The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-25
DEAR OLD AUNTIES

DEAR OLD AUNTIES
 I have a dear old Aunty who 4 always taking cold from chills and drafts and I would like to make poster using a sentence or two from your booklet Gall it Cri', in large letters, to hang up where she will be forced to read it every time
 CMrs. F. H. Mo
 Permission refused.
 My stocks are pretty low with a thousand and one dear old aunt ies right now. I'm tickled pink to tell any old aunty the truth about this matter if she asks my opinion or advice. But I decline to inter vene in that way between you ana your dear old Aunty. I say my say about the whole business in the booklet Gall it Cri'-and any one who cares may slip me two shil- lings, together with stamped self addressed envelope, for a copy or the book.
 Living with her or seeing her from day to day and week to week. you probably do not realize how old Aunty is. Her mind has been set like so much plaster of Paris these many years. know, by gosh I learned the hard way. Just be- tween ourselves I doubt II ever changed a single old Aunty's mind about taking "cold" from drafts, dampness and all that.
 I do get pleasant letters from a few readers past fifty, some of them grandmothers, asking me to help them convince their children that outdoor life is not dangerous for their children who, poor little dears are coddled so much that they are getting pale and peaked .. but seldom do these entrust the prob- lem to me internationally. No, in- deed. They instruct me carefully as to just what I am to advise their erring children. They evident- ly think a little of my medicine might do some good, but complete course of treatment would be dang. erous.
 Another reader (of indeterminate gender-so many people use only an initial letter for Christian name) informs me that he or she has mo- ticed that some individuals with chronic nose, throat or sinus trouble seem to be carriers of cri.
 There is little evidence that sinn- pie chronic rhinitis or "catarrh", which is apparent to one or more senses, is of that nature. But there is no question that many sufferers from chronic sinusitis are "carr1- CTS" of the notorious Streptococcus which may produce severe cri (acute respiratory infection) in another person. Likewise people who have chronic tonsillits (not simple hypertrophy or enlargement of tonsils such as is more or less normal in childhood) may be "car- riers' of similar strain of Strep- tococcus which produces acute cri in those who happen to be caught in cough, sneeze or polite converse tion spray
 Child Had Tickets
 That reader who told of her ex- perience with the shoe clerk who persuaded her to put braces or props on the feet of her little child prompts me to throw a few flowers in your path. Our child, too, had flat feet .. I read in your column about the manifestations of rickets that go unrecognized . sent for your booklet 'V-I-T-E Spells Youth, began giving the children calcium and vitamin D, and now I'm happy to say there is no sign of flat feet. ! (Mrs. M. L. E.)
 AnsWer-The booklet (available on written request if you inclose ten cents and stamped self address ed envelope) deals with various common manifestations of ricketS in young children and in children up to their late teens. Weak feet, pronated feet, weak ankles, soft crumbling decaying teeth, constant fatigue, fatigue posture, spinal cur- vature.
 Good Physical Education
 Your teachings are law in our family as well as in others we know. At our high school we have correc- tive exercises, pelvic lifts, lying down, sitting up with arms and feet etc.-what is your opinion of such exercises? am Is, GA inches tall and weigh IA pounds. May I hays the pamphlet Hygiene for Girls and Health for Women and also one on How to Lose Weight" (P. Al
 Answer-Such exercises are excel- lent in the physical education course. Yes, Pam. you may have the pamphlet Hygiene for Girls, but no, child, there is only one reason- ably safe way a girl of your age can reduce, and that is under the direction and care of her family physician.
 The Good Ones Are In Service
 Please direct me to another doc tor who is skilled in diathermy treatment of infected tonsils. Dr. has gone into the military service and Dr. - is away for three weeks. ~. E. J)
 i Answer-I'm sorry. That exhausti my list for yolr vicinity. Most of the doctors I formerly recommends ed for such treatment are in mili' tary service now.
 said: There is nothing more in- spring than to see an American sol- dier's magnificent spirit" There could be nothing finer than his own.
 He went to war and to death in the tradition of the Cadet Prayer -