The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-29
OLD FOLKS DO NOT FEEL
AT HOME

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most trying (outside Of poor viSion,
writes a reader who is "a and has
Rlauooma and cataract which re-
duces vision to about 20 per cent Of
normal, is q continued WEAKNESS
that against my win compelS me to
lie down with closed eyes much OF
the time in Semi-doZe. The main
tragedy Of old age is that those you
love and depend on, even doctors, go
before you, and leave you depending
on the kindness of those upon whom
you have no claim. I thank you,
Doctor Brady, for the pleasure and
help have found In your column
since you began writing for our
paper. regret that I could not
have had such guidance in my
earlier life -. (MrS. e. NJ
About that WEAKNESS, Ma'arn, let
me suggest that If you are not get
ting a suitable daily ration Of
vitamins you should supplement
your diet with about three or four
times the amount Of vitanln B
complex that nutrition authorities
estimate Is required to maintain
god nutrition. This is not medi-
cine, but food you need but fail to
get in your refined diet, though to
be sure you take It in the form Of
two or three teaspoonfulS Of syrup
or two or three capsules daily.
From the way you tell It, Ma'am,
I can't infer whether you really are
dependent on persons who are not
in duty bound to take care Of you
or whether you are financially inde-
pendent and paying your way re-
CARELESS Of any claim you may have
on relatives or friends or the COM
munity. Could you perhaps rustic
me q cup of tea II I should drop in
for tell some afternoon? Make
1t green tea, and o bit Of sugar or
saccharin tablet, but no milk, thank
you. What! Toast? Well, just
three or four pieces, and believe
I will have wee dab Of the oleo.
margarine-that is, II 1t Is not doc
tored. Le'me see, any sodium benz
zoate in It? Why, why, my dear
madam, I'm sorry, but this concoc-
ton has been embalmed. It must
have been pretty far gone when
they packed 1t, else the chemical
preservative would not have been
necessary. Have you any butter in
the house? Well, never mind. I'll
try to choke down this toast dry.
You knodw, Ma'am I have a ter
rible mad on about oleomargarine
One day reader inquired what
kind Of oleo I used, and complained
that all Of the brands she found in
the market contained sodium BEN
zoate. I ran right down to the re-
frigerator and scrutiniZed three diff
ferent brands more carefully than
ever before, and there in the fine
print SO Sternly required by your
tricky old Uncle Sam I saw that
every blamed brand contained so.
dunn benzoate. And here I've been
EATING the stuff right along! Not
only that, but I have recommended
that several million people do like"
wise, people who may have had
some faith and confidence In me.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When Not to Smoke
Is It good for a mother to smoke
while nursing her three weeks old
baby? She Is anemic but she has to
smoke and says nonsense when I
tell her 1t will harm her II she is
anemic. She says II 1t harmed her
she'd give 1t up. Ct. j.
Answer-Probably 1t does harm
her. Anyway it certainly endangers
the babys health and she should at
least give the baby a chance to
avoid that danger.
Attention MOrons
We are group Of girls, worried
because our legs are skinny and our
ankles are weak. Is there any cream
or medicine to make Our legs fatter?
We have heard there is a cream you
apply to develop any part -.
(The Skinny Three)
AnSwer-There Is no such cream,
medicine or preparatior-I mean
nothing Of the sort will make the
legs or other part develop or get
fatter. The exercises for weak
ankles, described in the booklet
"Care Of the Feet" should help you.
Send ten cents and stamped envelope
bearing your address, for the book
let. II you are underweight men,
ton that, and I'll send you q PAM
Dh1eE How To Gain WeiQhk~