The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-20
CROWS FEET AND OTHER
 MARKS OF SENILITY

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 The last year, complains Miss J. J-, have notice horrid crows feet under my eyes over the check bone. Can this be caused by inn proper diet or need of glasses? How can I get rid of them? I have tried many creams'but to no avail. There fore come to you, a famous doctor feeling sure you will help me.
 I'd like to learn the name of the famous doctors who feels sure will help any one. Could use it as testimonial.
 Wrinkles appearing in the skin when a woman is never mind how old spell one thing, senility. Gosh, girls, this pains me as much at 1t does you, but stay with us 8 while and maybe you'll learn something to your boy friends satisfaction.
 Miss J. J., naturally enough, gives no hint whether she is six teen or sixty, but 1t doesn't matter at all. don't are what a woman's chronological age may be, what concerns me is how old she feels. Let me feel of her artery, you know, take her pulse in that knowing way wise doc has, and while I'm pre- tending to count 1t and judge the tension and force and so on I'm really determining the texture and elasticity of her skin and the con- dition of her hair and the presence or absence of the arcus senilis in her lovely eyes, and pretty soon I have @ very good idea how long she is likely to live.
 A man is as old as his arteries and a woman is as old as her skin. I have reached the conclusion in my own mind that arteriosclerosis is nutritional deficiency. This is just my notion. No one is compelled to accept it or even to take 1t ser- iously. By the same line of reason ing infer that these crowsfeet and other wrinkles appearing in the skin before one is really old enough to deserve them, are likewise a nutri- tional deficiency.
 There is just as good ground to believe that such premature wrink- ling and sallowness and dryness and harshness of the skin of woman of say thirty or forty-at which age woman should be at her very top condition in every way--is due to hypochronic anemia in many cases and is remedied by larger doses of iron than we formerly deemed nec- essary in any case. Still, I am not convinced that the iron alone pro- duces all the good results of such treatment in such cases. I suspect the gain in health, vitality and ap- pearance may be due to the increas- ed intake of vitamins in the more liberal variety and quantity of foods the patient takes under the effects of the iron, or something like that. QUESTIONS and ANSWERS Immunity Against Pneumonia Son aged 5 years just out of bed after mild attack of pneumonia. Kindly advise how to protect him against recurrence. Doctor said something about damp air, drafts, etc., which left me confused. |. (Mrs. G. V. H.
 Answer-If he were my son I'd pay no attention to damp air, drafts, etc., as long as the child seems to enjoy himself in comfort. Try to teach him to do the Belly Breath ing exercise three times a day. Send stamped envelope three times & day. Send stamped envelope bear ing your address for instructions. We'll, Make Up Your Mind
 am eighteen years old and I weigh 156 pounds. Please tell me how I can reduce. (B. Somebody
 Answer-You're old enough now to decide whether you're going to be man or woman. When you make up your mind about it, let me know whether it is Bernard or Beulah Somebody. Also give me an estimate of your height.
 | Poisons
 I understand that alcohol is classed as a racial poison, that is, one that damages both the parent and the unborn child, and that lead and syphilis are two other racial poisons. Is this correct? (E. B. L.)
 Answer-It is true that if an ex- pectant mother takes alcohol her child suffers the same intoxication, poisoning or damage that her own body does. Likewise lead. But Syp- hills is disease, not just a poison. A child may inherit defective cells or tissues from an alcoholic father. There is scientific reason to believe that feeblemindedness and epilepsy are sometimes due to such defective