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Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-20
Your Nerves
And You
By w1NIFRED RHoADEs

One of the useful conceptions OF
present-day psychology is that OF
constellation" Of ideas. Every idea
has Others associated with 1t.
1t is impossible to think OF the
original idea-or even to have 1t
subconsciously alive in your mind
without being influenced in your
reaction tendencies by associated
ideas. $500
An illustration will help to make
this clear. Around the idea OF milk,
in Mrs. Gs mind was this con-
stellation of associated ideas: Il
don't like milk"-"I don like the
taste of milk"-"I don't like the
smell of milk"-"Milk brings out
a rash on me" - Il can't drink
milk"-'I won't drink milk"
That, it is easy to perceive. was
a bad constellation of ideas. Ev-
verything was negative. Everything
helped to produce a revlusion TO
milk. 1t is not difficult to under
stand why Mrs. G.. was starving
herself to death when it is re-
vealed that similar considerations
of ideas we're associated with otEcf
kinds of food.
What was done with Mrs. G.
was to help her to build up new
and better constellation of ideas
Milk is needed food''-'1t is
easy to digest is delicious
u didn't know milk was so deli
cious'-''I can drink it with entire
safety"-"Iwill drink it"
You ca napply tn ida in many
ways. Take the matter Of sleep.
Hero is bad constellation OF
ideas TO take 10 bed with you: oh,
how I dread these hours in bed!'-
Il kow / shall lie awake and think
about all my problems shall
toss and tumble all night Il
shall be more tired when morning
comes than I am now"-"Oh, how
nervous I feel!'-"I'm going TO turn
on my light and read"
If you go to bed with such
thoughts and expectations cluster
ed about the idea of sleep is it any
wonder if you lie awake? Build
up. istead such a constellation as
this: My body needs rest and Sc
.ioes my mind"-"How good it is to
90 to bedi"-"I will draw down the
curtains of my mind and shut out
all thought the morning !
shall feel refreshed" Your expecta-
tions will lead you to have a good
night.
Here is another application of
the idea Day after day when your
work is over you suffer from head
ache, irritability. tears nagging
pains, a feeling of utter eXhaus-
ton. The trouble may come from
your relations with your employer.
The thought of him brings up
this constellation of associated
ideas: Hes always finding fault
He picks me out more than any
one else"-"I don't like him I'm
afraid of hint can't stand it
any Ionger"-"I shall break down if
I don't leave
With such ideas in your head all
the while you may indeed break
down, and anyway you make it
much harder TO do your work
You mush build up a new and
better constellation: My boss pro-
yides me with my job"-"He pays
me my salary regularly will
Try to understand him better''-"I
will be too big to let the unpleas-
ant tiIirgs hurt nlc"-'I'm mighty
luekv II have the job"-"I will do
my best to please my boss and not
let other things matter"
That new corstcllstion Of ideas
vill net only help ycu to do your
wo'k b tttr but will also react
na4ltli.is Hg"i' J"ut Pnj -io-i saa-
tit!0n, ,+-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-20
Famous Sayings

The demand of the human understanding for causa4
ton requires but the one old and only answer God.
Dexter.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-10-20
Thoughts for the Day

And it came to pass that whosoever shall call the
name of the Lord shall be saved-Acts 22l.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-21
It's Not The War, It's The High Cost Of War
 That Has Good British Housewives Up In Arms

suggested was that the government extend the ration control to rigid price fixing of all essential foods.
 This the Ministry of Food may some day do. But for the present they favor community feeding. For during the past six weeks they have been watching closely the efforts of several vol unteer women to supply cooked food cafeteria-style to sum area workers.
 When the women proved that good food could be supplied in- expensively to the poor, the min- istry said the idea had merit and decided to adopt it as an integral part of a wartime feeding scheme.
 Currently at Liverpool they are planning the first government sponsored food kitchen. Opened purely as an experiment, it will be the proving ground for all ideas which have been ,collected since the war started On how masses should be fed
 New director of the feeding scheme is a Liverpool Glasgow chain store director, w. D. Chrimes. But the brains behind the whole experi- ment, Ministry of Food employees tacitly admit, is Dr. John c. Drum mond, former University of London professor. A noted expert in bio- chemistry, Dr. Drummond has been the governments adviser in dietet- 1 icS. ~
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never will be much use to any, body.
 He ought to keep one plain fact in mind:> If you have any problem worth worrying about, it is worth solving.
 NOTHING TO
 WORRY THE WORRIER
 If he ever forgot that, he would not be able to boast T didn't sleep wink U for worrying"
 Instead he. would take the ques- ton troubling him and seek the best answer to it. When he decided on a plan of action he would go to work and carry it out.
 Then he wouldn't have anything to worry about. If his answer was wrong = there would still be no need for worrying, because 1t would be too late.
 NOT HELPING | ANYBODY
 There wouldn't be nearly as much worrying in the world if worrying didn't give people such a sense ot superiority. It is as though the wor- riers kept telling themselves. Other pople don't let the troubles and sorrows of others feet them. They don't have my fine feelings, my sym pathy. They don't know what it is to worry, as do" And so the worrfer worries on not helping anybody but feeling satisfied that he is doing some thing as long as he is worrying.
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essential an examination is, for suc- ceSsful treatment of such cases.
 (---- M. D. j Answer - Even so, the doctor should decline to treat the patient who refuses to be examined.
 Liniment <, Please state how n1ucn the "Solidi- fled Liniment" should cost or give an estimate. Had some made up by our druggist and thought his price was very high. (M. c. H.) Z Answer-You do not mention the {, formula. In any case I do not know and cannot give an estimate of the, cost. Perhaps the Compound Oint- ment of Menthol, N. F., would cost less, being ready prepared in quan- tity-it is virtually the same formula as so-called analgesic balm. A good liquid liniment is made by mixing ammonia liniment and camphor 1in- iment (camphorated oil) half and half. These are standard N. F. prep arations druggists have ready made.
 Dabbling With Diet s' Please send a list of vegetables and. fruits person with arthritis may eat. I know meat is bad. (H. M) ~, Ar1sWer-One with arthritis should eat any fresh vegetables or fruits he. likes, and fresh meat at least three or four days week. Send stamped envelope bearing your address, and ask for monograph on "Arthritis". [. Protected by John F. Dille Co.)
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SIMPLE, CLASSIC SHIRTWAI

No wardrobe is completed without at least one crisply tailored, classi- cally styled shirtfrock. For this long or short-sleeved style makes a smart companion for a busy day of shopping, working, lunching. Claire TiIden has designed Pattern l23 with special attention to slimming, youthful lines and to easy making. Her reliable Sewing Guide that ac- companies the pattern gives you all the short cuts of dressmaking. Each detail of this frock has slenderlz- ing purpose. The yokes that keep the shoulders so nicely smooth curve ever so slightly for flattery. They're deeply darted below, to hold trim the becoming bloused lines of the bodice. which are also gathered be- low into the waist seam. Both the optional long, narrow collar and the front buttoning add to the tall-and- slim effect of the dress. So does the well-planned skirt, with its double front and single back panels. Let the collar freshly contrast, ii you like. and add the snare pointed pockets. A spun-rayon or tubba- ble silk are fine fabric suggestions.
 Pattern 123 is cut in women's sizes 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, A, 46 and 48. Size 36 requires As yards 35 inch
 Send FIFTEEN CENTS q5c) in coins for this pattern. WRITE CLEARLY SIZE, NAME ADDRESS AND STYLE NUMBER.
 Send orders to the Waterbury Democrat, Pattern Department.
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All summer long the smaller members of the family have been enjoying their picnic parties" in the woods, at the lake or perhaps on the front porch. These are very simple parties so far as food is con cerned. A few sandwiches, some cookies and milk and perfect satisfaction is assured. ?
 But now we have our indoor parties to consider much more elaborate social events in the child's life. Marjorie and Margaret come 'all dressed up." Games are in order. A nice dessert is antici- pated.
 You will want to keep away from too heavy foods or too much food,- particularly if these are afternoon gatherings where luncheon is serv- ed only a few hours before the home dinner. Here's a suggestion for an economical, healthful dessert that calls for no eggs, no baking or no boiling - but that will always please your little guests:
 Vanilla Rennet-custard
 1 package vanilla rennet powder 1 pint milk, ordinary or
 homogenized
 E cup whipping cream
 4 cup sugar
 Make rennet-custard according to directions on package. Then chill in refrigerator. When ready to serve, whip the cream, adding sugar and mixing well. Squeeze through a.pastry tube and decorate top of eacn rennet-custard. Gar nish with sliced maraschino cherries, bananas, marshmallows or colorful candies.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-21
CORRECTION OF BAGGY
 EYELIDS

Speaking of the treatment of out standing ears mentioned that none of the persons I have known with the affliction have been true to the type associated with outstanding ears-that is, none of them has been pugnacious, ill-tempered or of a mean disposition; on the contrary they are all pleasant to know and get along with.
 Come to think of it now, few if any of the persons with baggy eye lids I have known were what l un- consciously expect such a person to be. Tn fact several of them think of at the moment were teetotalers. And so it is with folk adorned with acne rosacea c'rum blossom )-in- deed, it seems as though the sots seldom have it or if they have it they don't care.
 The removal of redundant skin or "bags" from the eyelids may seem simple enough, but it requires the skill and trained judgment of the sculptural surgeon to decide just how much skin to remove. Under local anesthesia, in the sur- geon'S office, the skin is incised just Ybelow the line of the eyelashes, the skin of the eyelid is undermined and the proper amount of skin is cut away and the inciSion is closed with interrupted horsehair sutures. The sutures are removed after three days. Due to the natural loose character of the skin of the eyelidS it is difficult to see the slight scar left at the line of incision and there is little scar ring following wound of the eyelid anyway.
 It requires much experience and good judgment to decide just how much skin to remove in each indi- vidual case. If too little is removed the "bags" will remain after the op- eration. If too much is removed ectropion Burning out of the eyelid) may ensue and the patient will crave $1 ,000 ,000 or so damages for malprac- tice. So it is the sculptural sur- geon's problem to find the happy medium-and that is why you em- ploy him in preference to the ordi- nary doctor or specialist for such work
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Onus of Diagiosis Anent your article on the diag- nosis of rectal lesions, some of the greatest failures in my twenty years of practice have been just such cases but in my experience the more in- telligent the patient the more diffi- cult to gain consent to thorough examination. Perhaps similar article by you from time to time would be great good by teaching people how
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-21
. MeKENNEY'S BRIDGE QUIZ
EIis Times Bids to Defeat, Not to Make Contract
America's Card Author

Failure to look ahead costs con- tracts. am always harping on look ing ahead.
 In tournament bridge the fine player combines the bidding and the play. In today's hand Morrie Els gives a splendid demonstration of bidding a hand, not with the thought of playing the contract, but entirely with the hope of defeating 1t.
 The first round of bidding was normal. When the opponents got to three no trump. Ellis bid four clubs because he was confident that his opponent would bid four hearts, and
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-21

4 dream that nearly comes true iA tho remarkable baHls Of RIso Redloh newest dramatic offering Stranger on the Third Floor" Uss he . brand new technique Of ple- ltFesmnklng ihe niiA reveals the dangers oi cireuntlenllal evidence, Peter Lore ls featured,
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he wanted to get a club opening. With the opening lead of the club jack, Els and Harry Fishbein were able to defeat a sound contract.
 Of course. declarer made one little mistake. He should have gone up with the ace of clubs, then he could have taken the diamond ilnesse and discarded his losing club.
 But he allowed the club to ride 10 his queen, Elis won with the king, cashed the ace of spades and led back a club. Fishbein won the first heart lead with the ace and gave his partner a spade ruff,
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worker. It is the poor who suffer, they said, when eggs and other commodities are not sufficient to go around. The well-to-do who can afford top prices either buy up the available surplus or take the best.
 That there is a knot in the dis tribution of foods the Ministry of Food will admit, but smoothing the whole situation out is another matter, because more than the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-21
WE, THE WOMEN Worrying Is Just EgOtiS1n
BY RUTH MILLETT

Worriers are proud of how well they worry. If they weren't, they wouldn't talk so much about their worrying.
 T declare" they say, T was so worried I couldn't sleep all night"
 And that is supposed to impress
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g o V e r n ment measures which would put a stop to a ris- ing cost of liv-' ing which has jumped 32 per cent since war started.
 T h e y de- clared that al- though W a r. t i m e industry has put more men to work; essential foods are b e y o n d rnac ach of the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-21
GET A NEW HAIR-DO, TOO .

Getting his best acting chance to date, Jack Carson heads the suppots lnR east Of Lucky Partners" Itko nadlo's new Ronald co|manso Ginger lloenfB vehicle, as 0lenefA dumb flancf, The hlm Is said le be ollo ot lho funniest 0i iho season,
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you. B ut why should it? Their worrying didn't g e t anything done. It didn't help the person they were wor- rying about. All it did was give the W o T r i e r a sen SC of achievement he didn't earn.
 As long as a worrier spends a great part of his time, effort, and thought in Worryin ng, he
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price of food has jumped - the whole general cost of living has scared.
 HOW FOOD
 PRICES JUMPED
 Clothes, for example, cost 39 per cent more than when war started, and fuel, heat and light is 16 per cent costlier. As for food, rib beef is now up A per cent; fresh eggs have increased by 36 per cent; bacon 29 per cent; fish 39 per cent; gfanu- lated sugar 66 per cent; cheese 28 per cent; thin flank beef 9 per cent. And although flour is not up bread has increased per cent. But ter, recently reduced by rationing from six ounces per person week to four ounces, is up 24 per cent.
 Price of fuel, heat and light up only 16 per cent, is not too much cut of line for wartime, and new clothes do not have to be pur- chased this year. But food is a day-to-day commodity which must be administered properly to the people by any nation at war, because a well-fed nation may well prove the difference between defeat and victory.
 COMMUNITY
 FEEDING?
 The solution which the women at the National Conference of Labor
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 So smart you'll feel in this pret- ty necklace of colorful "sea shells" It has the fragile '"tinkly" effect that's the last word in costume jewelry. And who'lf guess you made it easily yourself-from ma- caroni shells!
 You first apply drop of water to the center of each shell, using a medicine dropper. Then, with a needle, bore a hole through the softened spot-as in our top dia- gram.
 When you've prepared seven shells in this way, cut seven pieces of wire 2 1-2 inches long and twist one end of each wire into flat spiral l-8 inch in diameter.
 Now through each tiny shell hole stick wire-as shown by the lower diagram. The spiral end of the wire rests on the outside of the shell and the other end fastens to your chain-which, if you wish, you can make easily from copper wire.
 After all shells are securely fast ened, paint them outside and in- with enamel in your favorite col- or. Aqua blue. dusty pink are love- ly. Complete directions for this and other stunning pieces are given in our 32-page booklet. Includes clips, belts, boutonnieres, necklaces. brace lets, pins. Tells how to make raf- fla and sealing wax flowers.
 Send lOc in, coin for your copy of COSTUME JEWELRY YOU CAN EASILY MAKE to the Waterbury Democrat Home Service, 6S5 Sixth Ave-, New York, N. Y. Be sure to write plainly your NAME, AD- DRESS, and the NAME Of booklet. Worcestershire sauce, buttered toast. Trim fat from kidney, cut ip x inch slices and dredge with flour. Fry chopped bacon and suet, add kidney slices onion and pepper and turn until meat Is thoroughly scared and coated with rich brown gravy. Add cftsup, seasoning and water, cover closely and simmer v hour. Just before serving add Worcestershire sauce. Serve piping hot on narrow strips Of toast
 ToMoRRow's MENU
 BREAYPAsT: orange juice. fried Philadelphia scfnpple. hut- tered toast, cnrrant Jelly, coffee, milk.
 LUNCHEON: Toasted luncheon enaeks, soft Folls, fruit cup, sponge cake, tca, milk,
 DINNER: croamed nodllnh with n0lal0 balla, bsolled tomato halves. ielluce nlid vegetable aels ad. nil|m pl,, cheese eoliee, mllk'
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-21
BY PAUL MANNING

NEA Service Staff Correspondent
 London, Sept. 20.-Representatives of five million working British wo- men, meeting recently in a National Conference of Labor, demanded
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-21
Modern Menus
BY MRS. GAYNOR MADDOX NEA Service Staff Writer

NEkA 0CANACC 0t4AA WWAAtCA
 Something just a little different for luncheon or the Sunday night supper-that's always a problem in the economy budget. Here are two sprightly answers.
 TOASTED LUNCHEON SNACKS
 -Four Servings)
 Eight slices bread, 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons orange mar malade, 6 ounces prepared ham and pork (1sl car), ? cups cooked fresh peas, parsley, pickle slices.
 Cut bread into round with large biscuit cutter. Spread thinly with butter and marmalade. Mash ham up until 1t spreads smoothly, and cover rolnds of bread with ham. Arrange on i5-inch neat resist ant glass platter and toast in Q hot oven (400 degrees F) about 20 min utes or until well Drowned. Pour peas onto platter between rounds. darnish with pickle slices and pars- ley. Serve right in the glass plat- ter which keeps the sn,ckg hot.
 This recipe uses beef kidney which Is comparatively cheap and Of course also Important from nu- lritlonal angle.
 KIDNEY CREOLE STYLE lf (Four ServlngsD
 ons iarge beef kidney, 2 table- npoons flour, slice bacon, chopped; q tablespoons chopped huet, 2 ons ions. chopped, i sweet pepper ellOpnod, cup calanp, auleo ! |enoii, i-n teaspoon o'irfy powder i@o loaap0on cayenne, h bat lenll l ltn1po0n nali, teatpoonA minced fRIslsy. ! cap waief : lenspoon
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' lg
 O. Please give directions for mak- ing barrel pool for garden.
 A. Saw the barrel in two and sink the halves in the ground, almost to the rim, about two feet deep. This aloiws for one foot of soil and one foot of water, the ideal condition for most water lilies and aquatic plants. A few clumps of moisture loving plants, such as iris, forget-ine- nots, cardinal flower. turtle-head. ferns and ornamental grasses help to make a frame for the lilies. For the soil, mix three parts good garden soil with one part of well-rotted COW mature. It should not discolor the water. Ground bone and some cofli- mercial fertilizer can be substituted for the manure. The proportion to use is about one quart of bone meal and one-fourth pound of fertilizer to one bushel of soil. This is enough for one half-barrel.
 e. When canning meats and chicken. Is 1t necessary to use a pres sure cannerP
 A. Yes; the temperatures required 10 reflective sterilization cannot be obatlned Inside the can or Jar except ky the use ef the steam pressure caIi- rer. The water bath, the oven. end the steamer without pressure arc ln- adeauate for canning meats and ean- not be used safely. fnsuflcientiy processed meat may keep, f stored at . loW temperature, but even when no visible signs Of spollase gre obs served thornlo is no certainty that i the bacteria, which cause food i poisoning, have not ben oetlye, " | a pressure cannor in not eE4lnnN.
 other meihodr oi preservation nllolii1
 be used Cor meats
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-21
BEAUTY
Glorifing Yourself
By Alicia Hart
NEA Service Staff Writer

It shouldn't be difficult for any woman to find fall hats that are flattering as well as chic.
 Shops are filled with bonnets to make you both pretty and smart looking. Fashion designers and milliners are giving us clothes to make men smile approingly instead of hooting. Where in the world did you get THAT?"
 MANY MODELS
 FOR POMPADOURS
 That new pompadour of yours can be dramatized with tiny velvet calots, pert little pillboxeS and a variety of -the-face, brimmed hats. If you know the lines of the back of your head are rather nice, consider forwards -tilting models which stress that fact. There are feather hats in colors to compile ment the natural colorign in your hair, skin and eyes.
 Wide -brimmed hats of soft, fuz- zy. beaver-felt are dramatic and at the same time feminine. Bretons, berets and calots of leopard and other furs look new and chic but not frighteningly so.
 Yes, this is a fall when you can have hats which bring out your best lines and are dramatic enough to impress the bridge club, but which won't make your husband scream when he lays eyes on them. GET A NEW
 HAIR-DO, TOO
 Your coiffure, too. may look new without seeming extreme. There are enough popular variations Of every popular style to enable you to suit your own features as well as your enthusiasm for . change Of hair-do,
 Incidentally, women who have been wearing poInpadouFs for some time report that they are much simpler 70 manage than the upswept styles which were touted at this time last year.