The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-04-20
THE WORLDS CHAMPION
 DRAFT DODGER


 As nearly undressed as even the local conventions permit members of the sterner sex had lunch the 'other day with three playmates at Ia famous winter. resort. It was quite warm there, in fact it was hot in the sunshine. So warm that near ly everybody preferred tables out in the patio. We were fortunate enough to find an unreserved table there and we were about to sit down when one of my playmates, who wore. think, about four pounds more of clothing than I did, tentatively tried his chair in the more sheltered corner and hastily got up. :.
 You fellows may stay here and eat-Iu go inside" he said. Inside was deserted, because everybody appartnely wanted to lunch out in the open. r..,, @,5... For a moment l thought the man was joking. But nothing of the kind. He was in earnest. ''I can't stand draft" he explained. Stay where you are. I'll go inside.'' Believe it or not, I neither haw- hawed nor guffawed. On the con- trary I felt annoyed and resentful because we other poor goofs gave up our pleasant open air, table and followed the benighted one into the comparatively stuffy-aild probab- ly more drafty-interior Of the building. Well, there's a time and a place for everything. For example no one. ever heard me call a -den- tist ,""Dentor'' in the second person. Nor do T. raise an eyebrow. or. an argument with any one who says or believe she: catches cold from chil- ling, wet feet, drafts or weather. l learned long ago that it is futile to take issue with people. who harboI such notions, They brush aside all facts or scientific evidence as of nc weight against their own theories prejudices' or obsessions. They re- call so clearly occasions when. they certainly, came down with some thing shortly after some real or fancied exposure to dampness or draft-and ignore as rrevalent the many times they have suffered such exposure without any i'll effect. So, instead Of wasting argument on such individuals boiled it all down and made a booklet out of it, called" Call it Cri."
 Perhaps there are some pretty capable draft dodgers in the asy- lums, but T. swan I. never before saw the equal of this crony of mine. If one finds draft uncomfortable even I would not hesitate to dodge it. if posible3 But there was no question of actual physical discon- fort in this instance I cite. = the poor fellow was simply obsessed with the belief that a stray draft might cause some dire illness, and he made no bones of it..
 Merely being alive must be strain on folk like that. Their con- sciousness is never, quite free from the dread that some vagrant, scarcely perceptible current of air will overtake them sooner or later. j. QUESTIONS < ANSWERS | Wheat to Eat
 We have laid in a peck of wheat. Now how shall we use .it? ;(Mrs. c. w. S.)g R 4.% ';& Please send Aae. about a pound, of
 wheat germ with 1nstftictions how
 to use It. (F. "H9s j. 5ea
 | Answer Send stamped envelope
 bearing your address, sask for mono- /; graph Wheat. to Eat". Buy wheat
 germ of any miller who will catch
 some out for you, or r some food
 stores, some drug stores have 1t in
 pound or two pound packages Eat 1 a fewa tablespO iifuls, daily, straight as cereal, z mixed with any other
 cereal, fruit. etc. ior incorporated in place of one third or .one-half the flour iii any recipe calling for flour Mouth Wash for Breath Odor. | Please suggest a mouth wash to
 relieve an unpleasant odor I think comes from the gums. e. CD is,.s,, [, Answer-Use one chloramine tab let dissolved in an inch of water in glass. Why not get necessary dental ltrsatment if there is trouble in he gums? t'S ts&: $,
 Headache %
 Frequent dull headache, can 1t { nervous headache, ls, my main trouble. Can you offer any sugges- tiens9 I am fifteen pounds under
 weight and find tit ahard to gain
 any weight. Miss o. R) sa 3Answer--Send stamped addressed ! envelope, ask for moho hographs HWl1y Have Headache" and Gaining !! Weight.