child looks for sympathy. The adult (mentally, that is) should not, and will not, if he Is emotionally stable.
 This is why a goodly part of the child's training should consist of freeing him from any abnormal need of sympathy. Why he should learn to face daily giref without a shoulder to cry on. By grief l refer, of course, to those affairs in home, school and social life that make him unhappy.
 The real meaning of the word sympathy" is not pity. It means to "think with" or understanding" Constructive help is one thing; to aid in deepening his self-pity is an- other. To try to remove causes is constructive. To condone his sorrow for himself, and set the eternal craving for partner in trouble, Is destructive.
 The American System of child rearing has had one great defect the last few decades. The very mat ter of over -emotionalism above dis- cussed. True, recently there has been reason, but I believe that much damage, or more, was done in our most prosperous years.
 Actually 1t is cruel to allow our children to grow to manhood and womanhood without sufficient cal- cium in their moral legs and back bones to take 1t" when adversity comes. Adversity in any of Q hun- dred forms. All life is about two- thirds adversity; and more than that if we are inventive or overly apprehensive or overly.sensitive.
 No one suggests the Spartan training. That carries its own danger, too. But the one who can take upsets in his stride, and not brood, has Q better chance of suc- cess and health, too.
 Copyright, lo36, NEA Service, Incl
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.BEAUTY-
 Glorifing
 Yourself
By Alicia Hart

Occasionally you see or hear about a complexion (generally it's Q rather oily one) which stays lovely and seems to thrive on soap and water alone. Lacking as they are in nat ural oil, this never is true of hands. They need soap and water, too, but they also need lotions and creams.
 Keep hand lotion not only in the bathroom but above the kitchen sink and in the drawer of your of- flee desk. Massage 1t in after each washing. If this doesn't keep your hands smoth and white and lovely, use warm olive oil or 0 rich cream one night 8 week. Put the oil on be- fore you go to bed and wear clean cotton gloves while you sleep.
 Stains on your hands can be re- moved with fresh lemon juice. If you like, use Q lotion that bleaches and osoftens ct the same time. There's a new one on the market today which does just this. Con- taining almond oil, pure honey and cucumber juice, 1t keeps hands and wrists soft and white. Incidentally, during cold weather 1t can be used on legs and knees and @ pre-bath lotion. Undress, massage the lotion into skin from head to foot and leave on while you brush your teeth and cream your face. Then bathe In the usual manner.
 Remember, of course, that hands which artists describe as fluid are important. If you do exercises to keep your waistline, neck and legs supple, why not do some to make
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Editor, Journal of the American Medical Association. and of Hy-
 gela the Health Magazine
BY DR. MORRIS FrsHBEIN

By the time Q child Is three, 1t will begin to cat almost any food eaten by grownups, but he must avoid certain foods which, if taken in ex- cessive amounts, will cause difficulty.
 Foods cooked with @ great deal of grease or fat, food too highly sea- soned with spices and pepper, ex. cessive amounts of nuts and candy, are bad not only for children but also for grownups.
 It is much more difficult to feel an oldre child than 1t is the young CT ones. A child from three to six years of age begins to have 0 mind of his own. At this time his parents must exercise real authority to make certain that he gets enough of tho foods essential to health and growth. Particularly, these include sufficient amounts of calcium and iron.
 Remember that milk contains Q great deal Of calcium; as do chese and vegetables. Iron is present par- ticuiarly in the leafy green veget- ables, but mostly in substances like liver and lambs kidney. Whole liver is most valuable of all. It is possible to prepare this for children by grinding and making Q liver paste, which, with suitable seasoning, makes excellent sandwiches.
 By the time your child Is entering nursery school and Kindergarten, he will begin to eat away from home. His first meal of the day--breakfast ---is then of the utmost importance.
 If he walks any distance at ell to
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taking food, she explained, the children went to an improvised kit chen and cooked their monday meals. How much more practical!
 So I went to see for myself. Sure enough, hero was Q group of upper grade girls preparing and cooking Q midday luncheon for the needy children of the school. This is laboratory work, though instead of being in chemistry or physics, 1t was in an activity of everyday life. Meals were planned in advance. drawing upon Q knowledge of food essentials. There was milk, of course, and c dessert also requiring milk. The hot dish was creamed clipped beef and the vegetable was broccoli. Tomato juice opened the ceremony. And I felt that educa- tion, at least here, was on the right track.
 What to do about tho alcohol problem h Dr. Irelond's subject Nest Week.
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Food Suggestions
By MRS. MARY E. DACUE

jelly nodded in individual hearts with Q piping of cream cheese around the edge. With this salad you could serve assorted sand- wiches chicken, ham, sardine, egg, olive and nut, nut and mar rialade, goose liver and all the imported and domestic sausages men are so fond of. Use rye, whole wheat and white bread for the sandwiches.
 Make the cream cheese piping around the edge of the tomato salad heart as lacy looking as possible and right in the center of each salad make c cheese rose with your pastry tube. Serve the salad on Q bed of well bleached endive.
 Valentine Pie
 One and one-third cups con- densed (sweetened) milk, 1-2 cup lemon juice, 2 eggs, grated rind l lemon, l baked pie. shell or c crumb pie shell.
 Blend milk, lemon juice, grated lemon rind and yolks of eggs. Pour into pie shell. Chill. Cover with whipped cream when ready to serve and arrange halved ma raschino cherries in the form of Q heart on top.
 Here's the recipe for the crulnb crust. It's just about like the graham cracker crust we've used for children's pies.
 Crumb Crust
 Roll enough vanilla waters to make 3-4 cup. Gut enough vanilla wafers in halves to stand around edge of pie plate. Put Q thick even coating of butter over the bottom and sides of pie dish. Press halved wafers around sides and cover bottom of plate with crumbs. Use crumbs to fill in be- tween wafers, too. Pour in filling as usual.
 If you do decide to serve potato salad, add enough tomato catsup to the salad dressing to make 1t pink. Be sure to use 0 tart dress ing and use plenty of eggs cut in neat cubes in the salad. If you want Q more substantial salad you can add flaked crab meat or shrimps or diced scallops to the jelly just after 1t begins to thicken and before you pour 1t in the molds. In case heart shaped molds aren't available mold the jelly in Q sheet about two inches deep and then when firm cut out hearts with Q heart-shaped cookie cutter.
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bananas, and pineapple. Cooked fruits may be baked apple, apple sauce, stewed prunes, stewed figs, cooked pears, or apricots. All of these are important In the vitasnin and mineral salts which the pro- vide.
 The cereals which are useful chiefly for giving energy include not only the whole-grain cereals, but also the prepared cereals. The whole grain cereals help to provide vita mins and mineral salts, as well as carbohydrates. Moreover. cereals are usually served with milk and with cream, which provide additional calcium and vitamins.
 Waffles and pancakes may be eaten occasionally, but should not be regular diet of the growing child.
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from Q mother who has had 1t, if the father is normalp e. H.)
 Answer-It is not directly herit- able, but offspring of an epileptic parent are more likely to be feeble minded than are offspring from normal parents.
 GalvaniC Sore Mouth
 have a burning sensation and slight soreness on the side of my tongue for several months. Could this be caused by large silver fill- ing I had put fin seven months agop The sore spot rests against the flll- ing. I also have Q wisdom tooth filled with copper cement. Miss O. M.) Answer-Two such metals as sil- yer and copper in the mouth may make e miniature electric battery and cause not only constant Tnetal- lie taste but also burning and some times sores which persist until the one or other metal is removed. Gold and porcelain are the preferable materials for filings, inlays or other dentures.
 Immunlzatlon
 Does the board of health furnish free anti-typhoid injectionse (S. R.
 Answer-In some communities free immunization against typhoid Is given indigents. Ordinarily this is 50 inexpensive that 1t IS e good safety investment for an individual to make.
 Copyright 1936, John F. iDlle Col
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ToDAY's HEALTH QUESTION

Q-Izow can lordosis tforward curvature of the splne) be ever- come?
 A-By maintaining the best pos- ture by suitable exercise and, by extreme cases, by use of applian- ces under surgical advice.
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BREAD AND MILK CLUB
 REDIVTVUS


 Doctors have hArped so much on the injuries done by overeating that few offenders hear them and none heed until their infirmities cramp their style in eating.
 Most persons eat three meals . day as Q matter of custom, habit and example. The custom or habit has become fixed through genera tons or ct least through the life- time of the individual. Yet quite frequently 1t is an illogical habit, for the energy requirements of the individual may be far from the eIi- ergy requirements of his ancestors who established the custom, or his own output of energy now may be lower than 1t was when he devel- oped the habit. His ancestors long ago, perhaps he himself in his more active career or vigorous youth, earned three square meals by honest work or play; in his seden- tary, white collar, parasitic mode of life, perhaps living by his wits or as he fiatteringly calls It. doing head work" or brain work" actu- ally has a much lowored output of energy and 8 correspondingly slow and lady-like metaholisn. So il force of example keeps him on the three day schedule, when his most lifelike activity--screaming or "rooting" in the grandstand or bleachers-is itself vicarious activ- ity, 1t is not strange that so many things happen to him, to wit and for example:
 Now children, this is going to hurt me more than 1t will hurt you. But I've let myself in for 1t. Some of you will wonder when and where I wrote this. Haven't told you re- peatedly, I am in heaven. Here in heaven they bowl the year around. Tn fact the greens are more nearly perfect in winter than in summer. That is probably due to the higher humidity, more moisture in the air here, as well as the warmth of rad- iant heat from sunlight. Back there where you have to have steam heat or @ furnace or stove of some sort going all winter to keep you warm, the air IS excessively dried out, and not healthful for plants or for human animals. It would be more hygienic if you could heat the room with an open fire, or @ radiant heater (gas or electric), for radiant heat warns you more and the air less. The cooler the air the more water vapor 1t retains. In heaven here the air temperature, out of the direct sun, is usually around 60 to 65 degrees P.
 Long years ago when I was not so squeamish about mentioning symp- toms we organized the Bread and Milk club, and frankly announced that 1t was just Q scheme to in- veigle overfed people into resting their overworked metabolisnl Q bit That was Q happy compromise, that phrase overworked inetabolism. Af- ter all, the lazy so-and-so's have some pride. (Continued next week.)
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 The Stomachc Flue
 For ten days had continuous cramps, sometimes severe. Physician suspected appendicitis. Sent me to surgeon. He gave bismuth meal took X-rays and found everything o. k. He gave me Q pain killer and said I had Q cold. Seems everyone know has had Q similarf attack, and they oil insist 1t Is stomach flu GA. J. B.
 Answer-Which means as much as the good old dodge the so-called surgeon worked on you.
 Epilepsy
 Please inform me if epilepsy is iil- heritable? VIII children inherit Il
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ought to do, buI N is an entirely difer- ent thing to have them do 1t.
 Just recently l vis- tied a school where . kindred soul had adopted my theory Instead of merely
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Juniors! Complete Newness
 Artist Shock

0uAuAVk0t NVAURaSwS AN~V
 Artist Shock Edited by LAURA I. BALDT, A. M' For many years Assistant Proses- sor of Household Arts. Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, N. Y.
 You'll love this smartly new lock- ing smock for school, home or of- flee wear.
 It's one.piecel The sleeves are in one with shoulders. out it out and hey presto-it's finishedl It has such on easy swing and but- tons down the back in such . cute way. The gathered neck $ as young as 1t is fiattering.
 You'il look stunning In it as pie tured In 0uardsman-blue cotton printed in lighter blue. The small sum 1t will cost will surprise you.
 Style No. 2ee7 is designed for size es ii, l3, IS, 17 and 10 years. Size 10 requires 3 yards of S0-inch ma terial.
 Send FIFTEEN GENTS (ibc), (coin is preferred) for PATTERN. Write plainly YOUR NAME, AD- DRESS AND STYLE NUMBER. BE SURE TO STATE SIZE YOU WISH.
 New Spring Fashion Book Costs TEN GENTS. Send for Your Copy Todayl BOOK and PATTERN to- gether TWENTY-FIVE GENTS.
 Address order to the DEMOCRAT PATTERN DEPARTMENT, i0O Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y.
 Send your money and order to Pattern Department, Waterbury Democrat, Waterbury, Conu. Be aura t0 state sire,
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For the "Hearty" Party

placed in the refrigerator an hour or two before the lunch or dinner. Pour into tall glasses. and just be- fore serving. drop a colored ice cube. or a heart-shaped hard candy into ehch glass. The leo cubes may be colored red by adding Q few drops of red vegetable coloring to the water when 1t Is placed In the freezing tray.
 In Alfredo's famous restaurant. Rome. Italy. world travellers have learned to relish egg noodles in their royal splendor.-"a dish at for the gods-and men!" A sim pie dish, inexpensive and easy to prepare. yet how delicious and sat- isfying!
 Alfredo NeodleS
 i package egg noodles co os.)
 # pound butter
 X pound grated cheese
 Salt and pepper to taste
 Boil egg noodles in two quarts of boiling. salted water. Drain and place in a platter. Pour on melted butter. sprinkle with grated cheese. salt and pepper; then mix all with fork and spoon in the proper Al fredo" stvle,--"With a few graceful movements of the hand and wrist. Alfredo whirls the steaming egg noodles. the cheese and the butter into . mass of golden delicious ness." All members of the family will do ample justice to this mas terpiece of simple cookery. A Pleasing Game
 At your next party play ''Mon. opoly"--the new game of barter that brings a real estate boom right Into your parlor. Three to nine may compete: the object being to buy. rent and sell properties so shrewdly that the other players so bankrupt and the winner 10 a MON 0PoLIST. Each player starts with $500 in play money; dice throws determine the moves. The board shows railroads. utilities, a jail. and streets on which houses and hotels may Do erected. Wages. taxes, and dividends are but a few of the has, ards attacking the budget of the Monopoly trader"
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The Truth About Diet
Older Child More Difficult To Feed, Needs Calcium, Iron Particularly

school and then plays around for Q few hours, your youngster natur- ally will burn up Q great deal of en. ergy. He should, therefore, be given and adequate breakfast, including fruit, cereal, and perhaps eggs as well.
 Fresh fruits inay include oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, melon, pears,
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f Coeonut Ice Box Cake
 2 cups heavy cream ! 12 marshmallows. cut in pieces { 2 tablespoons sugar
 Dash of salt
 | 1 teaspoon vanilla
 Few drops of almond extract
 k cup crushed pineapple. drained h cup chopped candied cherries
 i cup shredded coconut
 Lady fingers
 Add 2 tablespoons cream tc SsnarshmaIlows in top of double boiler. Place over boiling water Iuntil melted. Cool slightly. WhiE | remaining cream; fold in sugar salt, favoring. pineapple. cherries and coconut. Add marshmallov mixture. Line loaf pan with waxet paper; arrange lady fingers on bot tom and sides. Turn coconut mix ture into pan and place lady tngerl on top. Cover with waxed paper Chiil in refrigerator s to $ hours lsr overnight. Unmold and slice Serves 12.
 A Valentine Beverage
 For e St. valentine's Day bever ngs ! suggest . glass of chillet ! liawsilan pineapple juice. The comes in cans. which may b'
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Be Sure Of Rules For Good
 Table Manners

Here are three peopie--free to be fascinating table companions be- cause they've conquered the tricky little details of etiquettel
 Bouiilon? First . taste from . teaspoon to make sure ita Isn't too hot Then tho rest of it directly from the cup. Cherry pits7 Traiis- fer them inconspicucusiy from
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NEA Service Stan Writer


 Does the fact that 1t will be Q Leap Year Valentines Day give you ideas? For Q party, I mean. It does me. An evening party, maybe, with salad, rolls, dessert and coffee for refreshments. And since the party is bound to be planned to please men, let's have potato salad serv- ed in cornucopias of thinly sliced baked ham with Q garnish of tiny hearts cut from pickled beets.
 There should be coffee in good sized cups with the salad and more with the dessert, which ought to be pie.
 If the potato salad idea doesn't appeal to you, then try tomato
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Tomorrow's Menu

BREAKFAST: Sliced pine- apple, cereal, cream, creamed dried beef, graham mullins, milk, coffee.
 LUNCHEON: Gold sliced meat loaf (from dinner the night before,) creamed celery, rye bread, peach butter, rice pudding. milk. tea.
 DINNER: Pan Broiled sir- loin steak, mashed brown DO. tatoes, broccoli with Holland aise sauce, banana and pea nut salad, lemon cream pie, milk, coffee.
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sy BETTY BARCLAY

CT. VALENTINE calls for hearts ~ as table decorations, novel foods and beverages--and interest ing games. Here are a few sugges' lions for this year:
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WOMAN,S REALM= Latest Styles
HOzC To Keeb WeU
By DR. WILLIAM BRADY, MD.

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hands and wrists flexible and grace full?
 Sit in a chair, letting arms hang Imply at your sides. Make believe that you are shaking water from your fingertips. Bend wrists back and forth until they no longer are stiff. When you have finished, wash your hands and, with upward strokes, massage cream or lotion from fingertips to wrists.
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  held condolences Write Miss ChaAeid
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mouth to plate by way of . cupped hand or teaspoon. As for those few remaining peas, Madge knows she may properly corral them pee tween fork and bit Of bread-ifl- stead of chasing them with . work alone, or just giving them up.
 But good breeding ct table is more than just eating. There's the matter of greetings, seating. con- versation, accidents, etiquette in restaurants. Learn about all this and more too--- from our S2-page helpful booklet.
 Send i0c for your copy of GOOD TABLE MANNERS to the Water bury Democrat Home Service, e3b Sixth Ave, New York, M Y.
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DUBBER handles are the latest AN style and comfort news in cut lery. Nodded underneath the rub. Der is a cotton fabric, for strength and shape-the same technique as 10 used for tires - resulting in a material and design inimitable for the sure and comfortable grip pro- vlded. The color is black, com bined with stainless steel rivets
 which appear as three decorative
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This little marriage Is full time job for woman and to compliments the appobaon hungers faithful industrious, efficient tender then she watch her step the spoiled her and all she gives for granted.
 CAROLINE CHATFIELD.
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2 The Lion and Lamb

These two animals, 50 totally dif- ferent in both appearance and tenn perament, have been associated in stories since Bible days, 50 they are presented here as cuddle toys.
 In the illustration tho little boy is using them as puppets, and has the wooIly lamb and the ferocicus lion engaged in . fight. The original version, of course, is that they lay down together, so no doubt, after the battle Is over these two VIII take . nap side by side.
 A numo hot iron transfer, num- Der Ce37o, which may be used sev- erai times, includes both the lion and the lamb. They are to be made of outing flannel, and the lamb is to be white, and the lion tan with brown yarn fi1ane and tail tip.
 Order by number, send 10C stamps or coin. (Any three 1Oc patterns only 2Sc). By mali only. AddFesgs Aunt Martha Waterbury Democrat, Box 1e0, Kansas City, Me
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Q.-What can I do with rusting brass hinges? They run streaks alI over the paint.
 Ali they rust, the hinges are not brass but brass-plated steel. The plating is evidently wearing of, and the only remedy is to replace them
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HOUSING QUESTION BOX

than 9 i.2 inches. A good rule Of thumb Is to have the sum of these two measurements equal i7 l-2 or is Inches. That gives Q natural stair.
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O0UR CHILD HND TnE SCHOOL
Education for Living
Modern Home Decoration Gsvvioe
., .. Alams q nR-Asw

Nothing makes me happier than to find teacher putting life into practice. It is one thing, you know, to talk to children about what they