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The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
The Family Doctor
Drainage Of Abscess Is Necessary
 When Infection Is Localized

unusual emergencies. When a small splinter of wood or metal gets into the skin, 1t is best removed by use of a needle which has been Sterilized by being passed through flame. Large splinters may be removed with 8 knife blade sterilized in a flame, or with fofceps or tweezers similarly sterilized, if they are available.
 When a person Is on a camping trip. and a fishhook gets into the skin, 1t is not wise to attempt to pull out the hook.
 To avoid tearing the tissue, it is best to push the point onward and forward and to let the end of the f1shhook follow the point. The barbed end of the flshhook may then be cut off with a wire cutter, and the rest of the hook easily withdrawn.
 Whenever there is a serious wound of the skin and tissue caused by gunpowder, nails, splinters, or substances which may be contam- mated by manure, soil, or clothing, doctors are likely to suggest the immediate injection of some anti toxin against lockjaw. V,
 Lockjaw, or testanus, is a serious condition with 8 high rate of fa- tality. It is better to be safe and take the antitoxin, if there seems to be any danger that the wound has been contaminated with lock- jaw germs.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29

ATEW curtains and draperies at IN your windows will go a long way toward dressing up your whole house for Fall and Winter. And when you get into the shops and see the great variety of Fall de- signs, youN probably be sorry that you haven't more windows to deck out in new costumes.
 Among the new curtains are the very fashionable lace nets Of Ameri- can design. They come in all-over novelty lace styles or with borders and make your windows attractive whether used alone, or with drap- cries. or over Venetian blinds.
 Informal
 One new Fall setting which we just saw for living room combines yellow cotton homespun draperies with glass curtains of ecru-toned lace net. Yellow is the most sun shiny color there Is, 50 it is a smart choice for Fall. The draperies are trimmed with a two-inch uncut fringe fin matching yellow. The lace net curtains are in simple. square mesh design, open In weave 80 that the room can capture all the sunshine that comes near the wtndoWs. Yhis type of window treat mept is ideal for . living room fur nished with comfortable Early
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
By valletta Taylor

American maple or any other infor- nal type of furniture,
 The rough textures In lace net curtains go well with rough-textured draperies. such as the novelty cotton. and the cotton-and-rayon weaves. More Formal
 For more formal rooms. such as those furnished in the popular Eighteenth Century English styles. little more formality in curtains and draperies is needed. In the sketch the furnishings are 18th Gen. tury English. Printed linen drap- cries with bold floral design hang at the windows. falling very full to the floor. The lace net curtains used with them are an American design. very open and lacy. but simplicity itself. The lace net looks as If one row of insertion were set upon an- other.
 # you like modern ways of dress ing up windows, you can ind an enticing selection of modern de- signs in lace net curtains and drap. cries. The new mohairs. in both tra- ditiOnal and modern patterns, are having, great vogue this season and they blend tn well with the modern faces. Both mohaire and lace net curtains are washable and that's something that every woman lig glad tQ knQWa
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29


 Car was beheaded, startled the world. Russia didn't stop. She announced that there were places in her ranks for women. War, to her, is not an exclusive affair. There are guns for ladies.
 Now, in Spain, the women are grabbing swords or guns, and fighting as valiantly as the men. Chivalry Would Make
 Men Quit Battling
 War is not 8 woman's game. However, if she makes it her own for 8 little while, she may come to such an increased under standing of its horrors that she will successfully forbid men from turning the countryside into a bedlam of musketry, blowing up cities, and decimating the popu- lation.
 We are prone to believe be- cause the women of America are opposing war, that women of the world join us in our petition for peace. WOueu O1 u1dily AdHuo OO' Some women in all lands stand with us. Not all, though! Where people battle for new govern ment, we hear the rat-tat-tat of the guns which women operate.
 Chivalry is not dead, though the winding horn no longer calls the knights to Camelot. Protec- ton of womanhood is i1stinctive with men, though it was long, long ago that the last warrior rode out to protect lady in dis tress. When a boy sees the plane which his mother pilots crash above the battlefield: when man sees his wife shot before his eyes, and his sister disappear as great bomb makes yawning crater in the earth: when he sees these things he will decide that war must end.
 Women Swept Into
 Armies by Patriotism
 It is horrible picture. The ma jority of women do not want to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
Food Suggestions By Mrs. Mary E. Dagua
By NEA Service

By NEA SerVlcC
 There is nothing to compare with home made cookies and cake. no matter how fancy or expensive pro- fessional varieties may be. You can, with little effort. make as dainty and delicious ones in your own kitchen as any caterer can bake. Here is a tried-and-teSted recipe for tiny jelly balls. They have a shortbread consistency that is de- licious. ..
 Tiny Jelly Balls
 Two-thirds pound butter or l-3 pound butter and Ia pound shortening, IA cup sugar, 2 egg yolks, 2 2-3 cups flour. Any jelly except grape.
 For your information. 2-3 pounds butter is about 2-3 cups. Cream the butter well and then add the sugar.
 Add the beaten egg yolks and then the flour gradually.
 Mix all thoroughly. Don't be afraid to use your hands, all kneading of dough is better done by hand.
 When you have mixed 1t well, so that none adheres to the bowl. you are ready to roll the mix ture. Pull of pieces of the dough and roll between your palms into tiny balls the size of quarter.
 Now press each ball with your fingertip right in the center form ing 8 little cavity.
 In this depression put just enough jelly to fill 1t {. Be sure you don't put in too much or 1t will overflow in the baking. Any kind of jelly will do except grape which dissolves to much during the baking.
 Bake these cookies on a slightly greased tin in a moderate (350 de- grees) oven only 10 minutes.
 Another fayorite dessert is the old-fashioned jelly roll. Here is the recipe:
 Jelly Roll
 Three-quarter cup sifted cake flour, 3-4 teaspoon double acting baking powder, l-4 teaspoon salt, 4 eggs, unbeaten, 3-4 cup sifted sugar, teaspoon vanilla. 1 cup jell (any flavor).
 Sift flour once; measure. Con- bine baking powder, salt. and eggs in bowl. Place over small bowl of hot water and beat with rotary egg beater, adding sugar gradually until mixture becomes thick and light-colored.
 Remove bowl from hot water. Fold in flour and vanilla. Turn into 15xl0-inch pan which has been greased, lined with paper to within 1.2 inch of edge, Nand again greased.
 Bake in hot oven (400 degrees F.) IS minutes. Quickly cut of crisp edges of cake. Turn out on cloth covered with powdered sugar: re- move paper. Spread with jelly and rolI. Wrap In cloth and cool on rack
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
GlorUing Yourself
By Alicia Hart

Judging by the type of girls who win Hollywood and stage contracts these days, the era of the popu- larity of the beautiful-but- dumb creature has passed. Evidence on all sides points to the fact that much more attention is paid to the per~ fectly groorned, reasonably attrac~ tive girl of intelligence than to c wide-eyed, stow-witted, rayishingly pretty one.
 Naturally, beauty is-always has been, always will be--a decided as- set. But its value is doubly inns portant if the mouth which is parS of it speaks softly and utters sent. ences worth listening to, if the eyes light up with sincere interest when others talk, if its expression changes to suit the occasion and the mind behind 1t is full of something more than current fashions and mearl- ingless thoughts, the iIlvariable re- suit of too mch concentration on the personal pronoun.
 Even though your figure, hair and features are merely so-so, you still can be lovely-almost beautiful and popular beyond even your dearest dreams. You have only to develop charm and an interesting personality. These worthwhile ,sub- stitutes for whatever you lack in physical pulchritude are within your reach.
 Groom your hair, face and body until they ere as flawless as you can make them. Wear becoming clothes becoming doesn't mean ex- pensive) and keep them clean and pressed.
 Next, develop a hobby. It makes no difference whether you collect stamps. old prinnts, snapshots or butterflies. The object is to busy yourself with something that is apart from your business life and your general social activities. If it's hobby that others like to hear about, so much the better.
 Read, read, readi Read newspa- pers and magazines to find out what is going on in the world about you. Read history to know what has gone before. Develop 8 taste for good fiction and biography. Re- member what you read.
 Try to be interested in people. Don't make them listen to your life story unless they beg for 1t. Instead. insist upon hearing theirs. Someone said that if you let a person talk about himself for one hour and show real enthusiasm while he is doing it, you have made friend.
 NExT-The beauty that lasts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
SERIOUS ERROR IN CARE OF
 BABY

SERIOUS ERROR IN CARE OF
 BABY
 A healthy, properly fed baby will never need any other laxative than the right food. There is no if or but about this. I'm telling you. It's your baby. This is a free country. Take my advice or take the advice of Mrs. Sumsey or Saireygamp if you prefer.
 The first dose. of physic you give the baby, under any circumstance, is the beginning of all the trouble you will have from then on. There simply isn't any kind of laxative, physic, cathartic or laid" you can inflict on your baby which is with out bad after effect-binding. Cas- tor oil is particularly harmful in that respect. In practice castor oil is used only in the treatment of di- arrhea, because by its action it pre- sumably expels or sweeps out of- lending material and then locks the bowel for a while.
 But that is not the main reason why the sane parent will carefully avoid resorting to castor oil or other physic without definite or specific prescription by the physician. There would be no harm in locking up the bowel for a day or two or for several days, no dire poisoning or autointoxication or other evil conse- quence. But the administration of any such medicine to young in fant seriously upsets the natural physiological automatic regulation of the digestion in the whole length of the digestive tract and makes the establishment of physic habit easy. Here is the way most victims of constipation" get that way.
 If the baby's food is too weak, too much water and not enough nutri- tive material (fat, carbohydrate, proteid) of course there will be a coStive state.
 If the baby does not get enough vitamin B, as already explained in these harangues about the baby business, of course all the digestive processes will be weak and inefd- cient.
 If you want your baby to thrive, to be well and happy and normal RESIST THAT IMPULSE to give physic, enema or any other alleged laid" for the action of the bowel". The peristaltic mechanism is per- fectly adjusted physiological process and the first interference with it is equivalent to adjusting a new watch with a hair pin.
 , Breast fed babies usually have two or three soft, smooth, yellow, almost odorless stools a day. Bottle fed babies have one or two pasty, formed brownish or greenish, slightly n1al- odorous stools daily. Only when the stools contain large Jumps or curds or considerable slime" or mucous is the doctors advice necessary. Water; cream or fat, syrup, honey; fruit juices, cereal gruels, prunes and other fruits stewed or strained raw are laxative. Manufactured infant foods" tend to make the baby cost i've.
 r Even in acute diarrhea, Cholera infantum. or summer complaint, tn- stead of giving castor oil, give Aro- matic Syrup of Rhubarb (alsO called Spiced Syrup of Rhuharb) in the same dose for the same purpose as castor oil.
 Twice a day offer the baby drink of water-warm at first, after 2 month or two cool Watera between
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
WOMAN,S REALM
.RARENRB-'
 Your Children
By Olive Roberts Barton

Procrastination is almost inexcus- able. Whatever Omar Khayyam said, or Louis the Fourteenth, ol some of the merry wits of history about putting of until tomorrow well, there isn't anything so mad dening as the very fellow who fol- lows them.
 Now, there is a secret about do- ing things at once, or being there on time. That is, to do them ahead of time and to be there ahead ot time.
 The urgency of time must be inn pressed on the child, or all his life he will put things of until the last minute and maybe not then. He won't expect the world to wait. It won't. Time and tide won't care whoop about him, and he is going to be left right on his corner.
 Time Should Be Budgeted
 I think the parceling of time quite as important as the budget ing on money. There is just so much and no more.
 Don't let him start of to his music lesson five minutes late. The teacher will have to throw her whole schedule off just because he wanted to finish the detective story on the radio.
 Don't struggle and scold to get him off to school on time. Make him learn to watch the clock and get there on his own. And if he doesn't show up for supper, don't save his plate. No, don't. Forget about hih stomach and don't go carrying up 8 cold snack to bed later on. He won't Starve. A habit of promptness may make him 8 million dollars some day and pro- vide many meals.
 Of course, you will have to CO., operate. When he goes to school, breakfast has to be early. You are his best example. The child of dilatory parents cannot be expected to uphold the honor of the name. This goes for almost everything.
 1&EWAAkCSS 11CUAASANAGA0~
 Nothing makes me madder than to go to. the hairdresser's at an appointed hour - maybe I have broken my neck to get there-and find my appointment delayed be- cause Mrs. Smith ahead of me was twenty minutes late for hers. Once 8 lady who was to meet me at a place for lunch made me wait an hour and half. She said calmly that she had decided to stop at her dressmaker's on the way to town. I would rather have done without lunch than wait in the heat for a very casual woman. I have reServ- ed my affection for her ever since.
 Make the child prompt. He will never learn younger. There are so many reasons for it. But the best one is that he will learn poise and security, and not have to excuse hifself (if he has the grace) through life. Copyright. 1886, NEA Service. 1nc.)
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MAKE IT YOURSELF
 NEEDLEWORK PATTERN
CAPITALS ARE
 GAY ON TOWELS

The graceful cat-tails, waving in the breeze, seem rather proud of their responsibility in making the tea towel rack, and the Kitchen in general, brighter and more att tractive. A. NUMO hot iron trans- fer for these designs is No. C8558. It can be used several times, and includes designs for tea towels. a glass or hand towel. and . pan holder.
 To order, ask for No. C8558, or tear out illustration and send with 10 cents stamps or coin. (Any three 10 cent Make It Yourself" patterns only 25 cents.) Address your order to Waterbury Democrat, Make It Yourself Pattern Bureau, Box 166. Kansas City, Mo. Be sure to give name and complete address
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29

try to avoid being caught within conversational spray range of any one purporting to have a "cold." grippe" "du," "sore throat" or "dis- temper" This is explained in book let Call it Cri," copy of which will be sent if you ask for it and inclose ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your address.
 GangliOn
 Swelling between wrist bone and cord leading to thumb. Pains severely when I move thumb in certain po- sition. Various clinics applied dry bandage, strapping, iodine, baking, no relief. Have had it six months G. P. H.)
 Answer-This is not a clinic. If it is ganglon (weeping sinew) the cure is removal of sac under local anes- thesia. Why not consult physician who practices under his own name? Copyright, 1886, John F. Dille Col
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fight, of course. They would re- fuse, you may say they would but there are legal machines that are more powerful than any mother of seven sons. There are some countries Russia and Spain where women take up arms of their own accord.
 If womanhood did refuse to an- swer the roll call you say2 Then men probably will keep on fight ing pretty much as they are do- ing today. If womanhood shoul- dered their guns at inspection - horrible as the prophecy $ = men would stop their carnage forever. Copyright, 1886, NEA Service, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
By DIR. MORRIS FIsHBEIN

By DIR. MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American
 Medical Association, and of
 Hygeia, the Health Magazine When a wound is infected, the physician will open the abscess, if he is able to find one, to provide drainage of the pus or infectious material that is retained in the Tissues.
 If. however, the infection is not localized that is, not accumulated as an abscess in one place-it may not be desirable to open the area. The care taken after such a wound has been opened and drained, is of the greatest importance.
 If the hand or leg is held mo- tionless in bad position for too long a time, Scarring may take place which will make 1t impossi- zle to move the fingers or toes, and may perhaps cripple the infected Individual.
 Assesses affecting the lips and nose are now sometimes treated with the x-ray.
 Small wounds are usually treated an the home with some of the common antiseptics. Tn discussing materials to be included in the family medicine chest, I mentioned tincture of iodine and mercuro- chrome.
 Other antiseptics include the sat- tlrated solution of boric acid, hydro gen peroxide, solution of metaphor, and solution of hexylresorcinol, in addition to the solution of chlor- mated soda and cresol. Very strong antiseptics should not be used, ex- cept on the advise of doctor.
 Wounds must be washed thor oughly with soap and water. Then the disinfectant may be applied. After that, the wound may be cov- cred with sterile gauge and the gauge suitably fastened to the wound. Sometimes 1t is best to use adhesive tape. One must be care- fiIi, however, in putting a bandage ok adhesive tape around a limb. Make certain that the circulation is not greatly cut of as to increase fhe pain and prevent healing.
 10 one should attempt to sew a
 eand unless he has had medical training. if pls or infectious ma- HrIal appears. it should have prompt medical attention.
 come i7ps5 nf wounds represent
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Latest Styles
HELEN WELSHIMER SAYS:
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By Helen " eIsIainler

WHEN the windows of troop trains to kiss " their children good bye ,7s.s
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 senogaphes triggers instead of type writers af s sgs '. ~ When women go war, war cease! TIT appalling consider the possibility of in which fight side by side with their husbands and fathers One thing is sure
 worldwide there those who ara contending be history of human
 kind When man has seen women drenched in the
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feedings. Just pure drinking water, with nothing added. If he does not take it, he is getting sufficient water in or with his food.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Meningitis
 Please suggest what antiseptic you recommend for spraying the nose or throat to prevent catching men, ingitis where the disease is epi- demic? (Mrs. D. 0. W.)
 Answer-I~ do not believe such spraying or gargling prevents such infection. I do believe it is well to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
DEAR MISS cHATF1ELD:


 reckon they god-digger but can't help it. and plenty of cash good number two Jobs turkey Number dating him and swell and love places and do things doesn't to consider the price of party movie ticket ana times for had rather he with time Charlie Marriage ijust going not going steady What do GOLD DIGGER
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
MAIL BAG RECORD

Rosendale, Wis. CUP) - For 30 years without missing a single day Mrs. Mary Jantz, GA and 4 feet 8 inches tall, has toted heavy mail bags over the half-mile route be- tween the depot and post office here,
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 Swing friends until the time the finger in pledge that handcus him. Your wishing places and do things gold and desire to friend who foot the bills is natural The only calling girls time bid to a wants him to this point give him plenty of competition grief giving friends too other subject
 CAROLINE GARFIELD
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29

Women have never b orne arms in Q de- mocracy. It is in Communist R usSia and in radical Spain
 that W m e n have set out to kill and nlairn in order to up- hold their prin- ciples. T ha t strange battal- ion, which swept over the nort hern step-.
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Hoz0 To Keep WeU
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Caroline Chatfield
Correspondent Deplores Tendency of Women to Expect Continuous Happiness and' Points Out That the PoIlyanna Philosophy of Life Is Prac- tical.
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DEAR MISS CHATFIELD:

Reading column regularly surprised at the number who enjoy being miserable Life not nuOuy Sorrow, poverty and hardknocs lot few husband died and left health with three children to bring and educate
 of happiness remembering how good he what happy home had When young realized of life best and proved true in heath has fine family of five pretty comfortable home Yet in spite all the time and wonders why husband and her children disObdent believe that
 nsefsh be reasonably happy for where trouble there usually hundred things to be for c G.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-09-29
CAROLINE CHATFIELD.

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 all lady, but there thing that character absorb the blows of being by them Everybody hasn't those assets loved death bitter blow but something of healing with it. There nothing do about It final evocabe It to or later These wretched who wrestling with living sorrows their up They believe that they something straighn things somebody will tell Sometimes of they responsible for the they find themselves and disconent But married Shoddy that good the wives be their marriages are doomed
 observation that the bright side put anything the relation right When it everything that her attitude toward with this relationship This a paragon of a wife can't do it all
 CAROLINE CHATFIELD.
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gore D8GLle, ticipated in the experiences which she now shares only vicarously she will work Inceasngly that there may be peace on the earth good will among men.
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It Is horrible picture. The ma jority of women do not want to