The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-11-27

his column.
more so because il is feared that
habits will be formed in great
groups Of our population which
will be continued long after the
war is over.
For instance, a mother and faith
er are both employed in war in
dustry and both work on a night
shift. They leave one or two or
more small children alone in a
house or an apartment or a room
by themselves. The mother and
father come home tired and often
a, child only four or five years of
age is left TO shift for itself for
breakfast. Social service workers
made an inspection Of locked cars
around a certain munitions works
at night and found something like
rs babies all lying asleep in the
back seats Of cars.
Day Nurseries
1t hardly needs anyone with
technical training to point out
that this is all wrong. If proper
provision cannot be made for such
children, one member Of the fam
lily should give up work and stay
home with them. In many cities
the civic authorities have provided
nurseries for these war orphans.
My own institution has created
a day nursery for the children Of
married nurses and social service
workers who have had TO return
to duty on account Of the drafting
of the unmarried ones. There is
no use winning the war if we lose
all of our civilization and all Of the
next generation in the effort. Even
if it slows up the war effort, the
babies have to be taken care of.
Another similar problem is the
child of grade school or high
school age whose parents are both
off working and who is given a key
TO the home. These are called in
my community THE Door Key
Kids" They get in the house or
apartment in groups of mixed
ages and sexes and plenty Of
things happen. This is the respon-
sibility of the parents, together
with the school authorities and
also with the industrial plants
TO see that the children of such an
age are not given license which is
beyond their powers Of restraint
to deal with.
The Breakfast Problem
The breakfast problem for the
child, or children, who are left
alone by parents who are both en-
gagged in work is one that has
cropped up internationally in the
last two decades. 1t often leads tn
very serious nutritional defcien-
cies. During the days of depres-
sion and unemployment, curiously,
but obviously enough, it was not
as much of a problem as it is in
these days of comparative pros
perity. Which is quite a price to
pay for prosperity.
| feel that all manufacturing
plants which employ women work
ers have the obligation of furnish
ing nurseries for both day and
night shifts presided over by re-
sponsible attendant. Certainly the
women war workers can have a
reasonable right to expect that
their children will be fed and
watched over and attended while
they are doing war work for their
country.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Mrs. j. j. L.;-Will lemon
juice and baking soda taken be-
fore breakfast help rheumatism,
and is 1t constipating?
Answer: Alkalis which include
lemon juice and baking soda have
always had reputation for help
ing rheumatism, but not with any
very good scientific foundation. At
least, they do no harm and are
not constipating.
f. B.:-What symptoms would
manifest themselves in a person
taking vitamin B regularly if the
system is getting too much?
Answer: Nutrition experts do
not believe vitamin B ever causes
toxic symptoms, no matter how
much is taken There have been
cases reported, however, of SEN
sitiveness to thiamine chloride
(which is vitamin b causing skin
eruptions and other allergic mani
festations.
This Is II, and may az well
broadcast it to the public generally.
The generality of folk don't see
the GOLDFISH BOWL, as a spe-
cial class Of an issue, and Charlie
Hamilton was a historical person
atty, who ought to get into the ma
tional record.
To prove Il, I've referred TO
President Roosevelt's call on him
of write F. d. RS biography.