Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1918 — Page 2

Colds Are Contracted Principally as Result of Mixed Infection

By DR. R. H. BISHOP, Jr.

The word “cold” as familiarly used covers a number of separate and diseases. .J. . One form, rhinitis, is an inflammation confined to the nasal passages; -coryza is an inflammation confined to the nasal passages and adjacent .sinuses; pharyngitis is an inflammation of the pharynx or vault of the mouth. Laryngitis is an inflammation confined to the larynx, while bronchitis is an inflammation confined to the bronchial tubes. Tonsilitis spells 'infection of the tonsils, and then there are influenza and the various aches and pains in different parts of the body, all of which are alluded to by. most people as colds. A cold usually begins in the mucous membrane of the nasal passages pharynx and extends to adjacent sinuses and to the bronchial tubes. Colds are contracted principally in two ways as a result of mixed infection. The first when germs already existing in the nasal or pharyngeal mucous membranes become sufficiently active to cause inflammation, second, when virulent germs gain entrance as a result of direct contact .with some person having a cold. ZZL... r There are always present in the respiratory mucous membranes groups of germs which under certain conditions will develop a cold, as when the bodily Conditions are disturbed by atmospheric or physical conditions, including exposure to cold, wet clothing, chilling, drafts, etc The second cause, which by far results in the greater number of «olds, is a result of direct contact with a person having a cold.

Every Word of Peace Advocacy at This Time Born of German Propaganda

Tn an address to members of the chambers of commerce and Manufacturers’ association of Dallas, Tex., Maj. Stanley A. Washburn of the United States army said that, “The men who go -about the laud in the guise of pacifists, urging the war be ended, are your personal enemies as much as if they had knives in their hands and were stabbing your sons ‘Over There’ in the back. If Major Washburn is right, and any thinking person knows that he is, why are these brazenly outspoken pacifists allowed to be <at large, sewing the seeds of sedition and stabbing our boys in the French trenches with an “American” knife “made in Germany.” The answer is that few of us think straight concerning the ghastly possibilities of this war affecting us individually. And even the thinkers are not yet awake to the deadly effects of this Prussic Acid which is eating into the united loyalty of the American people. Every word of peace advocacy at this time is born of German propaganda, whose sole purpose is to create in the people of this country an inert and listless attitude toward a vigorous and mighty prosecution of this war —until our help comes too late. What is the antidote for this poison? Action! Swift, sure and crushing. The pacifists must go; they must be effectually muzzled or exterminated, preferably the latter. As Major M ashburn publicly puts it. “They should be tried by court-martial and shot with their backs against • wall.”

Thrift Means Something of Ideal of National Temperance in All Living

, Thrift is not and ought not to be a forced and artificial economy deliberately resolved on and carried out by a nation. Rather, thrift is an attitude of mind caused primarily by circumstance, and continued and increased by resolve. The significant thing about thrift is not that it saves and conserves merely, but that it implies, on the part of the nation that practices it, habits of self-control and self-denial. Its significance is a spiritual significance, just as waste is significant of slackness, or disorder, of a mind and spirit ill controlled. Thrift means rational living. Without its cultivation to a reasonable extent no individual, no nation, can live a rounded life. • Thrift does not mean stripping life of all relaxation and all beauty. It means no fanatical, puritanical extremes of self-discipline. It means rather something of the idea that underlay the civilization of ancient Greece —the ideal of national temperance in all living. It calls for wellconsidered conduct of thought and of living. It* does not mean that the world will be a Utopia, but merely that the standards of the average man and the orderliness of his life will be raised. Thrift, then, is not saving and conserving merely, but something far more significant —self-control .and self-denial and temperance; qualities that mean more in terms of ifiheer national wealth than all the gold that was ever mined.

Necessity of Safeguarding Children Attending Schools Is Emphasized

By OWEN R. LOVEJOY,

i We must have a compulsory system of education, one which will not (permit truant officers to feel that they have done their full duty when they (have brought back to school children who have been staying away. We ■should make our schools so attractive and alluring that no child would Ibe willing to stay away. To do this there must be a combination of book Seaming and hand learning. j I advocate the physical examination of every child entering kinderand the system of following up that child with a record of his ( physical resources which will be like his own shadow. When he is through and ready to enter the business world there will be his health card iready to show his prospective employer. By this means, if we should have .another war ten or fifteen years hence, we would be definitely sure we Should not have a generation of weaklings to offer for service. Some of our states show 80 per cent of the volunteers rejected because they were physically unfit

Comtniuioner of Health, Cleveland,- Ohio

By EDWIN ARDEN

By THOMAS LAMONT

General Secretary National Child Labor Committee

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN. RENSSELAER. IND.

The Housewife and the War

(Special information Service, U. 8. Department of Agriculture.) A DAY’S FARE FOR A YOUNGSTER

The Breakfast: Baked Apple, Cereal Mush, Milk, Toast and Butter. The Dinner: Lamb Chop, Baked Potato, Spinach, Bread and Butter, Rice With Milk and Sugar. The Supper: Milk, Bread, Stewed Prunes, Plain Cookies.

MEALS THAT MAKE STURDY YOUNG AMERICA

Not long ago some of the nation’s expert thought on food problems —specialists of the department of agriculture and the food administration —concentrated on a leaflet, “Food for Your Children,” due consideration being given to war food problems. Among other things the specialists suggested these sample meals as models of sufficiency and economy. There are two suggestions for each meal. Many others, as well as popular discussions of child feeding, are contained in “Food for Young Children. -Farmers’ Bulletin 717, a larger publication prepared by the United States department of agriculture.

Breakfast No. 1. < Apple sauce, oatmeal with milk, milk to drink. No. 2. Stewed prunes, cocoa (weak), toast and butter.

RIGHT FOOD FOR YOUNG CHILDREN

Model Daily Rations Suggested for Live Youngsters. DON’T SKIMP HEALTHY CHILD Best Is None Too Good, but Some Substitutions Are Possible Milk Dishes Are of Utmost Importance Every Day. Your child must have the best of foods —even In war time. He must have his chance. Wrong food—too little, too much, or wrong kinds —hurts the child’s chance of being the strong, healthy boy or girl you want. It takes right food to make strong bodies, rosy cheeks, good brains, and bright eyes. Don’t skimp him, Fed in accordance with his body needs—as these are now understood —a child should have every day at least one food from each of the following groups: 1. Milk and dishes made chiefly of milk—most important of the group as regards children’s- diet; meat, fish, poultry, eggs, and meat substitutes. 2. Bread and other cereal foods. 3. Butter and other wholesome fats. 4. Vegetables and fruits. 5. Simple sweets. Ration Is Illustrated. The illustration shows the ration for a live youngster’s day. The foods suggested contain enough different kinds to meet all the child’s needs. Many other meals might have been shown — others are suggested elsewhere—for there Is no food in the pictures, except milk, which could not have been replaced by some other wholesome food. Milk,' If it can be obtained, should form part of the food of every child, except when for some special reason the doctor objects, and this he seldom does. Ho# much should the child have? A good rule is to provide three or four glasses—OYie and one-half pint to one quart of milk a day; an egg or its equivalent in moderately fat meat, fish, poultry, or meat substitutes; fruit and vegetables each once a day; one or two ounces of butter or other wholesome fat; and all the bread or other cereal food he will eat, Obe or two ounces of sugar, candy, or other sweet —including the sugar used in cooking—-

Dinner. No.l. 9 . Stew, with carrots, potatoes and a little meat, whole wheat bread, creamy rice pudding, milk to drink. No. 2. Fish, with white sauce, spinach or any greens, corn bread, milk to drink.

may also be allowed, If this does not prevent eating the other foods mentioned. No coffee or tea —not even a taste. Leave them for the grown-ups. Milk, cocoa, not too strong, and fruit juices are the drinks for children, and plenty of water always. Sweets at Meal Time. Sweets are good for them —the right ones at the right time. Dates, raisins, stewed fruits, simple puddings, sugar cookies, are better than cahdy. Give them at meal time. Between meals let them have bread and butter, a cracker, or fruit. They won’t spoil the appetite, and candy will. Here are some good dishes for children. They are good for grown-ups too. The recipes provide enough for a family of five. Milk-Vegetable Soups. 1 quart milk (skim 2 cupfuls thormilk may be oughly cooked used). vegetable finely 2% tablespoonfuls chopped, mashed flour. or put through a 2 tablespoonfuls sieve.'. Spinach, butter or mar- peas, beans, pogarine or other tjatoes, celery, or fat. asparagus make 1 teaspoonful salt. good soups. ” Stir flour into melted fat and mix with the cold milk. Add the cooked vegetable and stir over the fire until thickened. If soup is too thick add a little water or milk. Rice Pudding. 1 quart milk. % teaspoonful salt. 1-3 cupful -rice % teaspoonful 1-3 cupful sugar. ground nutmeg % cupful raisins or or cinnamon, chopped dates. Wash the rice, mix all together, and bake three hours In a very slow oven, stirring now and then at first. This may be made on top of the stove in a double boiler/or in a tireless cooker. Any coarse cereal may be used In place of rice.

NEW FOOD LEAFLETS ARE READY FOR DISTRIBUTION.

Three more United States food leaflets, the war time food messages issued jointly by the food administration and the department of agriculture, recently have been added to the seven Already! published. They are, “Vegetables for Winter,” “Plenty of Potatoes,” and "Instead of Meat.” As with the first leaflets issued, the department of agriculture with the funds at its disposal, will be able to supply these leaflets directly only to leaders and active workers In the food conservation movements.

Supper. No. 1. Cream of bean soup, crackers and jam, milk. No. 2. Baked potato, apple betty, milk.

UNPAID ACCOUNT

By VINCENT G. PERRY.

(Copyright, 1918, by the McClure Newspa per Syndicate.) It was monotonous work Ina Walker was doing, making out accounts fori the month. She had made it a practice to find something interesting in all her work and as she typed each statement she broke the monotony by trying to draw a mind picture of each person for whom she was making out a bill. She stopped her machine as she came to a familiar name on the list —Mr. Lawrence Wright. y “Hasn’t this Lawrence Wright paid his bill yet?” she asked Mr. Armstrong, the office manager. “His subscription is nearly three years in arrears, and I have billed him every month for at least two years.” “No, he hasn’t, and I don’t see any way of collecting it. We have sent a collector there half a dozen times, and the last time he was nearly thrown out. There is nothing for it but to keep rendering the account. That’s the way -with these young fellows with more money than brains. Just try it yourself, Miss Walker,” the head collector flashed. “I will, and collect it, too; If Mr. Armstrong will consent,” she laughed, delighted at being able to ruffle the calm of the collector. “I am willing,” the manager consented. “You can start out now if you like.” Ina had not been quite in earnest, but she would not withdraw after making the boast. She went back to her typewriter and worked mechanically until she finished the accounts, and then unconcernedly put on her hat and started out to collect the bill. On the car she tried to remember how she had pictured Mr. Lawrence Wright, but she had pictured him so often, and each time differently. She would show him that she could hold her own with any man, and tell him just what she thought of him if she didn’t get a check to cover the amount of the bill. He lived in a fashionable apartment house. She envied him that, even though he were fat and pompous. She rang the bell at the door bearing his name plate. The door opened and the man before her was fat and pompous. A second glance told her it wasn’t Mr. Wright; it was a butler in livery. “What name?” asked the butler. “I am from Mr. Janes,” she said after a moment’s hesitation. It was a bold step, but she felt it was necessary to gain an entrance. After all she was representing the president of the Times indirectly. The butler ushered her into the reception room. She waited uneasily, her eyes taking in the room. It was very tastefully arranged and decorated. She hoped Wright would not appear in a bathrobe —men in bathrobes were one of her aversions. She was examining a beautiful reproduction of a masterpiece on the wall when a slight sound told her some one else was in the room. She tried to sink back in her chair quickly, but realized in time it would be a clumsy move, and straightened up to face a tall, handsome man. He could not help seeing the surprised look on her face, but she knew he did not know it was because she had pictured him as fat and pompous; she was thankful he didn’t. “Did you wish to see hie?” he asked pleasantly. His voice w r as In keeping with his appearance. “Yes; I have a small account here for your Times subscription. It is just fifteen dollars —for three years, in arrears, you know. I W'ould not have called, but we have mailed you a bill add we thought it likely you had let it sIH) your notice and would think us careless if we did not remind you.” “Hasn’t this bill been paid?” he exclaimed in true surprise. “I will write you out a check at once. This is just another of the bills I find my secretary has neglected. For three years I have been leaving my affairs to him, and he has made a muddle of them. I believe I could have done better myself.” “I am sure you could,” Ina said earnestly. “It is a mistake for a man of brains to leave his business for others to do. Goodness knows what harm an unscrupulous secretary can do to a disinterested employer.” “Thank you for calling me a man of brains,” he smiled. “I believe you are right about the rest of it. That comes from allowing another man to handle your funds and open your mail. I don’t believe I can trust another one to do these things again.” “I should say you couldn’t. Why don’t *yow try a woman secretary?” she suggested. “I never thought of that. How would you like the position?” he asked. “Oh, I wmsn’t thinking of myself,” she blushed. “I know’ you weren’t,” he replied. “But I think you would suit me.” . They w’ere waiting at the office for Ina with the expectation of a good laugh, but the laugh was on her side. The smile on her face told them? that tjie njinute she entered. “I' collected the money,” she laughed, flourishing the check. They gathered around her to hear I her experience, but she wasn't yery communicative. j “He was a fine man and it was the fault of a dishonest secretary that he didn’t pay before,” was all she would say. - A full confession had to come when she resigned her position on Saturday night

ON THE FUNNY SIDE

A SQUARE DEAL

“Looky here, we hes got ter dervide dis chicken fair.” “Dat’s right, pard. Now, I ain’t had nuthin’ ter eat fer free days, an’ youse ain’t had no sleep fer free nights, so I’ll take de pullet fer me breakfas’, an’ youse take de feathers, spread ’em on dat ole plank, an’ perceed tew injoy yerself.”

Never Satisfied. The man who sighs for the bygone day When a barefoot boy he ran, Is the grownup lad who used to say: “Gee! I wish I was a man." , . - -t, . Unbeautified. "Do you think that rhyme beautifies a thought?” “Not always,” replied Mr. Penwiggle. “The prospect is not rendered more alluring by the fact that some of the days to come are to be meatless, wheatless, sweetless and possibly heatless.” ~~~~~ 1 Readjustment “What are your reasons for wanting to get out of public life?” “Well,” replied Senator Sorghum,, “this is the era of brand-new talent. I thought maybe it might be a good idea for me to retire for awhile and see if I can’t get a reputation for inexperience.” . ] . —— ' The Difference. j She—There is no doubt about it that marriage has Improved your manners, dear. He—How so? ! She —Well, you frequently get up and offer me a chair now. Before you were married you never gave me more than half of It. f Ctf Course They Are. “What are the net gains from th© business you have taken up of making thin people fat?” "Are no net gains; they’re all gross receipts.” No Clue. “Tell me what a man eats and I’ll tell you what he is.” “Now you needn’t conclude because my husband has a quick teipper that I feed him on hasty pudding.” not always

“Why did yon never marry?” “I don’t feel that I could support a wife." '“Don’t let that worry you. If she finds you can’t she’ll leave you.” Not So Bad. “John went to get a marriage license and got a dog license by mistake." “Not so much of a mistake when .you come to think of a married man’s life." Another Burbank. Florist —This rubber plant is cheap at the price. Lady—Why so? Florist —If your husband is smart he can grow his own automobile tires.— Boston Transcript.